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Raised Beds- part 2
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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stealth92Updated Zen, Am going to try your cardboard and straw mulch this year in my new garden. I hope the strong Kansas winds in summer don't cause a major problem. I will try to keep the mulch wet to weight it down. I wholeheartedly agree with ...
Hybrid Slicers
Posted by digit(ID/WA)
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carolb_w_fl(zone 9/10)Updated I'm growing Tomande VFFNT for the 3rd year in a row - they're that good - got mine from Tomato Growers Supply Co. - doesn't seem to be in their print catalog, but you can find it on their website, using the search box... Here is a...
Seed Problem #2
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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digdirt2Updated Agree. Domes should always be removed as soon as seed sprouting begins. Otherwise you quickly risk damping off - one reason why experienced growers never use the dome things or similar covers. Root rot (brown dying seedlings) is a...
the never ripening tomatoes
Posted by rsgibson7
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Ohiofem(6a Ohio)Updated Do you know what the days to maturity (DTM) were for your plants? That is the average amount of time it takes from putting a 6-8 week old plant in the ground until the first fruit ripens. It occurs to me that even though you are i...
What is frost?
Posted by chrishashtags_gw
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garf_gwUpdated This is one of many forecasting stones seen over the net.
Tomatoes and coffee grinds
Posted by daveinoz(Sub Tropical)
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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated I'm not sure that coffee grounds are really acidic. Certainly not after they've been brewed. The roasted beans are acidic, but the acid is water soluble, so most of the acid ends up in the coffee. If you want to acidify a bed, you...
Somebody Say Something, Anything About Tomatoes !
Posted by Deeby
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DeebyUpdated I start seeds late because my tomatoes don't do well if planted out before July. We get May Gray and June Gloom with cool temps and the tomatoes just don't take off and thrive until there's reliable sun and warmth.
Experience growing Greek tomato Thessoloniki
Posted by antonaki(9)
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated I can't comment generally on the results like antonaki who has grown it a long time, but I can share what happened to me. The plant is a very metered production plant in cool weather for me. By that I mean it started out relativel...
pure compost
Posted by diemoldau123
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Tricks for Photographing Detail
Posted by garf_gw
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nugrdnnut(6a n-c WA)Updated I find that almost any picture I can take outside, with natural light, is better than any with unnatural light. Of course professional photographers have the right equipment to take photographs with artificial light. just my $0.02...
Seed Starting....
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated Thanks for the insight about shade cloth on tomatoes. Good idea to string it vertically, away from the plants. Good point about tomato plants shading other tomato plants. Now that I think of it, I actually have two trellises for m...
Introduce myself and my set up
Posted by patrick620
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patrick620Updated My grow area is inside my house in a work room area. It stays about 60 degrees all the time without the prow lights on. I will enclose the actual grow shelves once the seedlings get started. This will bring the temp up to about 70...
What makes a "greenhouse variety" special (& expensive!)
Posted by woodcutter2008
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated They tend to be for commercial growing in commercial green houses. The thing is many do not have that great of a flavor. They are bred for being able to put out lots of tomatoes that have a longer shelf life so they will make it f...
Selbo's Red Ribbed
Posted by mjhuntingtonbeach
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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated Mike, I agree completely with using Joe's Pink OXheart, but if it were me I wouldn;t use Indigo Rose, the reason being that many who have grown it did NOT like the taste at all. I think it does need to be a bit sweeter IMO and the...
Tom start advice and Is a portable greenhouse worth it?
Posted by pmcaddis
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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated How many plants are you planning on putting out. If it is not a whole lot of them I would suggest the ones that are the stand up ones. They cost about $20 or so. They work to protect things in a light freeze. If it super cold then...
Volunteer from last year's Sungold
Posted by cjumper
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cjumperUpdated A piece of that same Sungold plant is still there. So is a Black Cherry. I cut them off at soil level late last fall, but hadn't pulled up the roots. And they didn't have sense enough to notice the frost. Both are growing like cra...
Marbonne (F1) from Johnny's
Posted by hudson___wy(3)
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sneezer2(5)Updated Thanks for the correction. I hope your Marbonne does well. I'll be looking for results, yours and others' around the forum come summer. Actually, after my experience with "the R fruit", I'm a bit leery about the whole tr...
Rootstock recommendation for grafting tomatoes
Posted by bear999
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated Amazing. I thought a flat cut was the WORST way to go! Live and learn. I have a humidity stand and it was warm upstairs where I had it, but I didn't use extra heat. I'll try that. And I think, (from your description) that I left t...
Live in Zone 6..when?
Posted by nance(6 KY)
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nance(6 KY)Updated Thank you for all your help. Nancy from ky
Bear Claw Tomato
Posted by bigpinks
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Thanks bigpins Now I have seeds both for Bear Claw and Brandy Boy. I will plant them both this year. Other than Ananas Noire and Cherokee Purple, I have no REAL BeefSteakd favorite so far. I hope that Bear Claw and Brandy Boy sett...
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