yay!tomatos!!lol
im glad they survived,this year,my tomatoes all died,sucks cus in my whole life iv only ever grown ONE tomato plant,and it was big and beautiful,ad the tomatos i did get were soooooooooo good,can i ask what variety those are?heirloom?

Originally Posted by Sojourner

I lost about 10 seedlings, but most of them recovered after I transplanted them in larger containers and increased the nutrients. I have 44 tomato plants all outside and doing excellent. I'll be posting a thread in this gardening forum sometime in the next week detailing my vegetable garden


Heres a couple pictures of just a few of my tomatos now
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Much better! Do you trim out the lowers, do any growth or canopy control? I did that this year, they were much easier to handle. Also was able to stop blossom end rot by using Sea-90, then I read a paper done by some Italian scientists that showed better growth when a small amount of seawater was used on tomatoes.

https://www.popsci.com/scitech/articl...-04/tomato-sea
https://www.livescience.com/7194-heal...-seawater.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0428092116.htm

[Drift13]

I grow tomatoes from seed and it's all heirloom stock. For blossom-end rot I use Garden Lime, mainly for the calcium. Right now I have German Johnson's, Cherokee Purples, Black Prince, Black Krim, Jubilee, Roma, Brandywines, Chocolate Cherrys, Chadwic Cherrys & Yellow Teardrop Cherrys. I LOVE MY MATERS...

[BrownThumb]

Originally Posted by Drift13

I grow tomatoes from seed and it's all heirloom stock. For blossom-end rot I use Garden Lime, mainly for the calcium. Right now I have German Johnson's, Cherokee Purples, Black Prince, Black Krim, Jubilee, Roma, Brandywines, Chocolate Cherrys, Chadwic Cherrys & Yellow Teardrop Cherrys. I LOVE MY MATERS...

You have all of these going in winter? I guess you have a greenhouse or are indoors. I appreciate your taste very much, I am partial to BP's, but have done several different heirloom varieties, not always successfully. I have done probably half or more of the strains you list, none of which would be the cherries you have cookin'. Ever do Coure de toro or Caspian pink?

[Drift13]

Originally Posted by BrownThumb

You have all of these going in winter? I guess you have a greenhouse or are indoors. I appreciate your taste very much, I am partial to BP's, but have done several different heirloom varieties, not always successfully. I have done probably half or more of the strains you list, none of which would be the cherries you have cookin'. Ever do Coure de toro or Caspian pink?

I live in grow-zone 9b(fla) and do all my Mater's in 5 gallon buckets. That way when we get a frost or freeze.....into the garage they go. Yes heirlooms can be a real PIA to grow. One of my biggest problems is splitting but for the most part that's because of the way I water. I'm getting better at it with practice.
I have not heard of either of those, Coure de toro or Caspian pink. I'll google and check them out. I'm always up for a new type of heirloom tomato.

[BrownThumb]

Hi Drift,

I missed that you had replied. I have the same issues with watering, but I am hard-headed and do it by hand. I have been growing in 55 gallon barrels cut in half, which you would think would make watering simpler, but it's still tricky. I guess I could smarten up and start using some hydro spikes to regulate water delivery, aye? LOL. BTW, check out JL Hudson Seedsmans catalogue if you have not seen it. I just got the 2013 edition and it's got some really interesting species...heirlooms I have not even heard of and a whole lot more. They may charge you a buck to mail you one.

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[noyd666]

Originally Posted by Sojourner

Hi everyone. I'm really in need of some help to save my tomatos.

I have started a bunch of tomato seeds inside this year, they have all been coming along quite nicely until all of the sudden they have all started looking very sickly and their leaves are wilting and they're falling over.


Heres how they looked 10 days ago. I did notice some leaves were turning a little bit yellow, but I wasn't over concerned. View Image
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Here is what I was confronted with today when I went to check on them: These two are the worst of the bunch, but they are all looking rather bad. View Image View Image

This is my first test of using coco coir as a grow medium, as well as my first time starting tomatos inside. I have been feeding the tomatos General hydroponics Vegan compost tea at 3/4 strength. They appeared to have been thriving with that and I was just getting ready to try feeding at full strength, but all the tomatos are looking too sickly to try that now.

To me, they look as if they have been overwatered, but I'm not entirely sure. I don't believe I have overwatered them. I have been keeping the coco moist, but certainly not water logged. I've been watering on average once every three to four days. Before I water I always feel the surface of the coco and lift the container up, making sure it feels noticeably lighter and the coco feeling slightly moist between my fingers.

I would appreciate any second opinion or advice on how to save my tomatos.
Thanks

if water did that , ima sticking to rum an coke.

[noyd666]

gross lisse,been in ground about 3 weeks seem to be bushing, g.l usually grow up, maybe there been crossed with every thing like cannibis . how about a tomcann, or canntom. best o new year folks.

[Drift13]

I think I'll be ordering heirloom seeds from https://sustainableseedco.com/tomatoes/