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Canadian Vendor's for Tomato Seeds.

Last post by Toomanymatoes « Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:53 pm
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by MissS » Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:49 am

These Canadian seed businesses offer heirloom/open-pollinated, regionally adapted varieties. Excellent customer service, too.

Annapolis Seeds
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes -...

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Last post by Toomanymatoes
Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:53 pm
Australian Seed Sources

Last post by Whwoz « Mon May 04, 2020 7:46 am
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by Whwoz » Tue Jan 21, 2020 6:35 am

I am going to put a list of Vegetables seed suppliers here that are from Australia to start with, for my own benefit as much as anyone else's. Folks from elsewhere might want...

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Mon May 04, 2020 7:46 am
Members Preferred Vendors for Tomato Seeds

Last post by clara « Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:52 pm
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by MissS » Sun Jan 05, 2020 5:53 pm
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Adaptive Seeds -
Artisan Seeds -
Baker Creek -
Burpee -
Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes -
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Delectation of Tomatoes -
Fedco -
Galactc Magic Seeds -
Harris...
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Last post by clara
Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:52 pm
Screwed Up Again--Drowned Plants

Last post by Labradors « Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:14 am
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by Setec Astronomy » Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:37 pm

I'm growing all my tomatoes in planters, most of them self-watering. Some of them don't automatically overflow from the reservoir, they have a float gage and a drain valve....

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Last post by Labradors
Mon Jul 13, 2020 9:14 am
BER Question

Last post by brownrexx « Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:16 am
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by Toomanymatoes » Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:33 pm

I noticed BER on a few tomatoes on 3 of my 26 plants today. Eight of these plants were transplanted into 20 gallon fabric pots with a an amended peat-based potting mix about...

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Last post by brownrexx
Mon Jul 13, 2020 8:16 am
What tomatoes are impressing you, today?

Last post by wildcat62 « Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:55 am
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by Shule » Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:38 am
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What tomatoes are impressing you, today? You can answer as many tomatoes as you want, as many days as you want.

Today, I'm particularly impressed by Austin's Black Cherry....
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Last post by wildcat62
Mon Jul 13, 2020 7:55 am
A tribute to Tom Wagner

Last post by MissS « Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:49 am
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by Shule » Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:10 am

Tom Wagner is an amazing plant breeder (of tomatoes and potatoes). I'm sure most of you have heard of him. He's the one who bred Green Zebra (which basically led to all the...

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Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:49 am
Cherry Falls

Last post by Whwoz « Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:24 am
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by akgardengirl » Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:33 pm

Last year I grew Cherry Falls cherry tomato which had a cascading type of growth instead of growing straight up. This year, I grew the saved seeds and didn't get that...

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Last post by Whwoz
Mon Jul 13, 2020 12:24 am
A Good All-Around Cherry

Last post by QAGUY « Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:05 pm
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by friedgreen51 » Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:15 pm

For the last few years I have grown Black Cherry as my main cherry tomato. I love the taste, but it usually succumbs to Grey mold by early August and that is the end of the...

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Last post by QAGUY
Sun Jul 12, 2020 7:05 pm
Leathery Leaf curl container tomatoes

Last post by MissS « Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:07 pm
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by thear111 » Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:05 pm
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Hey guys, new to The Forum, glad to be here, been growing tomatoes in the ground for about 25 years oh, this year I started my first container tomatoes project ever......
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Last post by MissS
Sun Jul 12, 2020 5:07 pm
Summer 1994 Goldenseal article on Estler's Mortgage Lifter tomato *full article*

Last post by Sue_CT « Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:16 pm
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by edweather » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:39 pm
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I recently became interested in this tomato, and saw somewhere that there was an article written about it back in 1994, Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life (Volume 20,...
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Last post by Sue_CT
Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:16 pm
What is Going On With This Truss?

Last post by BunnyFeeder « Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:46 pm
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by Setec Astronomy » Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:57 pm

So I was moving my Brad's Atomic Grape and I saw what I thought was a sucker coming out the back...but it wasn't. It's a truss that then got another flower stem...and then...

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Last post by BunnyFeeder
Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:46 pm
Xantomato—a new high zeaxanthin tomato

Last post by Shule « Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:45 pm
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by Shule » Tue Jul 07, 2020 4:40 am

This news article (which I found by searching for 'tomato' on Google news) tells about how researchers in Israel have developed a new tomato that has seven times more...

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Last post by Shule
Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:45 pm
How to manage a super truss of large fruit?

Last post by heirl00m « Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:41 pm
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by heirl00m » Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:09 pm

So I used a battery powered saw which vibrates like crazy to pollinate my blossoms, and there were plumes of pollen everywhere. Now my Cowlick's Brandywine has 9 tomatoes on...

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Last post by heirl00m
Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:41 pm
Taste, Flavor, Savor, Piquancy and aftertaste...

Last post by Nan6b « Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:31 am
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by Barmaley » Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:41 am

Just reading a wine review and I realized that in tomato world people just talk about sweet and sour. Are there more to the tomato taste sugar and acid? What about touch of...

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Last post by Nan6b
Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:31 am
Highest Heat Tolerant Tomato

Last post by Shule « Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:12 pm
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by karstopography » Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:39 pm
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What variety outside of the small cherry or grape tomatoes, in your experience, handles the hot and humid southern summer best? I know at least a few of y’all live along the...
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Last post by Shule
Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:12 pm
Dr. Wyche's Yellow

Last post by friedgreen51 « Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:02 pm
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by friedgreen51 » Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:30 pm

Hi,
Anyone growing or have grown Dr. Wyche's Yellow?
This is a new to me tomato. How tall does it get and is it reasonably productive? I was late starting this one. Saw it on...

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Last post by friedgreen51
Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:02 pm
Seminis experimental hybrid tomato SV7846TH

Last post by GoDawgs « Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:46 pm
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by Donnyboy » Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:12 pm

I received some free seeds from Seeds n Such for the subject tomato. I planted them to see what they would do. They are a highly disease resistant, indeterminate variety....

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Last post by GoDawgs
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:46 pm
"Remove All Leaves Up To The First Flower Cluster"

Last post by slugworth « Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:05 am
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by Setec Astronomy » Fri Jul 03, 2020 9:07 am

Looking for some guidance on the thread title. I'm fairly new at this and this is my first year doing pruning. I realize there aren't really standardized definitions for this...

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Last post by slugworth
Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:05 am
Transpanting adult plants

Last post by Nan6b « Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:58 am
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by Japetus » Sun Jul 05, 2020 12:40 am

I'm condisering removing 5-6 tomato plants to make space for plants of other varieties a friend wants to exchange with me. Is it doable, will the plants survive the shock?...

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Last post by Nan6b
Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:58 am
Sungold cracking and taste management

Last post by Ginger2778 « Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:13 am
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by Barmaley » Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:08 am

Hi all,

I saw a lot of opposing opinions about best variety or best testing tomato but I never saw somebody blaming Sungold for taste. So I planted 4 plants on my small...

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Last post by Ginger2778
Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:13 am
Variegated foliage on Brandysweet Plum

Last post by Labradors « Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:23 pm
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by Labradors » Fri Jul 03, 2020 8:33 am

There's some yellow/green variegation on one sucker of my Brandysweet Plum. I had noticed it before, but had to trim it off because it was on the lower leaves, now I am...

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Last post by Labradors
Fri Jul 03, 2020 7:23 pm
Man, this warm, wet, humid weather is rough on plants.

Last post by Sue_CT « Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:28 pm
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by edweather » Tue Jun 09, 2020 9:10 pm

We had a great spring with warm/hot, and dry weather from February to mid May. The tomato plants grew like crazy. Then the switch was pulled, and we went to wet, humid, and...

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Last post by Sue_CT
Fri Jul 03, 2020 5:28 pm
Best no prune stake/cage/trellis technique?

Last post by Toomanymatoes « Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:27 pm
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by Mark_Thompson » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:09 am
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I love pruning and tying off tomatoes. Unfortunately I often leave for work for up to two months at a time and the wifey doesn’t share my enthusiasm for playing with the...
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Last post by Toomanymatoes
Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:27 pm
Earliest tomatoes to set fruit this year are ...

Last post by ddsack « Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:02 pm
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by ddsack » Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:00 am
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In my garden, Stupice is always the first, but this year three of the tomatoes from Marsha's offer beat it out for fruit set. But because Stupice is a smaller ripe size, I do...
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Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:02 pm

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