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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...
Tomato help
Posted by eterprincess
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fireduck(10a)Updated It is kind of weird you posted this because of my experience last year. I planted a Mortgage Lifter last year because of the taste reports. It was the only tomato plant (11 total plants) that did poorly because of disease. Maybe j...
What should I do with this beautiful monster?
Posted by colorbind
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Grace (Sugi_C)(9a (Northern California))Updated I'm impressed. I don't know; looks look you have one very attractive houseplant. I'd go with that and just let it be, as others above have advised. Tomatoes are too easy, cheap and fast to attempt to grow one that is already at a ...
Normal or not
Posted by James Terry
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James TerryUpdated Thanks for the help!!
Something ate all my tomatoes including tops of plants
Posted by ditnc(7 NC)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated From what I hear - lots of things will scare deer but they'll become immune to about anything including radio, strobe light, etc. Craig LeHoullier says the only thing that works for him is the Scarecrow motion activated sprinklers...
Tomato experiment
Posted by jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
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jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)Updated Snapped a few pics tonight, sorry they aren't the best. The whole outside patch. There are 5 rows, the closest ones to the high tunnel were in the low tunnel, then the middle one was just outside. The two on the right are then n...
Monsanto Merger
Posted by garf_gw
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Update on my earlier question: I think the person talking about roundup ready flowers had actually heard about Neonicotinoid insecticides. They are routinely applied to big box store plants and also at good nurseries. They are tho...
My Varietal Early Report Card
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Jenn, They are orange/yellow right now. The adjective "GELBE" means "yellow" in German. Sey
Any evidence or studies that high N = Less Fruit?
Posted by Buzz Saw
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated Rick, that what many of commercial growers do, Calcium nitrate given early on, which is 15% nitrogen.
Neat video, much of info
Posted by lindalana(z5 IL)
lindalana(z5 IL)Reposting from another place, great info, much of it goes for hydroponics but works for soil as well. Long but well worth it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFgwWEnCa5k
Growing Tomatoes in Alberta (zone 3b)
Posted by hoetmers
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated I am in zone 2b...I grew Stupice, an early tomato, and did not care for the flavour...a lot of early tomatoes aren't the best tasting but some folks think an early tomato is better than NO tomato...I personally would rather wait f...
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