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Strange stems

Last post by slugworth « Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:59 am
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by zendog » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:44 pm

This year some of my tomatoes are developing particularly strange stems. All my tomatoes are grafted to rootstocks and are grown single stem in case that has anything to do...

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Last post by slugworth
Thu Jun 18, 2020 11:59 am
Tomato and bean test results part 1

Last post by peebee « Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:03 am
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by Steve73 » Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:35 am

Pictures are pretty telling. I will post results of the compost test in a day or two. The date on the paper is when I started the test. Pictures were taken last night....

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Last post by peebee
Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:03 am
bammer's luck

Last post by encore « Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:39 pm

by encore » Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:39 pm

does anyone have a picture of what bammer's luck looks like? only thing I could find was it was either red with green stripes or brown with olive stripes, and small salad...

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Last post by encore
Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:39 pm
What's your favorite food dehydrator for tomatoes?

Last post by pepperhead212 « Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:29 pm
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by Shule » Fri Jun 05, 2020 1:47 am
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I'm in the market for a food dehydrator or two, mostly for a whole lot of tomatoes (cherry tomatoes and sliced tomatoes), but also for wonderberries, tomatillos, sliced...
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Tue Nov 01, 2022 12:29 pm
Mid Season Impressions

Last post by MsCowpea « Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:38 pm
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by karstopography » Mon Jun 01, 2020 11:26 am

I believe I’ve got 16 varieties going. First ones, most, went into the garden February 29th, last ones around the last week in March.

Cherokee Purple, set out on the 29th...

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Last post by MsCowpea
Wed Jun 10, 2020 3:38 pm
Too Many Tomato Seeds

Last post by habitat-gardener « Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:19 pm
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by karstopography » Wed May 27, 2020 6:30 pm

So do you do this, order too many? It’s really all y’all’s fault since everyone talks up this or that tomato.

I’m now in a position to where I don’t have enough garden...

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Last post by habitat-gardener
Tue Jun 09, 2020 5:19 pm
First post......garden lost to herbicide

Last post by MsCowpea « Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:33 pm
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by Steve73 » Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:21 am
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Not how I wanted to start on this forum, but thats the way it goes. We lost everything to herbicide this year. Tomatoes (all 48 plants), okra, watermelons and peppers. So...
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Last post by MsCowpea
Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:33 pm
Ugliest Tomato You Have Ever Grown

Last post by karstopography « Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:50 pm
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by karstopography » Sun May 31, 2020 6:34 pm

I’ve got a real ugly Cherokee Purple tomato out in the garden. I’d take a photo of it on the vine, but it’s been pouring all day. Anyway, this tomato is so ugly, calling it...

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Last post by karstopography
Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:50 pm
plant app

Last post by coachmccree « Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:51 pm
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by coachmccree » Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:45 pm

a app for diease and plant damage

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Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:51 pm
SunGold

Last post by MikeInCypress « Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:15 am
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by MikeInCypress » Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:16 am

Have these been improved. In past years I had about 15% of the fruit crack after a rain. This year I have harvested over 400 fruit and I have had very few crack. I know that...

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Last post by MikeInCypress
Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:15 am
How in the world did you decide on your grow list?

Last post by PlainJane « Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:37 pm
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by MissS » Tue Mar 10, 2020 5:14 pm
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While many of you have already dropped seed an know exactly what you are growing this year, I am still waiting for my ground to thaw. How have you determined what it is that...
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Last post by PlainJane
Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:37 pm
Hardy Russian Varieties!

Last post by AKgardener « Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:07 am
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by Greatgardens » Thu Mar 26, 2020 7:40 am

Early this January, I started 8 balcony-sized varieties, and the remaining (survivors) are down to 3. Two Russian/Ukrainian varieties both sold by Heritage Seed Market...

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Last post by AKgardener
Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:07 am
Belly Button Lint

Last post by worth1 « Sun May 31, 2020 1:55 pm
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by slugworth » Sat May 30, 2020 10:35 am

Actually clothes dryer lint.
I have an 8 month old tomato plant indoors from last year and wrapped the lint around the stem
in a ball and kept it damp.
I repotted today and...

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Last post by worth1
Sun May 31, 2020 1:55 pm
First 2020 Slicer

Last post by OneoftheEarls « Sun May 31, 2020 6:32 am
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by MikeInCypress » Thu May 14, 2020 1:28 am

My first ripe slicer was a Creole. plus there is a second one not far behind. I've been getting Sungold, Snow White, SunSugar and a few Sunrise BumbleBees for a couple weeks,...

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Last post by OneoftheEarls
Sun May 31, 2020 6:32 am
What are your favourite Tomato companions

Last post by OneoftheEarls « Sun May 31, 2020 6:31 am
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by Blackbear » Tue Mar 17, 2020 4:28 pm
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I have mostly a container garden of Tomatoes ..

but with each module of Tomatoes I usually plant : a marigold and a Basil and a TBA

Various small marigolds (strong gold or...
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Last post by OneoftheEarls
Sun May 31, 2020 6:31 am
Tomato with the darkest foliage

Last post by Spartanburg123 « Sat May 30, 2020 9:53 pm
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by Shule » Sun May 24, 2020 12:29 am

I noticed today that Chocolate Chestnut has the darkest foliage of any tomato I've ever grown. It was pretty much purple all over. I was pretty surprised and not just because...

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Last post by Spartanburg123
Sat May 30, 2020 9:53 pm
Freezing Tomatoes

Last post by Nan6b « Fri May 29, 2020 9:57 pm
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by karstopography » Tue May 26, 2020 4:25 am
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I have an ever growing surplus of tomatoes, a good thing, but am running out of people to give them to and the supply exceeds what we can possibly eat. Sure, I can can them,...
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Last post by Nan6b
Fri May 29, 2020 9:57 pm
Do you pinch off blossoms before your plant is a certain height?

Last post by bower « Thu May 28, 2020 6:15 am
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by heirl00m » Tue May 26, 2020 12:55 pm

I wanted to get a sense of what different folks do with early flower sets. My plants are all less than a foot tall, and a few (CP, Eva Purple Ball, Prudens, Big Beef) have...

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Last post by bower
Thu May 28, 2020 6:15 am
Cuttings vs Seedlings?

Last post by slugworth « Wed May 27, 2020 6:23 pm
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by zeuspaul » Mon May 11, 2020 9:10 pm

Once established is there a difference? Will a rooted cutting perform as well as a seedling?

I am short on plants, seedlings so I have been rooting cuttings. They get some...

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Last post by slugworth
Wed May 27, 2020 6:23 pm
Tomatoes plants smaller in Smart Pots vs raised beds

Last post by SoCAl_Don « Tue May 26, 2020 9:33 am
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by SoCAl_Don » Mon May 25, 2020 10:35 am

This is the first year that I am growing all of my 14 tomato plants in smart pots. The fabric pots are 30 gallon pots filled with excellent potting mix (fox farm potting...

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Last post by SoCAl_Don
Tue May 26, 2020 9:33 am
Tomato leaves developing yellow mottled pattern

Last post by SoCAl_Don « Sun May 24, 2020 2:51 pm
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by SoCAl_Don » Wed May 20, 2020 2:35 pm

Hey all,
I'm just moving over to this forum from the Houzz/Gardenweb forum, so I hope this is the correct place to post questions about tomato issues.
I am growing 14 tomato...

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Last post by SoCAl_Don
Sun May 24, 2020 2:51 pm
Tomato Calamities or High Maintenance Plants

Last post by bower « Mon May 18, 2020 6:23 am
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by karstopography » Fri May 15, 2020 5:40 am

One big, tall Carmello plant loaded with fruit rather spontaneously slipped down the bamboo stakes supporting it (probably because of the tomato weight) horizontally cracking...

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Last post by bower
Mon May 18, 2020 6:23 am
Would you call these heart shaped?

Last post by SpookyShoe « Sat May 16, 2020 8:46 pm
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by SpookyShoe » Sun May 03, 2020 10:18 am

Need opinions. Heart shaped or not. I have a tomato plant that has regular leaves that I grew from seed and labeled it as Black from Tula. It is not Black from Tula. I don't...

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Last post by SpookyShoe
Sat May 16, 2020 8:46 pm
Seed Shortage 2021

Last post by wildcat62 « Sat May 16, 2020 7:46 am
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by karstopography » Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:26 am
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Here in my part of the country, if I want to plant tomato seeds and other sets like peppers for the spring of 2021, I have to get the seeds in 2020. The seed companies don’t...
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Last post by wildcat62
Sat May 16, 2020 7:46 am
Tomato trials

Last post by Shule « Fri May 15, 2020 8:55 pm
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by Panspermia » Fri May 15, 2020 1:46 pm

I have some tomato seed to try this year. They were freebies from Baker Creek and Sandhill. I had forgotten I had them, then ran across them so I thought I'd give them a...

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Fri May 15, 2020 8:55 pm

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