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Post by hal on Aug 17, 2015 21:58:05 GMT -5
A friend has had his whole crop taken over by powdery mildew while away for a week on holiday. I told him to spray them with a baking soda mix. Any other suggestions?
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Post by lloyd on Aug 18, 2015 10:23:30 GMT -5
The cold start really did a number on mine. Some OK fruit coming in for the last week.
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Post by bince on Aug 18, 2015 21:09:25 GMT -5
Out west here it has been so dry that the blossoms are drying up and falling off before they get pollinated. Any that are growing are smaller than usual.
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Post by lloyd on Aug 18, 2015 21:14:09 GMT -5
My first ones got a bad case of blossom end rot. The later ones are finally looking OK. Not great but OK.
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Post by clockworkpeacock on Aug 19, 2015 3:37:33 GMT -5
My tomatoes did eventually ripen but then I gave them to my mother and she tasted one and they tasted like green strawberries. The plant was from grandma who grew several tomatoes together and they were all different so I assume it was some weird hybrid the bees made. Next year I am getting a good tomato from a greenhouse
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Post by amanitovirosa on Aug 19, 2015 22:20:31 GMT -5
...hal, I really don't know, I've never had that problem and none of my tomato books make mention of it. I can't think what may be the cause??? My CP sense tells me poor air circulation but I'm assuming your friend is growing outdoors so that wouldn't be the cause. No idea, maybe just bad seeds or seedlings. So sad.
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Post by amanitovirosa on Aug 19, 2015 22:35:48 GMT -5
...ok, so I was finally able to get some pics up onto flickr, it took all night last night, I went to bed. I have little stone pathways in my garden so this year I decided to plant my tomatoes on both sides of each path and create a 'tomato road', or maze, whatever. 20150815_110605 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr 20150815_110543 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr 20150815_110530 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr 20150815_110518 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr 20150815_110501 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr 20150815_110446 (1280x960) by Gabriel Pona, on Flickr ...these were taken probably about a week ago. I have been having difficulties posting pics, I think today I just got lucky with flickr. It's much more colourful along the tomato road now and I'm harvesting bombs probably close to a kilo! I was waiting all winter for this. Happy growing and thanks for looking.
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Post by lloyd on Aug 20, 2015 8:15:57 GMT -5
You'll never be hungry if you get lost in that maze.
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Post by bince on Aug 20, 2015 9:48:17 GMT -5
Nice growing! They look like they are 5-6 feet tall! Do you use a soaker hose in your tomato area?
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Post by amanitovirosa on Aug 20, 2015 16:45:21 GMT -5
...no, I don't do anything to them at all, other than prune and tie them to the supports, which by the way, get outgrown every year and inevitably, at some point, I completely lose control of my garden.
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Post by kiwipete on Sept 3, 2015 4:04:42 GMT -5
This is a great thread I love your garden photos Gabriel.
I only grow one type of tomato which is Black Krim. It is a heirloom tomato from the Black Sea area, near the Crimean Peninsula.
KP
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Post by lloyd on Sept 10, 2015 22:27:48 GMT -5
I'm getting lots of tasty, red ripe tomatoes, finally. The effort has been worthwhile and we've been eating lots of them in the last month or more. However I had a really bad case of blossom end rot for the first batch which was really disappointing. I'm growing in two earthboxes mainly plus two big pots. Also my tomatoes always grow out of control and the fruit hangs crazily higher than I can reach. Anybody got any ideas on how to prevent blossom end rot and how to avoid the "Jack in the Beanstock" look?
Also the store bought tomatoes this year were either bad or lackluster except for 1 batch of field cherry tomatoes from a farmers' market which were really good.
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Post by H2O on Sept 10, 2015 22:57:16 GMT -5
lloyd, blossum end rot is caused by a calcium deficiency. Added calcium helps but you also have to make sure you have the a good pH, calcium uptake is inhibited at high and low pH.
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Post by lloyd on Sept 10, 2015 23:05:06 GMT -5
I added and sprayed with calcium, which may have helped. What pH do you recommend?
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Post by H2O on Sept 10, 2015 23:47:32 GMT -5
I would aim for 6.5 I'll try to dig up my old papers on tomato production and see what the large scale growers use.
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