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Where to get multi color tomato plants in Iowa?
Posted by J M (zone 5a)
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J M (zone 5a)Updated Found some Green Zebra's and a 4 pack of Cherokee purples yesterday! Looks like my Mr. Stripey is pulling through the freeze.
Fish fertilizer
Posted by Vince (8) Kemper
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated I read somewhere that Neptune's Harvest (2-3-1) is better than Alaska (5-1-1). I use Big Bloom (FoxFarm) [0.01-0.3-0.7] and it works for me.
HELP , tomatoe seedling looking bad , (pics )
Posted by zak
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zakUpdated been useing filtered watter zero water the type you get in those big bottles for drinking stands like culligan water ,,, i decided to stop useing that, and ive used some rain water from my barrel outside for 1 watering so far ,,,...
Hahms Gelbe Topftomate
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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Vince (8) KemperUpdated My dad was a German Special Forces paratrooper in WW 2. He's 92 and could probably still kick my ass, and he wants some tomatoes
Where is Carolyn?
Posted by Deeby
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Martha HenricksonUpdated glad you are doing better. My gall bladder was taken out when I was 30..so thats a long time ago.....I think I started posting here about 17 years ago, when we first moved out of the city.. I learned everything about growing toma...
tomato plants growing too fast
Posted by Martha Henrickson
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Martha HenricksonUpdated I just reported some back into the same pots, but removed some of the root and added more soil less mix so they are planted deeper..they look good, thought they might panic..Its getting so warm out so fast maybe can plant them out...
Kind of scary looking disease
Posted by jenniedhs_7b_nc
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jenniedhs_7b_ncUpdated That's the plan Sey. Thanks.
Did you start EARLIER (than usual) this year ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Daniel, That is a nice and practical mobile plant cart. BTW: when are you going to get plants and plant out ? How is your LI weather theses days ? Ours is fine. Highs getting to low 70s. But the lows are persistently in mid 40s an...
Slow them down!!
Posted by jbann23(6 RI)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Ibann ... I am sure you meant March 30th. I think that Black cherry has close to normal growth in 4 weeks. But definitely Big Beef has grown out of ordinary. I have an unknown variety ( came out of dwarf seeds pack ) that is almos...
My Druzba
Posted by jwr6404(8B Wa)
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated OK, so you do not want a link to Tania's page for it, but if you looked you'd find that I was the first to introduce it to the US, seeds to me from Norbert in France back in 1992. You'll also note that I I was the first to answer...
Burpee's suggestions
Posted by grubby_AZ Tucson Z9
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socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24Updated I know they're expensive, but those Burpee cages, with extensions, work very well for me and are easy to use/handle.
Bunnies vs. Tomato Garden
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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noinwiUpdated I was on my way home from the grocer last week and had to stop for two Peacocks facing off in the middle of the road. I beeped at them and it didn't phase them. Only when they danced a while, flew up facing one another and flapped...
help with first time tomato grower??
Posted by runic112(Zone 9 Berkeley, CA)
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runic112(Zone 9 Berkeley, CA)Updated Thanks for the reassuring responses everyone. I'm relieved I don't have to go to drastic measures this early in the season. I'll check for the mites and keep an eye on it. @edweather I got these cages for free, and as this was my ...
I need a high yield, good tasting indeterminate tomato.
Posted by shijitake
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated Since thread has been revived, I just wanted to mention that Carolyn always raves about Jet Star. If the OP grew them, hope you come back to report!!
Recently Planted tomato plant PROBLEMS.. please help
Posted by Maria Antonova
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated You may be able to help warm things up with a simple black garbage bag. Cut it down the sides to make one long strip of plastic. Cut a slit in the middle to go around the plants stem. Then lay it so that it is fairly flat on the g...
Baggie method question
Posted by rt_peasant(5 CO)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated "I select on the basis of the plant that emerges, not on the basis of a tiny root that emerges. That seems to me to be a better way to select." I have to agree with this. The biggest drawback of the baggie method is the ...
calcium in a foliar feeding mix
Posted by mystmaiden(texas zone 8)
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jenniedhs_7b_ncUpdated Very good analogy Linda. That helped me understand much better.
Your BIGGEST error in growing tomatoes was...
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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booberry85(5)Updated Biggest mistake? I've done lots of them - not sure which was the biggest. - I start too many seedlings - I start them too early so then I have sprawling plants when it comes time to plant. - I've over watered them. Then I get da...
What's the deal with fungicide?
Posted by beesneeds(zone 6)
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maxjohnsonUpdated Well be glad you're not growing them in South Florida. It feel like a sauna outside here.
WALL OF AIR (WOA) An Alternative to WOW.
Posted by Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1
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harryshoe zone6 eastern PennsylvaniaUpdated I should mention that, on the coldest night, I added paper across the top. The plants look pretty good. I put screening over them to reduce the sun burn. That's gone now and the ten-day forecast shows no lows below the mid forti...
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