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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...
What was your LARGEST tomato last year ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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pondgardenerUpdated These are some that I harvested last year. I had quite a few over 2# and a bunch at least a pound or more. The variety is called Anna Margaret's Heart.
Your 2015 Choices - Fianl Answer !
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Yes, Fred Meyers garden centers have more varieties than Lowes and HD. I've bough a few seedlings from them. This branch that I go to, is across the parking lot from HD. So there is some competition . BTW: I grew Black from Tula ...
Roma tomatoes with fruit already?
Posted by Katie Gooding(8b, Coastal SC)
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digdirt2(6b-7a No.Cent. AR HZ8 Sun-35)Updated It is easy to do. Just click on your name and it takes you to your member page. Click on edit my profile and type your state/location and zone into the box provided for it.
Do you believe the DTM (Days to Maturity) ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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wormgirl_8a_WA(z8 WA)Updated I, too, have realized that here in the PNW, we have to add a lot of days onto a DTM date. Steve Solomon explains it very well in his book. I finally "got it" after I read it last year. I like the way Carolyn puts it in ...
Tomato murder? :(
Posted by akiraana(6)
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akiraana(6)Updated I ended up trimming them down to half their size and rooting the cuttngs. the larger branches did really well the smar ones did not root but I was able to get 10 or so new plants from this. I hardned the trimmed tomatoes off outsi...
Tomatoes Purple & Drooping
Posted by bgtribble(7b)
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XochitlUpdated Can I ask bgtriblle what ended up happening with his tomatoes?
Do you remove "suckers" ?
Posted by daniel_nyc(7a)
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hoosier40 6a Southern INUpdated Easy to say Grubby, being in Tucson. If all your plants die it ain't food either.
Tomato spacing & caging
Posted by J M (zone 5a)
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daniel_nyc(7a)Updated nice... "jungle" you will have very soon.
Growing with just cow manure?
Posted by laccanvas
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Seysonn_ 7b-WA/HZ1Updated Well, when you dig a hole to plant the layers of soil get mixed, and thats what the roots are in then , which is very good. Eventually even composted manure will be disintegrated , becoming a kind of topsoil with less micro air po...
First Time Tomato Grower...need some help
Posted by uajeremy(7)
25 Comments
jeffthrasher74Updated K thanx so much I'll sit back and keep watering and give them time I'm wanting to plow off a spot to plant some okra cucomber maybe a couple rows of corn nothing real big but have I waited too long or is it still early I'd like to...
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