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Brown, Black, Purple, ..Tomatoes.
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Good to hear that. Let those blossoms have chance to get pollinated. Then heat is not going a problem. Also the highs last just for few hours around mid day then maybe 15 hours out of 24 temps should be fine for pollination, IFF ...
How Is The Weather ..1- 2015
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated ---------------PLSE GO TO THE NEW THREAD ----------------
Can you identify this tomato?
Posted by oldbat2be(5B)
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oldbat2be(5B)Updated I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading your responses to this thread! Thank you all so very much. The stuff I continue to learn on this forum.... centexan258 - I'm new to vegetable gardening so hadn't realized that these were...
Wilting Tomato Plant
Posted by swiftpen
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swiftpenUpdated Oh wow. After researching Bacterial Wilt, I am certain you are right. I will look carefully tomorrow, but expect I'll have to pull it up carefully to keep it away from the others. In all my years of growing tomatoes, I never had...
Wood Ash
Posted by James Terry
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James TerryUpdated Thanks for all the comments...
Tomato Fertilizer
Posted by jimmy56_gw (zone 6 PA)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated John, I think for most established gardens 10-10-10,, 13-13-13-, 16-16-16 .. are just enough. and the cost is reasonable. Then you have to be able to read your plants lips. Do they flower/ set fruits,? Wow does the foliage look li...
Can I use 1 stake per 2 tomato plants?
Posted by m_gold(Zone 6)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I agree with Dave. One stake per plant is hardly enough. I use like 3 stakes for 2 plants and do some weaving in addition to tying. One steak per plant is ok when you prune to a single stem. NOT enough. I let at least 2 - 3 stems ...
bulb tone on tomatoes any other fertilizer recomendations
Posted by marcantonio
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I have also some Alaska fish fert 0-10-10. I will add a some ammonium sulfate to it , to make roughly a 5-10-10 water soluble. I believe my garden beds are fairy rich after amending over last 3 years with all kinds of compost an...
Looking for Seeds in Australia - VF resistant!
Posted by archades
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archadesUpdated Thanks, will look into it. Also considering grafting onto some cherry tomatos that grow like weeds here. They've been growing every year for 20+ years and randomly popup all around the house and don't seem to get smashed by wilt ...
My plants are not growing!
Posted by Brent Buss
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Brent BussUpdated Thanks, Sey! I'll try that too. :) Danielle
wilting tomato leaves
Posted by sjs56222
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Yeah. start a new thread . Your problem can be different from the op. The OP had a serious problem , growing in 2 1/2 gallon pots. Sey
Brown spots that I can't pin down
Posted by jaycount
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jaycountUpdated Almost looks like a zinc deficiency, but the stems are also showing symptoms which doesn't quite fit. I can't find good pictures of pythium-infected plants (other than seedlings) but the plant looked pretty healthy when it went in...
Leaves curling upward suddenly. Should I panic?!
Posted by speckledhound
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edweather(Zone 5a/b Central NY)Updated I think you forgot the pic. I've done it haha
back filling planting hole with compost or other products-
Posted by marcantonio
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mister_caledon(7a - Maryland)Updated Marc -- I can second Sey's advice. I have one of those lawn blower/vac things which chips up leaves and twigs into small shreds as it vacuums them up. In years past I had two friends who would place an "order" with me tw...
New to tomato growing - HELP!
Posted by Lee Tovey
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Lee ToveyUpdated
Brown spots on tomatoes
Posted by m_smith2813
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Bacterial Canker, I think. If so, you're screwed. Please get other opinions because there is no solution to Canker except to burn the plants immediately and use bactericide everywhere to keep infection away. Sorry, really hope I'm...
Help my tomatoes!
Posted by michellelg0530
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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)Updated Yep. They're adventitious roots. Plant it deeper when you do transplant. Rodney
What is or was your best defense of rabbits , squirrels... (pets only)
Posted by thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))
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thebutcher(6b (Philadelphia area))Updated about 6-8 years back we had a family of squirrels that broke there way into our house and got into the drywall above our kitchen. It was kind of scary knowing that you heard them run up the drywall and then above cabinets. Was jus...
How to use pestacide on my plant.
Posted by redfieldtnt
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jaceymaeUpdated This is an old blog, but maybe somebody will still read it. Carbaryl in Sevin dust has been named a carcinogen. I wouldn't use it at all.
Yellow Lower Leaves, Possible Early Blight?
Posted by sam131038_7b-NC
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Sam, You have already described some of the possible reasons for what has happened : EXCESSIVE WATER . You have also revealed another possible cause: YOU POTTING MIX. Yes, in my opinion your potting mix has been a bigger problem' ...
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