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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...
Very...Compact(?) Plant- why?
Posted by rhyuu
1 Comment
pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CAUpdated Very interesting! And your documentation is really admirable. I wonder if it's a mutation. With an increased interest in dwarf varieties, your discovery may be very valuable.
Show your Garden
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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two25acresUpdated Until last year I have gardened in what I will call my lower garden area with 8 randomly sized raised beds. But that stopped last year. Neighbors black walnut trees wreaked havoc on most of the beds and this year my husband buil...
Big Boy vs Better Boy
Posted by tarolli2011
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I have not grown them side by side, myself to review them. One season ( long time ago ) I grew one of them. Can't remember which one. The plant was not very fast growing. The fruits were round ( ~ 4 -6 oz) grown in cluster. The t...
Life After Plant Out
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated "Life After Plant Out" must go on. hehe It has not been easy. Smaller they are, the more attention the need. My work started by designing/installing support system. Because I grow in various raised beds, (Not long rows...
Is Green Zebra Determinate or Indeterminate?
Posted by lillivewire87
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Determinant and In-Determinant is distinguished by certain growth habit characteristics not by plant's size, being vigorous or otherwise. In Indeterminants the stems continue growing like a vine, in a never ending pattern. But in...
Super-vigorous Sweetie plant - overgrowing and/or toppling cage?
Posted by mister_caledon(7a - Maryland)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Between now and next year do some reading here on all the better ways to support your plants. For this year, you can (1) buy another of the tomato cage thingys and invert it top to top and wire them together. Then drive the stak...
tomato size control question
Posted by mdy113
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mdy113Updated thanks for the info, ya i did not know there were other methods besides the typical cages and what i got, but again i dont have to much experience. last year it basically went over the fence and back down, like you mentioned. whic...
How does your garden grow?
Posted by lillivewire87
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lillivewire87Updated I dream of the day I have enough land of my own to have a real garden! We are currently living in a small basement apartment, and I cannot alter the landscape. The neighborhood has tons of beautiful old growth trees, which means...
4th of July vs. Early Girl
Posted by woodcutter2008
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aruzinskyUpdated I am trying New Girl. So far, it is the fastest growing tomato plant amongst Best Boy, Big Zac, and Better Boy.
Start Early or Late Season Tomato
Posted by RedSun (Zone 6, NJ)
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated I got tons of fruits from my cherries into October last year. The plants had EB and Septoria too
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