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Favorite determinate types ?
Posted by salthart
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green_grandma(5A)Updated I planted some Legends in my outdoor garden for the first time this year in an attempt to head off 'early blight' problems which have now become a regular annual occurrence in my area. So far so good ... my Legends are the 'health...
tomato fertilizer now?
Posted by debcoo2229
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green_grandma(5A)Updated Agree with BubbaEarly that Algoflash Tomato Formula works unbelievably well. Formula is 4-6-8 plus a long list of micronutrients. But IMHO it's too expensive for general use, so I don't switch to the Algoflash until the first blos...
Dark sections on Tomato stems
Posted by newyorkrita(z6b/7a LI NY)
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bubbaearly(Al 8)Updated So I could use some enlightenment on this subject. My tomato plants are almost 2 month old not seedlings. I have I abused them? After they popped all the bloom everywhere and small tomatoes appeared, I added Kool Bloom (2-45-28) t...
Tomato Leaf Blackening with Upward Curl
Posted by chaospandemic
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bubbaearly(Al 8)Updated So focused on the added Kool Bloom that I didn't mention that I also spayed them down with Sea Magic mixed with Alaska fish emulsion.The white stuff on the leaves is where I dusted them down with Viper (like Sevin dust), then that...
i hit the jackpot
Posted by junktruck
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david_74012(OK 7)Updated Well JT, they are surely nice looking and look as if they will taste good. I bet you have already eaten some! I planted Black Krim this year, but don't think I will plant them again. They taste really good but mine is not a great ...
Tomato Propogation by cuttings, an Experiment
Posted by HippeeLiss
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jpc57Updated I was working with some tomatoes and accidently broke off a healthy looking branch from a Celebrity tomato. I thought what the heck, I dug a hole and planted the tomato branch and watered it well. I had no idea if it would root or...
please help
Posted by ChicagoDeli37
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ChicagoDeli37Updated Soil is straight into the earth...grass used to be there
Leaves on one side dying
Posted by dinas
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dinasUpdated Mystery solved! (Sort of) I looked very closely at a dying leaf, tore in apart, and found a small (~2 mm) black caterpillar inside--between the upper and lower surfaces. Dead plant tissue was past the caterpillar. Found more on ot...
Does this look like Carbon to you?
Posted by pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CA
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robebUpdated dickie... you're on a roll today.
Help! First Tomatoes ever Weird spots!
Posted by bggarric
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samsthumbUpdated Agree, not leaf miners....they leave trails that twist and turn like a wild tiny river in your leaves (their tunnels). Remove leaves only if diseased as they provide needed shade as your toms start to ripen. A few bug holes or hai...
cherry tomatoes not ripening
Posted by tinatmrbluebird
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digdirt2Updated Splitting is always a problem. Especially with heat extremes. It caused by inconsistent soil moisture levels - wet soil followed by dry and then by wet, etc. So the best bet is to adjust your watering pattern as much as possible a...
Septoria? and Late Blight?
Posted by emcd124(5)
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digdirt2Updated I'm so discouraged that between the rabbits and this now, more than half of my garden has been decimated. I know it can get discouraging when our expectations exceed our success but don't let it get you down as it is all a part of...
red/yellow mottled fruit - ripening or disease? (pics)
Posted by jessicabauer84(Arkansas 8A)
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated For as few as your seeing, search and destroy seems right. But the spots on the tomatoes, if it is stink bugs, looks like more than just a few. As you know, every place they stick their needle and suck out the juice leaves a littl...
Cherry tomato seedling?
Posted by TieMint(6)
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2ajsmamaUpdated Really looks like a pepper. Is that a possibility?
Tomato branches breaking and tomatoes falling
Posted by Suzy
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digdirt2Updated dave, you mentioned crw cages. what are these? Just search 'CRW cages' here for all sorts of discussions in pictures of them. Basically, cages made from rolls of concrete reinforcing wire. If you Google them you can see all the pi...
Another 'which disease is it?' thread!
Posted by gman68558(z10 So Cal)
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suncitylindaUpdated Sounds like a fluke that copper seems to be slowing down whatever is ailing my maters! I think I originally bought it for bacterial speck. Question came up on another forum re copper fungicide and I have heard before that copper k...
Average yield per plant?
Posted by mandolls(4)
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hcoon(5a)Updated Last year I had 15 tomato plants -- some in containers, some in raised beds -- a mix of sizes and varieties. I harvested 200 pounds of tomatoes.
did I wait too long to transplant my Sungold seedlings?
Posted by Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))
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Need2SeeGreen(10 (SoCal))Updated Hello again: If anyone gets a chance, please look at these, I could really use some input: https://plus.google.com/photos/104467923746994449105/albums/5764068270189716033?authkey=CImBooiXyoti The first one is the one I got into a ...
Fall totamto seedlings in Atlanta area
Posted by wxcrawler(7a)
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donnabasketsUpdated If you have tomato plants in your garden now, you can take tip cuttings and root them yourself. I started mine last week and they are already putting on new growth. Any commercially grown plants I have ever bought here in my area ...
Does this look like late blight?
Posted by NadineNJ
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sneezer2(5)Updated @randy41 I don't want to step into an apparently professional relationship between you and your extension agent, particularly since you appear to be growing on a commercial scale while all I have at stake this year is a few garden...
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