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This season I had a Stiped Roman without any true leaves yet start to lay down and look pretty bad. I carefully filled potting mix in around it and ignored it. That was three weeks ago. Today it has two true leaves and is greening up.

I broke a san marzano redorta tomato plant that was about 6 inches tall and about 3 months old that I was about to transplant in my garden outside last season. I was left with a 3 inch top broken part at transplant...so I just put it in a hole in my no till brand new back yard area. It grew without any fertilizer..no kidding, into this beautiful plant...it had a good amount of fruit on it, but blight killed it all.

MONSANTO TO THE RESCUE!

Yeah, right.

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For avoiding EDEMA:

1. Avoid irrigation or watering during cool, overcast humid weather. For potted plants in greenhouses, remove saucers under pots, or discard any water that remains in the saucer 30 minutes after watering. Irrigate or water when air temperature are rising or humidity is low.

2. In greenhouses: a) reduce the humidity of the air by venting and increasing heat; b) improve air circulation; c) increase light intensity; d) space the plants farther apart; e) for potted plants use a well-drained potting medium for potted plants and avoid standing water in saucers under the pots.

3. Avoid overfertilizing, especially when the plants are growing slowly, such as during the winter months. Maintain fertility based on a soil test. Avoid low levels of potassium and calcium.

4. Avoid cultivars that are highly susceptible to edema under your growing conditions.

Ah -- I was going to give you an edema link as well (for the indentations). But I haven't actually seen edema, just read about it.

Glad everything's okay.

i have the same issue here in phoenix and i'm wondering y pull up the old plant i have 1 orange cherry and one grape that i've allreedy potted some cuttings from but what is the downside to letting these continue to grow they are loaded with flowers now and i'm getting about 10 pounds of fruit a week, so why would i pull them up?

I don't believe that there is any reason to pull them up as long as they are still healthy and productive.

The only thing I would do is make sure to keep fertilizing them so that they can keep up production. Top-dress them with a couple inches of compost now, and continue what you normally do to keep them healthy.

Tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants are actually tender perennials, not annuals. I have peppers in the basement that are five-year-old plants. Every fall I stick them in a pot and overwinter them in the basement. When spring rolls around I transplant them back outdoors and get at least a month head-start over those puny seedlings!

Two things come into play here. Few of us have ever experienced TMV to my knowledge. I've seen Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus, a few bacterial diseases and a host of fungal diseases but never TMV. Secondly if you are concerned,I know many seed varieties are available with resistance to TMV. But although fewer people smoke nowdays I believe the TMV concern from having smokers handle plants was dismissed as insignificant a few years ago. If I were you I wouldn't lose sleep over this disease.

Ditto bmoser, I smoke and I also plant tobacco near my Toms. I have never had TMV on my plants.

Celebrity! What method do you use? I do cold pack and mine do not have a lot of juice.

I cold packed the "Rutgers".
I will try Celebrity this summer for canning. Will it be good for salsa too, or should I stick with Roma?

Without reading a single post in this thread, which is a weakness of mine(ny resolution), I would say we could sum it up in 77 hours and 20 minutes. then again, in the spirit of late.

Had to go out of town in March, when the seeds had just started. Lost two weeks of seed starting.

Marmande : grown from a seed packet I bought at the corner organic market during my extended stay in Germany in 2010. Good flavor, good yield. Used primarily on sandwiches and pizza. Might do these again in a second growing season in 2012, if I'm feeling lucky.

Goldman's Italian-American : gave me one gorgeous-looking fruit for the whole season. Tasted good too, but a lot of effort for disappointing yield. Might try it again some time, but not this year.

Sungold F1: My first season trying Sungold. This was the plant that would not die (that is, until it finally did). It was the first one with ripe fruit (mid-August), and it kept going until mid-December. Unfortunately, neither my wife nor I particularly liked the flavor. Might have been the growing conditions.

Stupice : 2011 was the first year one of these survived long enough to make it into the ground. It lived up to its reputation. Started early -- only the Sungold had ripe fruit earlier -- and kept going even after the Sungold gave out. These were great in my wife's tomato sauce. Definitely will be on my list in 2012.

Some anti-hybrid people (like me) grow Sungold as it is generally considered the sweetest cherry ever.
It's the only hybrid *I* grow as well. The plant is HUGE and the fruits are notorious for cracking, but we still grow it. It's that good and a GREAT seller at the farmer's market. I've heard good reviews for Sunsugar as well. I grew Sungold Select (an OP) last year & it was good but not as good. Whenever there's a "best cherry?" poll the top cherries are usually Black Cherry & Sungold.

People recommend SunGold if they haven't tried SunSugar. Thinner skin, less cracking and splitting, and more resistant to late blight. Tons of tomatoes, sweet and early. What's not to love? Huge plant, though. Be prepared. 8-0