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Variety suggestions
Posted by emileeg(DFW, TX)
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JenTiffanyUpdated I'm just stumbling across your post after doing a search for Bonnie Select. I too have always hated tomatoes. I love spaghetti, chili, everything with tomatoes in it, but whenever I eat out, I always order my food with no tomatoes...
Banana leg tomato plant
Posted by NoRoom2Grow
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated PLease read the link below as to Banana Legs and the difference between an indet and det and why there are different reports for both plant habits for this variety. It is determinate. Carolyn Here is a link that might be useful: B...
deep root watering
Posted by heiderhouse
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ally99Updated On this same topic, I have a question about soaker hoses. I have one set up in my garden, however, it tends to run out of my bed. Unfortunately my garden bed is on a bit of an incline. I turn the hose on so that it is dripping slo...
Tomato's blossoms & Low 50s temp
Posted by Jaybob(5)
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plantslayer(8)Updated I've had tomatoes set fruit when night temps are in the mid to low 50s, but they do drop a lot of blossoms as well. If you can do something to make them warmer I'm sure it wouldn't hurt, but it might not be worth the trouble. The ...
Spots on my First Tomato!
Posted by link8879
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digdirt2Updated Sorry but you will have to post a picture of the tomato for any real help. There are many, many things that can cause "dark, small spots". We also need to know if there are any pests on or around the plant, what the weat...
Why am I getting Bottom End Rot?
Posted by estebancelis(9B)
4 Comments
suncitylindaUpdated I supplement my Earthboxes with calcium nitrate as a snack to help avoid BER. The only year I had it was the first EB set up and I was growing paste type toms (Super Marzano as I recall) which are particularly susceptable.
Why are my toms out in the heat fruiting and my other ones not?
Posted by KudosFromUdo
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cakefarm(7B)Updated You're outside of Death Valley? How cool! Ha - or not. :) Another heat lover I would recommend is the costoluto. I am also not a big fan of that tomato but production was good during the hottest part of the summer last year. Big R...
help with transplanting seedlings
Posted by kawaiineko_gardener(5a)
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garystpaul(4)Updated I would pinch them off, yes.
Tomato Plants Yellowing
Posted by Tomato1rick
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digdirt2Updated " plants are turning yellow where the leaf stem attaches to the maint stem and the yellow runs up to the leaf. It is a very bright yellow not like it is dry and lacking water" Agree with Jean. That description is classic...
pineapple tomato-flowers, no fruit
Posted by calik8(sunset18)
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nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)Updated It's only May 6th! If you are in N. Cal. it hasn't been hot much yet, especially not the nights. I love growing pineapple, and near Davis, it helps a lot to have blooms by May 1st, which is when the nights start getting over 55.
Yellow Tomato Buds
Posted by TeXasbaby(8b)
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qaguyUpdated You must learn to watch your plants and recognize signs of water need. If they're wilting, definitely water them, no matter what the general rule states. Keep an eye on your soil too. Like you said, it's a learning experience. How...
Is this normal for tomatoes??????
Posted by JenTiffany
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JenTiffanyUpdated It was not a hornworm. I know what those look like. And it was the same kind on both plants.
Anyone have any Omar's Lebanese plants?
Posted by roxxanne
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Roxxanne, I just answered your question at another place so I'll just cut and paste it to here. ***** Try Darrel Jones at Selectedplants.com b/c I thought I saw it on his growout list for plant sales that he posted elsewhere. But ...
BT that you can't see?
Posted by Julie717
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natal(Louisiana 8b)Updated I use a Dustin-Mizer. Flip the deflector to get the underside of the leaves. Here is a link that might be useful: Dustin-Mizer
let the volunteers grow?
Posted by jwstockwell(6 - OH)
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yumtomatoes(10a/FLA)Updated If you have limited space, I would not risk a volunteer. Better Boy is a hybrid so for sure you won't get Better Boys from your volunteers. Mr. Stripey is not a hybrid, but I wouldn't let unknown volunteers take up valuable space ...
small caterpillars eating all my leaves!!
Posted by dockim
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chuggerguy (Richard)(9B - Vero Beach, FL.)Updated I'm not sure if they're "Army Worms" or what, maybe an expert will tell us. I had them too, mostly eating my bush green bean and occasionally eating into a tomato. BT(Bacillus Thuringiensis) seemed to mostly bring them t...
Transplanting tomato plants
Posted by Nazarene1(Zone 6 TN)
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rt_peasant(5 CO)Updated I read an article by a gardener who lives in the mountains where the mornings are cool. The article pointed out a couple things about trenching - the surface soil warms up faster each day than the deeper soil. Since tomatoes need ...
New LED lights to raise tomato seedlings
Posted by joachim_ct
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rt_peasant(5 CO)Updated >>> LED lights provide advantages over MH or HPS lighting including more efficiency, less weight, and less heat. Apparently, high efficiency means that 90% of the light is absorbed by plants. >>> When LED lights ...
Black Cherry Redux
Posted by mewhee
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thisisme(az9b)Updated Last year I planted four Black Cherry plants. They where alternated between other cherry plants 34" apart. They Did not want to fruit here in hot weather or any weather for that matter. When they did fruit they did not fruit ...
PVC connectors hard to find
Posted by coeng
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qaguyUpdated I'd pound that PVC 12 inches into the ground myself. Wind will cause the PVC to flex (especially if you don't go with the 3/4 inch stuff) and I'm afraid the conduit clamps won't be up to the task. Pounding the PVC into the ground ...
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