Does anyone not have trouble with their tomato plants? - Page 2

Urbanfarmer · June 8, 2013

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Originally Posted by tjg911

i never had trouble with tomatoes until Bonney plants from down south introduced their crap plants to the big box stores up here. now late blight seems to be a given each year and until a few years ago i never heard of it and i've been growing tomatoes since the early 80's. one guy near me gave up growing tomatoes this year!

tom

So true. We never had blight of any kind here until last year. I accepted a donation plant from a customers' store. Sure enough, last year blight blind-sided us. This year, even after sterilizing, we are fighting it. Although, we are doing much better with applications of Daconil every 10 days.

Other than that, you can grow gourmet tomatoes in sand, if you give them a complete nutrient. With tomatoes, and all vegetables, it's all about the quality of the food.....and lots of it.

There is no reason for tomato-growing to be at all difficult.

ddsack · June 5, 2013

Looks very good, considering our cool weather this year! I'm not seeing any rabbits this year, I think the fox come through on a several years cycle and clean them out. Last year we had hardly any chipmunks, but I see they are starting to come back now.

You're doing a great job using those Earthboxes, the company could be using your garden in their promos!

Balr14 · June 5, 2013

Thanks. I wish I could take credit for it. Maybe next year after I learn more.

greyghost · June 5, 2013

Balr14, thats really an attractive container garden!

SharonRossy · June 6, 2013

I started the 5-1-1 mix, bark fines, peat moss and perlite. It became too much for me cause I couldn't really find the bark fines, although I found hemlock mulch. In the end, I opted for Pro-Mix BX, added the hemlock mulch, horticultural perlite and fertilized and keeping my fingers crossed. At the moment, weather will be the biggest factor as our weather in Montreal goes from almost freezing to 90 degrees in a span of hours and then back to cold and rainy.
Sharon

Fat Charlie · June 7, 2013

I figure the fewer plants you have, the less area you use and the less experience you have, the more potential there is for any one problem can affect your entire crop. Then you consider that we measure production against the ideal of every plant raining tomatoes on us for months, and you decide that they're hard to grow.

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ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Looks very good, considering our cool weather this year! I'm not seeing any rabbits this year, I think the fox come through on a several years cycle and clean them out. Last year we had hardly any chipmunks, but I see they are starting to come back now. You're doing a great job using those Earthboxes, the company could be using your garden in their promos! __________________ Dee **************

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Balr14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: wisconsin Posts: 135	Thanks. I wish I could take credit for it. Maybe next year after I learn more.

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greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Balr14, thats really an attractive container garden!

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SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	I started the 5-1-1 mix, bark fines, peat moss and perlite. It became too much for me cause I couldn't really find the bark fines, although I found hemlock mulch. In the end, I opted for Pro-Mix BX, added the hemlock mulch, horticultural perlite and fertilized and keeping my fingers crossed. At the moment, weather will be the biggest factor as our weather in Montreal goes from almost freezing to 90 degrees in a span of hours and then back to cold and rainy. Sharon

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Fat Charlie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: NewHampshire Zone 5a Posts: 83	I figure the fewer plants you have, the less area you use and the less experience you have, the more potential there is for any one problem can affect your entire crop. Then you consider that we measure production against the ideal of every plant raining tomatoes on us for months, and you decide that they're hard to grow.