Growing Tomatoes Forum

Posted by fireduck(10a) January 18, 2015

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daninthedirt(Cent TX; HZ10, Sunset z30, USDA z8a)Updated January 22, 2015 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 January 22, 2015

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patrick620Updated January 22, 2015 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 January 21, 2015

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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated January 21, 2015 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 August 3, 2014

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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated January 21, 2015 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 January 21, 2015

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centexan254 zone 8 Temple, TxUpdated January 21, 2015 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 June 11, 2014

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cjumperUpdated January 21, 2015 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) November 26, 2014

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sneezer2(5)Updated January 21, 2015 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 November 28, 2014

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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated January 21, 2015 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) January 15, 2015

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nance(6 KY)Updated January 20, 2015 Thank you for all your help. Nancy from ky

Bear Claw Tomato

Posted by bigpinks May 20, 2012

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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated January 20, 2015 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...

Brandyboy seeds finally at local HD and what is brandyboy red?

Posted by Melissa(5b, Sunset zone 42, CNY) January 19, 2015

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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated January 20, 2015 When I was checking the racks, I was JUST looking for Brandy Boy, nothing else. And as soon as found it, I grabbed one pack and left. Here is what I've got. Seysonn

Which tomatoes for canning.

Posted by feldon(z7 WA) January 19, 2015

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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated January 20, 2015 I make some spaghetti type sauce (general pasta use). For that reason I just use whatever I have. But if I were to can whole tomatoes then I would go with plump type, San Marzano types which are smaller and have more meat than jui...

should I cut out the 2 smaller tomato plants in the picture?

Posted by danmac0710 January 13, 2015

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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated January 19, 2015 I run into a lot of people who don't know the difference between wet and dry manure as applied to plants. We here, do. Many new gardeners don't. ;)

Janet's Jacinthe Jewel

Posted by reginald_317 January 13, 2015

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donnamarienjUpdated January 18, 2015 I saw it at Dave's, as well, listed as "Janet's Jewel," and I was confused... but that happens often. Thanks for the info. I just want to label the seeds correctly and offer them with their proper name when the time come...

How are Sungold seeds produced?

Posted by redisland_greenthumb(5b) July 22, 2010

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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated January 18, 2015 "I am skeptical of the method that commercially produce "F1" seed (mass production) ... Example F1, F2 ,...Fn all are "HYBRIDS". In that sense, everything is a hybrid, because you are saying it is the resu...

Sugar Drop tomato

Posted by sheltieche September 28, 2013

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fxefUpdated January 17, 2015 Is the Sugar Drop (two words) yellow in color and the Sugardrop (one word) red in color?

Varieties for the Swamps of the South East (Miami)

Posted by garf_gw January 11, 2015

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garf_gwUpdated January 17, 2015 Liz Burt also did well for me one year. Everglades is always a good bet here. I think if I could beat the spider mites, I would do well.

Mini dwarf tomato plants

Posted by BrokenThumb November 10, 2014

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wertach zone 7-B SCUpdated January 15, 2015 An update on my Red Robins. I moved them to Solo cups a few day's after Christmas. They took off, I think they like the new potting soil (MG) a lot better! I have been moving the lights up every other day. I need to move them into...

mandarin tomato?

Posted by shane11 January 14, 2015

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carolyn137(z4/5 NY)Updated January 15, 2015 THe name Madarin Cross does not mean it's an F1 hybrid, and it was stable when Takii released it in 1964 as you can see from my link to Tania's website. Perhaps Gary just assumed it was a hybrid b'c Cross was part of the name. Had...

TwinHerder tomato questions

Posted by harry57 January 9, 2015

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harry57Updated January 15, 2015 TwinHerder, wow, tracking it down to the roots! Sounds like some sort of CSI tomato investigation you had going on!! Actually no, the BER didn't just occur in the smaller pots. In fact I think the first one to show any BER was on ...

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