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Splitting Stems
Posted by snake_grower
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snake_growerUpdated Thanks for your help. When looking at the pictures on the sites you forwarded, I don't think the plants had the adventureous root problem. The stems just seem to split and the splits can be 1 -4 inches long and some plants' stems ...
How much rough housing can a tomato plant take?
Posted by Suzy
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Edymnion(7a)Updated Tomatoes are next to impossible to kill, don't worry. You could hack it off at the ground and stick the severed head into the dirt and it will happily reroot and keep going like nothing happened. Nothing short of putting your toma...
Higher 'P' Fertilizer for Container Grown Toms?
Posted by NoRoom2Grow
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Djole(6)Updated Don't get me wrong, 4% P is not low per se, but given the circumstances (5 gal bucks, nutrients washed out etc. etc.) i'd boost it.
Yellow leaves with spots on container tomatoes
Posted by spfx
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Okay: I just read the info on my bottle of Daconil concentrate. Cover your skin, wear the appropriate kind of mask and goggles, and a shower afterward would be a good idea. Now I remember why I didn't use it last year. it even men...
Tomato Leaves Splitting
Posted by TomatoFusion
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b_kctUpdated No pics, it didn't happen... we want pics :P But seriously, we all want pictures just incase this happens to our plants. By "we" I mean us relative noobs. Dave and other pros want pics to actually help you out ;-)
Leaves browning around the edges.
Posted by silent88
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silent88Updated Thanks! May I ask what kind of liquid fertilizer you use? If it isn't chemicals.
first blooms
Posted by topaz72(7)
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Soon it will be a tomato, and then you will need to decide how to eat the first one! In the garden, warm from the sun, not even washed off, before it's fully ripe ... and before anyone else grabs it!
Tomato Flowers Pollinated But not Growing
Posted by Jayz77
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated I had this problem last year with German Queen; it was the first time I'd grown it. I had both early blossom clusters that never grew large enough to flower and pollinated fruit that remained for weeks at the bb or pencil-eraser s...
Yellowing leaves on tomatoes
Posted by Cdon(7a)
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dhromeoUpdated does it look like this? That is glyphosate damage, roundup. Only thing you can do it hope and pray. are there farm fields around you?
Would just like to share my garden success thus far...
Posted by lexiegurl09(8 eastern NC)
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Nunyabiz1(7)Updated LOL, every last one of our marigolds were just eaten down to the roots and I mean that literally by slugs and pill bugs last week. Put out some Sluggo which seems to have curbed that problem. If my Basil were not under a bug net i...
Tomato Issues
Posted by SweetPea2909
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated What I see on some of the leaves looks to me like TSWV ( Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus) infection and it's been a bad year for that in NC, that I know. The problems is not Bonnie plants, the problem is that there are thrips in your ar...
Long Island Red Bullet
Posted by jll0306(9/ Sunset 18/High Desert)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Yes, I know Bill Jeffers very well and he has interacted with the project before but I don't know if he still is. I think it's also good to note that he gardens in the midwest in S Indiana whereas you're in CA in a Sunset zone 18 ...
Spotted Tomato Wilt Virus
Posted by Deborah-SC(8a)
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Deborah-SC(8a)Updated Thanks for your reply Carolyn. Yes, I researched - I guess I just wanted some anecdotal evidence that all is not lost!
Anybody have a source for these?
Posted by barb_roselover_in
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Barb, I'm growing Pink Honey this year and there are many others with other names that also have a name other than heart or oxheart in the name. And many of them are only known in their native languages and I think I'm growing per...
taste of Matt's Wild Cherry
Posted by grow4free
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated I don't like the taste of Matt's and when it was first introduced by JOhnny's seeds and still today you'll see that it says cerasiforme after the Latin name and that's there so folks don't think it's a currant variety ( S. pimpine...
leaf curl - too much water?
Posted by luna1968
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kevinitis(5)Updated I also have loamy fine sand for my soil. Tomatoes are fairly drought resistant plants. My tomatoes can go up to a week and not wilt. The problem I have is that watering my squashes cannot be easily separated from watering my tomat...
In ground toms not looking as good...pics
Posted by Suzy
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luvahydrangea(Albany, NY 5)Updated I think they all look great! :)
How to conserve moisture?
Posted by barb_roselover_in
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FrecklesCatUpdated
How I planted my Tomatoes - Good?
Posted by behlgarden(9)
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behlgarden(9)Updated I am using insoluble organic fertilizer Tomatotone. My only option is to sidedress unless later on I decide to do foliar spary of compost tea which I have no plans for. I am going to now mulch it heavily via grass clippings and or...
Time to replace my soaker hoses, Best on market now?
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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behlgarden(9)Updated I cant speak fora large farm but for small gerdeners I think drip lines is one good choice. I have successfully used tale-apart flag drippers with 1/4" tubing from plant root to 1/2" main tubing. Best part is that we all...
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