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Table top tomatoes?
Posted by chris_ont(5a Ont)
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dickiefickle(5B Dousman,Wi.)Updated Well ,if you have a 5 gallon container you can choose many different varieties of smaller ,bush ,compact,dwarf,plants .With a large enough (15-25 gal) container you are unlimited in your choices . Different technics are needed for...
seedling problems for amature
Posted by l979
7 Comments
dickiefickle(5B Dousman,Wi.)Updated replanting will help
Better boy tomatos in hot weather
Posted by LoveTheDirt
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sandshifterUpdated I live on the edge of California's central valley. We have several weeks of 100+ degree heat and up to 110. I havegrown Better Boys for the last three years and they do well if they get plenty of water. My problem is that they ten...
meaty tomatoes
Posted by joeworm
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trudi_dUpdated Why not grow the original classic ~ Beefsteak! It's the only tomato my Mom ever grew and I have very fond summer memories of making tomato sandwiches everyday for lunch with them.
Soil preparation for Tomatoes
Posted by HReynolds357
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capoman(5a)Updated One thing about permaculture, is that you can take it as far or as little as you want. I haven't really gotten into the low maintenance edible landscape (yet), and all the layers it entails, but the practices used to restore soil,...
Blossom End Rot
Posted by hibiscusfan -Northwest Ohio(5 northwest Ohio)
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digdirt2Updated BER FAQ Here is a link that might be useful: FAQ: BER
tomato disease prevention methods
Posted by s10sleeper(5b)
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Ohiofem(6a Ohio)Updated I just want to go back to bmoser's comment about growing in whiskey barrels. I have one that I grew tomatoes in twice. The first time I grew some kind of brandywine and the next year I grew super marzano. Both developed BER. The b...
Paste Tomato Seedling Problems
Posted by Bsze
5 Comments
BszeUpdated We have an electric dryer and small electric space heater in the area. The plants are on a shelf 1 1/2 foot above the laundry appliances. Also, since it's just my husband and I, we don't run the dryer very often. I just noticed to...
seedlings getting big but too cold to plant out!
Posted by bubblemama(USDA 10a/Sunset 18)
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suncitylindaUpdated Mine are already outside. Tomatoes dont like cold and will pretty much sit there, but not die. As nightime tips go below 40 you may get some damage without cover.
To Divide or Not to Divide. . . .
Posted by Rusty
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Ohiofem(6a Ohio)Updated Since you've decided you want to keep the "bonus" plant, I would recommend that you separate the two and not grow them together. If they are too close (less than at least a foot apart) they will compete for food, sun and...
Shortening tomato branches
Posted by panentheos
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panentheosUpdated Thanks for the responses! I do mean trimming just the leaves, not the growing tips. And I was indeed using the wrong terminology in calling them branches, so I appreciate the correction. It sounds like trimming the leaves back a b...
Nearly Pot Bound and Flowering
Posted by cheffrank(VA 7)
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cheffrank(VA 7)Updated Thanks all, went with the transplanting and snipping. Didn't think at the time that it was too early, start em same time every year. I could have made the mistake and rushed the seedling transplant time though.
Seedling ID
Posted by Phildeez(9b)
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missingtheobvious(Blue Ridge 7a)Updated Fiorentino, I looked up Black Italian in Ventmarin's database, and they referred to this entry: Italian Black OP ou Black Italian OP ou Italienne Noire OP Fruit rouge sombre ovale allonge de 30 a 50 grammes. En bouquet de 8 a 12 f...
Anyone with experience of this rare tomato?
Posted by marullo1947
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marullo1947Updated That makes sense to me. Looks like I got taken (message had been forwarded to me) If it were accurate, I thought that some expert on the forum could confirm. Seemed a bit too strange to be true but some tomatoes have legends that ...
Saving seeds
Posted by urbuyd
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trudi_dUpdated You can save seeds from the hybrids too but they might produce offpsring with slight differences, but some may also be stable. You won't know until you grow them out, and then you save seeds from the best of the best, repeat year ...
Tomato seedling is all grown up now...
Posted by chuggerguy (Richard)(9B - Vero Beach, FL.)
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Bets(z6A S ID)Updated And here I thought you were showing us how you were considering trellising the tomatoes next year. Or that it was the beginning of some fancy bird deterrent.... LOL! Betsy
When will you plant in 2012 ?
Posted by mewhee
19 Comments
4hleader(5)Updated Generally I think about planting just before Memorial Day weekend: plantmaps.com says 5/21-5/31 for last frost date. I'll keep an eye out for temps and they'll probably go in the ground between 5/12 and 5/20.
im new to gardening
Posted by Labyrinth00
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Labyrinth00Updated thank you for the replies, i will try your suggestions...is it possible for the plant to recover at this point? alot of the leaf look like the photos except the new one forming at the top. this is the first time anything has been ...
Seed Giveaway (First Reply)
Posted by nordfyr315(5)
2 Comments
nordfyr315(5)Updated We have a winner! I am sending you a message with an email to send your mailing address to.
Droopy Seedlings Help Please? (Photos)
Posted by plant_newbie_2010(6b)
6 Comments
plant_newbie_2010(6b)Updated Hey! Thanks for the input Ohiofem!=) My tomatoes had 2 seedlings per pot, and I just culled them to one each today! Much more room for them to spread now!=D Anyways, it totally could be fertilizer burn! But only one leaf is like t...
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