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pests on tomatoes
Posted by mbord169
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Seysonn, very good question! Not sure if this will answer it fully but it has to do something with food plant produce to repel or attract so to speak pests. I have found comments under article just as valuable as article itself.Pl...
Determinate vs Indeterminate
Posted by stevie
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated It took me years to get to this point: Determinism in tomato is a growth habit. While indet branches ( main or side) keep growing "vine like) for ever, det branches , otoh, is terminated by flower truss. Another distinctive...
Top of tomato plant is wilting after watering with Epsomsalt
Posted by ibraarsla
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ibraarslaUpdated Wow your tomato plants are huge! Where are you from? I live in Helmond (near eindhoven), it's in the same province as Den Haag. It's going to be 33 degrees celcius next week. Mine have grown quite a lot too:) I'm not sure what I s...
Topped tomato plant
Posted by Peter (6b SE NY)
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated My Sungolds and Golden Raves also grew into wide bushy plants with many stems. They are a good 6 feet across. I think it is because I removed so many lower leaves damaged by transplanting. Any pruning seems to me to encourage suck...
Yay tomatoes
Posted by eterprincess
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Looking nice and healthy!
Tomatoes You'll Never Plant Again - Part II
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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Tony FormanUpdated Pinusresinosa, your daughter is adorable and that tomato looks like a Marazol Gold.
I think my tomato plants should be larger….
Posted by prairiemoon2 z6 MA
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated goodground(z6 NJ) Sey, correct me if I'm wrong but i don't think your NPK calculations are accurate. I think the only way you can drop the (K) percentage is by removing (K) from the fertilizer %%%%%%%%%%%%%% Goodground, ... I was ...
EB?
Posted by carriehelene(5 Upstate NY)
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated looks like EB to me
do I have to mix fertilizer into the soil
Posted by shijitake
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shijitakeUpdated Thanks for the info
Help! Tomato Leaf Disease!
Posted by jkhummel
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jkhummelUpdated Thank you everyone for your awesome responses! You've all certainly calmed a number of my nerves. I'm in the Midwest region and thankfully we've gotten a decent amount of rain in the past few weeks. However, the particular Brand...
is my tomato sick?
Posted by kmhelms86
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Good luck! If you go with Osmocote or Osmocote Plus, the all-in-one which probably is the easiest of the bunch, before you fill any soil, just lay the Osmocote prills on the current surface uniformly spread out, then deposit the a...
Safe to eat blight tomatoes???
Posted by edwardsheather91
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edwardsheather91Updated Thank you very much.. I was planning on sharing them with my dad and didn't want to risk getting anyone sick
pests on tomatoes
Posted by mbord169
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jean001a(Portland OR 7b)Updated same question at http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3175054/pests-on-tomatoes
Is this septoria on my tomatoes?
Posted by m_gold(Zone 6)
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Mgold- those are not my plants but plants from community garden plots where I garden. To my experience they are goners. Too early, too much disease, weather remains rainy and humid, which is perfect breeding ground for Septoria a...
HELP! Tops of tomatoes turning black??!
Posted by edwardsheather91
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edwardsheather91Updated Thank you. I'm in Ohio and it has been very wet and humid. It's actually raining as we speak. I'll definitely get a fungicide and remove any infected leaves.
Anyone Growing Julia Child or Cherokee Purple?
Posted by lisazone6_ma(z6 MA)
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Shule(about 4a)Updated Tomato flowers are hermaphroditic. You shouldn't need to pollinate them by hand, if they're outside, but hopefully it won't hurt. The problem is more likely temperature, amount of available soil, nutrient balance, pests stressing ...
Burying tomatoe stems for root bound, leggy plants
Posted by montpeliergrower
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gardendawgie(5)Updated yes I was thinking about that after I posted. I dont keep the soil wet. My soil tends to be very dry and I never water after the first week or few days. I force the plant to grow big roots in search of water and I never fertili...
What is happening to my tomatoes?!? Heat or animals?
Posted by Matthew Coats
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mathewgg(5, Englewood, CO)Updated Squirrels used to do this to my tomatoes in central Denver. Our summers here are hot and dry, so I started putting water out for them when it was suggested to me that the squirrels were merely thirsty, and were using my tomatoes a...
3 ft tomato plant in 3-4 weeks.
Posted by stevie
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stevieUpdated if the soil is decent and doesn't have too much fertilizer it very well could be too much water. looking at the picture it appears the leaves of the plant next to the tomato (corn?) also has yellowing lower leaves, which IIRC is o...
Tomato Disease
Posted by h_nurmikko(Tahlequah, OK (7a))
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated It's probably Septoria fungus but it might be better to show a sharp close up of the infected circles from above and undersides of leaves. Not that it will make a huge difference though it would be nice to see. Daconil is your bes...
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