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Growing multiple tomato plants in one community box?
Posted by PicoAzores
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PicoAzoresUpdated Yes, Azores is amazing place with amazing climate and unbelievably beautiful views that I never get tired of, especially good climate to north Europeans. I miss the Centigrade 30s though as I used to love 32C or 90F very much, but...
Brown leaves - Action needed?
Posted by winorchids(nor CA, USDA 9b, sunset 7/14)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Nice that you have a watering gauge. If Gardener & Bloome brand is sold in your area, it will be at independent nurseries but not big box. Maybe try another nursery if one's convienient. I know your results have been so disapp...
Tomato Theif
Posted by beachartist(coastal so cal)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated An alternate thought is, if you have a wildlife camera or know someone who hunts and can borrow one, you can see what critter you're dealing with. I bought one last year for $55 from Amazon when I lost my cat and wanted to put a c...
what's up with yellowing tomato leaves?
Posted by daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Each of these plants has five or six big almost-red fruit on them, so I can't help but believe that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dan, those are mature / old plants. Yellowing lower leaves is a normal thing especially with dry and warm condi...
The First Fruit ...2015 ... Show Yours
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Thanks, Jenn and Hudson. My plants are in tip top shape, all loaded with buds and flower, w/ near perfect foliage in color and vigor . It is just fruit setting that is lagging behind. Part of this slow action in the garden is du...
Tomato varieties and their textures
Posted by waltertp1
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Well, it's true, most lists of tomatoes and their traits do not necessarily include texture. Sometimes, people will note that a variety is particularly soft or firm. Although it does not necessarily include texture information, th...
Blight
Posted by (NJ, Zone 7A)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated <They're watered every other day with a drip hose for 20 minutes every other day. I didn't start spraying till last week, when I noticed the damage.> All the other issues aside, please don't do that. That is called shallow ...
Lower leaves dying back
Posted by blg002
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Are they in complete shade ? If yes, and they are within few inches from the soil, why to keep them? I would prune them. AND just to be on the safe side FUNGICIDE the plant real good. Sey
Will tomatoes survive deer-lopping?!?
Posted by susanmi
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Craig LeHouliller says the only thing that really works for him is the Scarecrow motion-activated sprinklers. Environmentally no problem, doesn't hurt the deer, easy once set up. I also have seen the idea of planting a deer "...
Name that Pest! Please help my tomato
Posted by Jessica Aguirre
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Yeah it has legs. It isn't a pupae stage (which is a cocoon) nor a larval stage. It may be an instar stage of one of the many leaf-foots. There are 100's of sub-species and most have 5 different instar stages. Dave
Tomato mottle virus
Posted by jennieboyer(8)
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ncrealestateguyUpdated If that is the only damage, then just prune that stem out and encourage a new stem to grow. Sometimes the new stem will grow normally and sometimes it will not. IME, 2,4-D causes more permanent damage than does glycophospahte.
Tomato Plants Sets Fruit That Won' Grow.
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated I actually agree with both of you. Pollenation isn't strictly needed, but can also be enhanced. I thought of this thread today as I was watching a bumblebee getting busy trying to cross my tomatoes! I did read those links - turns ...
Indigo Rose or what?
Posted by Bob_Mc(7b)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Yes, I will be curious to taste one, when they are FINALLY ripe. I hear they take a long time. My neighbor keeps wondering when they will be ready! I keep telling her, maybe last week of July!
What is the number 1 hybrid for you so far?
Posted by pennypond USDA 10 Sunset 21 CA
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CindyMac(8b)Updated nugrdnnut, yeah they vine like crazy. Mine topped their Texas Tomato Cages and kept going a couple more feet before starting to drape over. It's a viney jungle out there right now. I have to use a little step stool to reach some o...
Black tomato plant
Posted by jarrodpitts
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated I would say that it being in with grass might be a factor. If it were me I might have chosen to plant it in a pot instead. Either that, or make a small garden bed in the yard. I think the grass may be competing with it. You put &q...
Tomato dormancy!
Posted by Amanda(7)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Sorry for making assumptions; we are just trying to help you here. Have you grown tomatos from seed before so you have some basis for comparison? Traditionally, you start giving diluted fertilizer when they get their first true le...
Here ya go Sey! You caused this lol.
Posted by carriehelene(5 Upstate NY)
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carriehelene(5 Upstate NY)Updated Wow, no fruits on yours yet? Probably because mine were so stressed by the wild weather fluctuations we had here in NY.
Cosmonaut Volkov - no flowers after 27 days?
Posted by mister_caledon(7a - Maryland)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Good news , mc, If CV is a small fruiting var., then you will have a chance to get some ripes by the end of month. I think the weather back East is very nice now. Sey
Tomato plant leaves are blackening along the edges...
Posted by Kellianne Murphy
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Kellianne MurphyUpdated Thanks! I will look it up. And that ripe red tomato shade is a camera phone automatic color correcting illusion. It's still a day away from being picked.
What And How Do You Feed Your Tomato Plants ?
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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lindalana(z5 IL)Updated My experience- attempt to keep it over the winter, may apply some manure on top. Mixing it down will get you too much of nitrogen loss and next season you will be hard pressed to keep adding something as your plants will have stun...
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