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Am i crazy?
Posted by Tomatobaby
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dickiefickle(5B Dousman,Wi.)Updated One of these times .
'MythBusters Challenge' - Azatrol vs. Take Down Garden Spray
Posted by rnewste(8b NorCal)
15 Comments
dancinglemons(7B VA)Updated Raybo, Did you have any phytotoxicity with the 'Take Down Spray'? I'm currently alternating Aza with 'Take Down'. We will have 90's and 100's temps for next few weeks and 'Take Down' has a phyto warning. Thanks, DL
CT Has ID'd Blight in NH County
Posted by gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)
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gumby_ct(CT it says Z5)Updated Yes I am on a UConn mailing list. Sorry for the delay, I haven't been coming here much lately.
trip digits
Posted by junktruck
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junktruckUpdated oh yeah / it was 106.3 this afternoon in my backyard / might forget about watering the maters and turn the hose on myself / hehehe
Transplanting tomatoes while fruiting
Posted by Suzy
6 Comments
2ajsmamaUpdated What about burying the pots?
tomatoe status in zone 6
Posted by gardendrivenlife(6)
11 Comments
2ajsmamaUpdated EB is soil-borne, not airborne, right? My uncle 1/2 mile up the road (not the one with potatoes and blueberries, he's 10 miles away) has EB and what I hope are just broken dried-up branches, not LB. I mentioned something to him ab...
Tomato White Growth...Help
Posted by LvGardening
1 Comment
missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Those are adventitious roots. They may occur in damp conditions or when a stem contacts damp earth, and in some cases when the plant has certain problems. Since you mention three days of solid rain, I assume high humidity in the g...
Red Brandywine in Mulch Pile
Posted by garf_gw
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garf_gwUpdated Gone.
Yellow Kent
Posted by phyllisb2008(8 DFW)
9 Comments
bigpinksUpdated Maybe related to the Kentucky Beefsteak?
branches suddenly falling off cherry tomato
Posted by coeng
3 Comments
missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated You can measure your pot in cubic inches, then divide by 231. That wlll give you the size in gallons. [231 is the number of cubic inches in one gallon.] Another way to calculate it is that one cubic foot is 7.48 gallons.
Spacing for tomato plants in TN - please help!
Posted by AnnClaire
7 Comments
macbettzUpdated If you have some extra room and no shade or walkway concerns, I would let the outer tomatoe vines sprawl down the sides of the planter if it truly is almost 4 feet tall. that planter is so massive that you probably used topsoil? I...
Starting plants early ?
Posted by dba1954(6 - Buffalo area)
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capoman(5a)Updated Yeah, the main issue I've run into starting too early, is lighting and space. Plants start to turn purple under the leaves when the light is insufficient. I use a few T5HO's, but not a bank of them. As soon as I get them in the gr...
Advice on tomato plants eaten by deer
Posted by donnaroe
28 Comments
drtomato(5 Ortonville MI)Updated donna- I usually give the new growth, the little tips of the new growth, a spray after a rain or shower. There's no need to ever water the plants leaves, all the water absorbed by the plant comes from the roots. Why this stuff wor...
CRW causing black spots on fruit & stems?
Posted by 2ajsmama
4 Comments
carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Missing, I mentioned the physical denting, which is what I called it, in my post above and no, I don't think it was b'c the metal got hot and did it. It's just a physical thing when the fruits enlarge and just happen to be next to...
Hothouse tomatoes
Posted by grrrr.egg
3 Comments
cole_robbie(6)Updated Greetings from very far away! The temperatures you quoted are outside temps, right? What matters is the temperature inside the hothouse. For myself, on a sunny February day in Illinois, which is our very early spring, it can be 7 ...
What the heck is nibbling my plants!
Posted by bgaviator(7)
6 Comments
robertz6Updated Around my area deer eat the tops of big plants, and eat small plants (tomatoes) down to a 2" stem stub. The problem has gotten worse the last few years in our suburbs. You can see a deer standing in someones front yard eating...
Thank you, GW, for saving my Cherokee Purples
Posted by tomatotomata
1 Comment
junktruckUpdated ya sometimes the CP"s look kinda funny even almost bad
Volunteers gone wild
Posted by harveyhorses(7 Midlothian Va)
8 Comments
harveyhorses(7 Midlothian Va)Updated Kevinitis you are exactly right, Look just like Roma, only NOT determinate, and the fruits are smaller than what (I thought) Romas were, 2 inches top to bottom, is that correct?
Green metallic / Sweat bee pollinators
Posted by per2011(7)
3 Comments
per2011(7)Updated Yes according to the experts, "Tomatoes are self pollinating and no bees are needed at all"; however my real world situation in my garden, these bees have helped greatly increase the number of blossoms that actually set.
Beetles on Tomato
Posted by lotusc
2 Comments
lotuscUpdated Thanks! Will try the soapy water. I hope they will not spread to the rest of the garden. I have quite a few yellow flowers, including a sunflower plant I just planted :( I just read that they are attracted to yellow!
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