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tomato help
Posted by thestripedone(z5indiana)
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grubby_AZ Tucson Z9Updated Agree with Max. With predominately sand for soil, use huge amounts of OM. Huge! Also prepare to be surprised at how big of an impact unrelenting humidity can play.
question for hudson???
Posted by lartomato(5 northern AZ 7000 feet)
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hudson___wy(3)Updated Great Lar - hope you will share the idea next spring!
My tomatoes and cucumbers look dusty. Can anyone please help?
Posted by brittanyhope18
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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)Updated As others have said, it's powdery mildew. Unfortunately you've got two different types of PM as the type that affects cucurbits won't affect tomatoes and vice versa. Control is the same. Start using a fungicide. PM on tomatoes: ht...
Secret Seed Swap
Posted by asaylor(z7)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Wow ! 2000 varieties ! very impressive. Yeah , I have not got the seed collecting bug yet. I am planning on growing about 15 varieties in 2015. This past season I have had about 30 vars, total of 50 plants. So practically I am cu...
Brandy Boy Contest -2015 (5)
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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lartomato(5 northern AZ 7000 feet)Updated Yep---I likes that there one -----nothing like home grown matters --- my brandy boys do a jig to that
15 gallon smart pot(fabric bags)
Posted by Scott Williams 9B
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Scott Williams 9BUpdated Not everyday but today they were. That plant is in one of those blue fabric walmart bags so my smart pots will hold more soil.
Fall tomatoes
Posted by Vince (8) Kemper
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Vince (8) KemperUpdated Some very green tomatoes fell off two weeks ago and they all ripened. I've got a couple on the vine that are huge and plan to pick before the rain this weekend.
sungold tomatoes via fence
Posted by Scott Williams 9B
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Peter (6b SE NY)Updated You sure can. You don't even need to do anything, I just let mine flop over and grow as they pleased when they reached the top of my 6 foot fence trellis. Nothing broke.
Indigo Rose - More than just a novelty ? Taste ?
Posted by mewhee
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Getting into more indigo : In addition to IR, next season I will grow the followings :INDIGO ROSE (above) --- INDIGO APPLE: not related directly to IR but is very very similar. Maybe fruits are slightly bigger. here it is: -- INDI...
made some tomato/spaghetti sauce..
Posted by stevie
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lexxluthor(5 Syracuse)Updated Looking good. What time is dinner?
Saving tomatoes seeds from F1 hybrids
Posted by delaware(Z7 DE)
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delaware(Z7 DE)Updated Original poster here. I have been fascinated with the answers and "liked" many of them. Yes I'm thoroughly satisfied with the answers and have moved onto to other thoughts and burning questions. Thanks to all of you.
Color change
Posted by Vince (8) Kemper
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated About Color Change: This is the time to take advantage of the fact that mature fruits can ripen off the vine. I have been doing it almost for a month now with good results. I have still some more that are maturing Today I will che...
Super Sauce hybrid tomato shelf life!
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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stevieUpdated tomatoes that are made for sauce usually last longer because they are more meaty than juicy.. downside is because of this they also take a long time to ripen.. since there isn't a whole lot of juice in roma style tomatoes, they al...
Show off your tomato "jungle" !
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated Here are my modest jungles - 8 ft. and 6 ft. high: Meantime the fruits grow - despite the 51' F outside.
Better Boy Tomatoes
Posted by tedln(7 Texas)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Alright , decision time: I am determined to grow Better Boy in 2016 along with Big Beef that I grew this past season and I liked it. I have read numerous positive reviews on Better Boy and now Hudson and PC's reviews has reinforc...
Life span of super sweet 100 zone 10a
Posted by Chicknpiza(Zone 10A/B)
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Chicknpiza(Zone 10A/B)Updated Grubby, sounds like a great idea. Maybe that will help control the spider mite and new horn worm problem too. I know i should use BT, but I'm a bloody penny pincher. Temps are cooling so i could soon start using neem to sufficate ...
If you could grow only 10 ?
Posted by lexxluthor(5 Syracuse)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated I like this thread. Thanks to Lexxluthor. It is kind of "gardeners' Choice" polling. And a lot those participated so far are experienced gardeners. So I would think they know their stuff. I am a kind of gardener who does...
Mulching around tomatoes
Posted by Nicole O'Connor Yesko
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Yeah envy you. Only have access to relatively small amounts here. What you don't use, bag and store for using next year too. Dave
Preparing for 2016...
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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Humsi(USDA 9b/10a Sunset 23 SoCal)Updated Waiting, waiting for this infernal heat to die down so I can get my cool season/winter starts in without them bolting right away. Best time for gardening is just starting here, looking forward to it since my summer garden was awf...
Lesson(s) you've learned this year (2015)
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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Chris B(6a NY)Updated I have learned that leafy greens(also carrot tops, cucumber foliage, and snap pea seedlings) are very appealing to animals, and they will demolish everything if you don't protect them. Don't underestimate the size of most tomato p...
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