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Anyone plant seeds from store tomatoes?
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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garf_gwUpdated I've been experimenting with supermarket tomato seeds for a while now. See Supermarket tomato I, II, and III threads. These are from batch 2.
Foliar Spray instead of Drip Fertigation
Posted by skoka123
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sheltiecheUpdated There is big place for foliar sprays in the organic garden, but on top of properly prepared soil. I love my foliar sprays and will never be without. In the following link also read link to mineralized soil as well Here is a link t...
How Long Will Tomato Plants Keep Producing?
Posted by floridized(9)
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated Well, if you have enough full spectrum lights, I think you can grow them inside all year...
Help with seed starting and raised beds
Posted by elight(9b)
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated To add more about light stands, I use daylight or grow bulbs in the lightstand. Some say it isn't worth the cost, but I can usually find them on sale sometime in late Winter at nearly the cost of regular shop bulbs. I think the ex...
Bush Big Boy Hybrid
Posted by bigboy_grower
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slowriderUpdated Just to resurrect an old thread and mention that Burpee is selling the Bush Big Boys again. This fine bush tomato disappeared for a couple of years. I have not done it in a container but it does very well for me, produces more tha...
Interesting Timato Finds
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
9 Comments
cottonwood468(5)Updated I grew Indigo Blue Berries, they did seem to take a long time to get ripe. Mine were prolific and out of three varieties, they produced the most. I was still eating them, long after the others were done. They turn deep red where t...
Prohibition on Seed Saving
Posted by scarza(7)
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yardenman(z7 MD)Updated That legally bothers me about as much as copying Commodore computer software did in the 80's. MY concern is keeping those damn seeds OUT of my garden.
Tomato Dwarf Releases 2011
Posted by miesenbacher(7)
33 Comments
seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Garf, Most tomatoes cannot tolerate Miami, FL summers. That has nothing to do with dwarf tomatoes. Even, if you remember it right, two out of three of your own tomatoes from store bough died too. Seysonn
Planning to beat Late Blight
Posted by laceyvail(6A, WV)
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fusion_powerUpdated Premio - Harris seed - . Resistant to Tomato Mosaic Virus, Verticillium Wilt and Fusarium Wilt (races 1,2), and intermediate resistance to Stemphylium. Heinz 2653 - resistant to verticillium and fusarium. From what I can see, you ...
Plant ID
Posted by garf_gw
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garf_gwUpdated This turned out to be a vine type weed. It has been trashed.
Tomato, Jersey Boy Hybrid, from Burpee
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated Carolyn hit it : Any hybridiser can cross Rutgers and Brandywine to produce , more or less, the same outcome. So if I was interested in Jersey Boy I would rather buy Red Rose ($2.95). Seysonn
Burpee is offering free shipping on any size order thru Sunday.
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated NYFS15 That's the code for free shipping from Burpee that is good today 12/30/14. No minimum order is listed, so it probably works for everything or anything from them. PC
How many tomatoes expected from one plant?
Posted by pepper71
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dbrown2351(5)Updated I have grown better boys in past years and have had a lot of tomatoes , didn't really count but I would estimate at least 30-40 per plant if not more. Could be a lot more. You really lose track once they start ripening.
Planting Seeds From a Big Zac
Posted by Microphobik
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MicrophobikUpdated Thanks. I only had one small pack. I did hold some back and that should get me another year at least. But I've heard so much about these that I was hoping to hold on to them. Guess I'll try planting some of the seeds next year and...
planting tomato sideways?
Posted by AlexUnder(5)
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AlexUnder(5)Updated I'll try to play around with deep planting and trenching next summer - see how it goes...
Raised Bed Completed-planting mix
Posted by fireduck(10a)
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fireduck(10a)Updated W...you make an excellent point about mulch. My area is much cooler in the summer than you. However, I think the mulch would definitely be an advantage for me, as well. I have lots of wood chips from the local tree people. I might...
Craig Lehoullier's book, "Epic Tomatoes" available at Amazon
Posted by fusion_power
20 Comments
smithmalUpdated I've gotten through about 75% though "Epic Tomatoes" and find it very useful for the novice tomato grower. All aspects of tomato growing is covered in good detail and written in laymen's terms that any aspiring gardener ...
fish pepper recipes
Posted by dalebaird
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PupillaCharites(FL 9a)Updated Sounds interesting, but also the history seems undocumented. For hot sauce for fish, this "fish pepper" variety is supposedly picked immature, before it blushes, to make a white sauce with a Tabasco pepper equivalent hea...
My tomato updates and thoughts
Posted by CaraRose
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DeebyUpdated Whenever there's a post about Red Robin I'm interested. I hope CaraRose comes back soon !
FYI: Hot Desert Tomatoes
Posted by grubby_AZ Tucson Z9
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MacmexUpdated I grew Porter both here, in Tahlequah, OK and in Edinburg, TX (South border). It does quite well in heat. I just didn't care for the flavor. Heidi has faired very well here in Tahlequah, OK. We don't have the dryness of the desert...
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