I have 4 hanging baskets to use, and one of them is at least twice the volume of the others. They will all be nearby, in the same conditions. Should one of these be in the...
I am trying to figure out the minimum, the optimal and the abundant size for a container to grow different types of tomatoes: determinate, indeterminate and dwarf. I...
The micro tomatoes that were started in December have gotten long in the tooth and unwieldy. They have been living in cottage cheese containers and they've outgrown them....
They don't have to be related to you - it's always a good thing to teach the things we have learned about gardening to younger people. Well, that's how I feel about it....
Wegmans sells outstanding cherry tomatoes labeled Orange Poppers. According to wegmans they are grown in Nature Fresh Farms ( ) Does somebody have any information about that...
I'm a bigger believer in compost and mulch than supplemental feeding, but I've come to like the Espoma Fillintheblank-Tone products for their ease of use and organicness....
second year in a row the tomato i want most is looking bad and will probably die, (curtis cheek) all the rest of plants doing fine. can't figure it out. anyone got any idesa?...
Is there a variety that others prefer? And you never understood why? What do others see-- that I'm missing?
A good friend of mine grows around 120 tomato plants a year....
One of the swap tomatoes I planted was labeled as Pink Princess. Got ready to move my lovely seedlings into their first cup and OHHH what's this? I don't remember planting a...
I wonder if any of you here at Tomatojunction measured the pH of tomato juice. Does pH say anything about whether a tomato is sour or sweet, along with the measured Brix, of...
My buddy not too far away is growing tomatoes and we regularly talk about the progress of our plants. We both put the sets out at about the same time, end of February to...
I've got Rosella Purple, Dwarf Champion, and lesser known Russian Saskatchewan dwarfs to plant in a four by 22 foot bed. I'm thinking two rows of ten with the...
You know when it's been a long time since you had a fresh garden tomato and suddenly you realize you dehydrated a bunch of them last year? Well, I'm at that point now, and...
Anyone have a summary or handle on this? Seems like open pollinated varieties take longer to set fruit, as measured from when bloom opens to the little tomato showing up,...
After Participating in the MMMM Swap these past couple months, I decided to do some organizing. Following the example of some Pro seed savers here on this forum, I went and...
For this year, I expect to plant about 80 indeterminate varieties of tomatoes. So far, I have seedlings at home outside the window, they are not large and I will have them at...
On Tuesday, I planted my determinant plants in my cold frame. At the moment we have cold weather, it freezes at night. On Thursday, I covered the coldbed with a non-woven...
My seeds are either kept sealed in plastic baggies in my crisper drawer or frozen in my freezer. I'd be interested in hearing what others do and what methods seem to provide...
As if I don't have enough tomato plants this year, I just found out that there will be a big seedling sale within an hour's drive with $1 plants!!!!! next week. I'm wondering...
I have very limited space and I ma thinking to downgrade this year to 10 pots on my desk (still can not figure out how to convert 26 seedlings into 10...
I bought tomatoes at a local Giant Food store which were labeled heirloom . They were made in Mexico at Agro Dagosa farm according to label. I kind of like few fruit...
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