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Sterile Mr. Stripey?
Posted by runwayred(7b)
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aegis1000Updated Touch an operating electric toothbrush to the back of the flowers to get them to release their pollen. I used this trick last year and spurred a couple non-fruitful vines into producing 50 or so pound-size tomatoes.
First time tomato advice
Posted by Ryan W
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Ryan WUpdated Updated with better pics. I'll start hardening in a couple days since the temp unexpectedly dropped to around 5C at night. I'll also be going on vacation at the end of may, so I guess I'll need to mulch my newly potted tomato?
Plant Out Diaries ... Let The Season Begin !
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated tx sey and jenniedhs.
Tomatoes NOT Growing
Posted by krussow(6A)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Where are you located, Dillan ? Zone Number ? How the weather has been, Temps, Rain ? ... It will take sometime , under normal conditions, for the tomatoes to GRAB THE SOIL and then resume growing. Then iF the plants were subject ...
Epsom Salt & Tomatoes
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Sometimes an overdose of one thing can block the uptake of some others. I am not sure about Mag. I am also a container grower. I use dolomitic lime which has some Magnesium in it. Container growing is a different ball game and it...
How effective is Serenade against early blight?
Posted by ikea_gw
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Priscilia,.. I don't know what " spreader-sticker" is but: Neem Oil spray is both a fungicide and pesticide. It is Organic equivalent of Daconil as fungus prevention and it also repels some insects. Sey
Why are my tomatoes looking like they aren't healthy already?
Posted by sacampbell97
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Those plant are just fine. Give them some time to get a grab of the soil. Yeah, some sunburn, as Hoosier already pointed out (browning, in your words) ... That is ok. Did you pour water on them, sometime during the day ? I would a...
Tomato leaf curling up and inward
Posted by anikkins(8b)
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anikkins(8b)Updated It seemed to be predominately Purple Russian, with a few showing it in other varieties. I took a pretty good look at other plants that had leaves rolling, and aside from a very few aphids I didn't see anything to be concerned abo...
can wrom castings cause phytophthora and do this to my plants ( pics
Posted by zak
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zakUpdated the link to my original post explains all the info about how i started the seeds and potting mix ,,, i just didnt want to go bout typing it all out again and i thought the comments might also be usefull to help you guys help m...
Interplant Repellant Companions
Posted by coolbythecoast(10b)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated Spinosad. See: http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r607300811.html
Any hope for these sick plants?
Posted by garystpaul(4)
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mnwsgal(Hennepin, MN 4)Updated Gary, I start my tomatoes in Pro Mix and move them to MG without the water crystals as it has fertilizer so don't have to fertilize them by hand and they don't dry out as quickly as the Pro Mix ones. One year I used the MG with wa...
cherry tomatoes tase very bitter
Posted by Inessa L
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated I have heard the first tomatos of the season can be not the best tasting ones?
Need help with Tomato - Brown Spots, Curled Leaves, Indoor Garden
Posted by Dan Hansen
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Dan, I've used a few different mixes in containers and I like the sound of your sea soil. The problem with containers is that the system is really too small to set up a true organic soil system in them. People do all sorts of thin...
Florida Weave Questions
Posted by piltdown
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated You could rig something up with pegs (turn or fixed for making loops) like this if you are on your own and want a cool, simple system: Violin tuning If it works you might have the world's first musical row of tomatoes to add to th...
the post your tomato growing list thread.
Posted by bakersville
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated A vantage thread... Interesting how some old popular ones are still around this season after SEVEN (7) years. They must have have passed the test of time and the test of TASTES. . But , as it is always the case the gardeners ge...
Hardening off after pause
Posted by tigrikt (Central NJ)(6B)
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tigrikt (Central NJ)(6B)Updated Ok. Thanks. Will do the full process
Brandy Boy Contest -2015
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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hudson___wy(3)Updated Hi Hoosier - yes - there is a part 2 now for this thread. To answer your question - please post what ever information you would like to share on this thread (and additional parts) about your experiences - good or bad - growing Br...
Critique Varieties please for 2015
Posted by hoosier318
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fireduck(10a)Updated hi H...My garden has been planted for 6 weeks now. By far the most aggressive, healthiest, and most fruit is my Big Beef. I think my Brandy Boy is a little ahead of the other 12 varieties. I see that your weather has really warmed...
It's tomato planting season
Posted by Peter (6b SE NY)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Happy Plant Out, Peter. That forecast is good enough to plant out everything, including eggplants and peppers. Her is our weather outlook. But I started planting out (tomatoes) from 4-8-18 on and was done 90% by 4-20-17. During th...
The Color Of Tomato
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated O ! I always wanted to grow Old German. But my seed supplier did not carry it. Anyway, I am growing Big Rainbow with similar color pattern. Nate, is Jubilee same as "golden Jubilee" ?. I think I have grown that one many ...
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