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Yellowing lower leaves
Posted by Peter (6b SE NY)
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jimmy56_gw (zone 6 PA)Updated I prune mine seems to make them less disease resistance, If you had that much rain I would but some Miracle Gro on them as all that rain washes the nutrients away.
Lemon Boy picture
Posted by kathy9norcal
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kathy9norcalUpdated But how would its taste be described? I don't think of it as mild but to me it is very unusual--more fruity, less tomato--y. It is very pleasant, though.
Cherry tomato flowers
Posted by Neo Slash
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Yes, cucumber is the same. The only way to get flowers/fruits from an old stem is to get a new growth/side branch. Then it might flower and fruit. Sey
Drooping plants after heavy rain
Posted by lauxerz(4)
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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated Please forget about hydrogen peroxide. It's not clear that it's worth anything at all to plants, and it certainly won't do any good in this case. Bacterial speck gives small black spots with yellow halos. But there are lots of oth...
middle of the road gardener/ organic/ non organic
Posted by marcantonio
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated The fact is that the environment and soil is not designed to support the unnatural gardens we have, and anything we do is going to have side effects. It is just a fact of humanity and nature.
Tomato leaves fail to open
Posted by James hogue
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James hogueUpdated I have tomatoes in and out, but it was easier to take a picture of the ones in. I have 2 egg plants and both are in, the other one is in much better shape, but may have just started to show similar signs at the very top. The soil ...
BER, need to add? lime.
Posted by robinava(6B)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Christi just for future reference, the search bar here will pull all the posts on any topic together for you if you want to read them. You don't have to go back through the whole forum. So for ex. if you wanted to read about BER...
Yellowing Tomatoes
Posted by h_nurmikko(Tahlequah, OK (7a))
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maxjohnsonUpdated The leaves with yellow spots between the vein are due to magnesium deficiency, but it's not that bad, could be due to the rain you're having. Maybe just a small dose of epsom salt for the plants later once the soil dries.
What took a bite?
Posted by winorchids(nor CA, USDA 9b, sunset 7/14)
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Vince (8) KemperUpdated Mesh works. It's just a big pain when you water and pick the tomatoes. It's OK if you just have a couple plants though.
Good market tomato varieties
Posted by deanriowa(4b)
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marcantonioUpdated i'll second barkeater on the campbells 1327, good production nice tasty fruit. gotta try that wins-all.
Tomatoes that tolerate low light conditions
Posted by homegardenpa
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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated There are some other subtleties that come to bear. First of all, when the sun shines through a hole in an otherwise overcast sky, plants get more light than if the sky were clear. That's well known to people with solar panels on t...
I'm thinking no bees. Zone 6b.
Posted by ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PA
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ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PAUpdated Thanks, everyone, for your comments and suggestions. Since the original post, I've found a few little tomatoes forming. The bad news: Someone definitely sprayed herbicide close to my garden. The twisted stems and weird leaves are ...
How to use Daconil when it rains each day
Posted by Helen Zone 6 Ohio
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hoosier40 6a Southern INUpdated Bill deposited 3.5 inches here in the last 24 hours. That makes 5 inches for the week with several more chances in the coming week. Yikes. It has been a little on the dry side so far this spring but overall pretty good tomato g...
roots and cotyledons only
Posted by munalos(z4)
munalos(z4)Any idea what this is called? they never developed shoots. Everything terminated at the cotyledon point. Thank you.
yellow pear
Posted by hollylasue
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Way to go, Holly. Spray real good, under side the leave as well. Repeat in 5 days. In case of rain, spray as soon as the rain stops. Good luck ! Sey
"This variety is terrible"
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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donna_in_sask(2b)Updated Stupice was one tomato I only grew once. Last year's tomatoes (about a dozen varieties) had very little flavour but I'm still growing some of the same varieties because I know when it's a good year, these tomatoes are spectacular.
TMV or No?
Posted by coolbythecoast(10b)
coolbythecoast(10b)I have been reading here that TMV infection is rare, perhaps even more rare among us amateur growers. I am posting a pic of one of my tomato leaves, several of my plants have rather suddenly come down with this symptom. If not TMV,...
Want Help Identifying Mystery Plant (Pics included)
Posted by aprlg04
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lgteacher(SCal zone 9b)Updated It could be tree tobacco - a weed.
in zone 6, and tomatoes and tomatillos already have flowers??
Posted by hsw (Boston area)(6b)
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caryltoo Z7/SE PAUpdated Tomatillos are very tart, which makes them excellent in salsa verde. I also have a recipe that uses them with an avocado to make a variation on guacamole. I am in the very small minority of people who don't like avocado, but mixed...
Mulching potted tomatoes?
Posted by jethrobodeen1581
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fireduck(10a)Updated Stevie...I make a slurry sometimes with my granular ferts. It is helpful to get it through the mulch and down to rootzone. Like others...I have been happy with the results of mulching my raised bed and containers. I roll my contai...
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