Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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#826 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Northeast USA
Posts: 68
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I've been really impressed with Rosella, a dusty rose/purple cherry, that I'm growing for the first time this year. The taste is super, and I cannot believe all these flowers! Is this what a multi flora looks like? Wow, I hope there's enough season left for these to make fruit. I love to just look at this plant.
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#827 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Suburban Washington, DC (Zone 7A)
Posts: 347
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Here is a Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart. Isn't it funny shaped? It reminds me of the Flatiron Building or something.
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#828 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Northeast USA
Posts: 68
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#829 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: UK
Posts: 60
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The last of my tomatoes from 2020 season went into a wonderful tomato, garlic and basil soup! It was delicious! *not uploaded photos on here before so hoping they show!* already dreaming of next years batches!
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#830 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Detroit
Posts: 688
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Nice photos!
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#831 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
Posts: 1,685
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A "welcome to the world" to the latest micro tomatoes who were born yesterday and the day before!
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#832 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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Hello,
I'm new to the forum; but have been reading it for a couple years now. I post many pictures from my garden on Instagram, this year I have about 60 tomato plants, with about 1/3rd of them being dwarfs. -Clay https://instagram.com/thebipolargardener?r=nametag |
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#833 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SE PA
Posts: 971
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what is your phone number and password to view those pics?
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#834 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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You'd use your Instagram login not mine... if you don't have one I'm not sure you can view it. Maybe I have it set to private I'll look.
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#835 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SE PA
Posts: 971
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I'd suggest posting some of the best pics here on tville, if you want people here to see them. That is what this thread is for, tomato plant pics on tomatoville. I'd like to see those dwarfs. |
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#836 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: SE PA
Posts: 971
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of satisfaction.
I think I'll have enough for salsa this year. I pulled out a whole plant today that got lost...well, it somehow fell into the center of the one double row, and before I noticed it I had tied a co-dominant leader (the split above the first fruit truss) from a neighboring plant in its place. Since it lost its spot on the wire, I pulled it. At this point, very healthy plants with zero, exactly zero leaf spots noted. That will change with this week with the heat, I'd imagine. It always shows up by July. I grew like this last year but let them go a little wild in some spots. It worked so well I knew I'd do it again. The wire is a bear to put up, but once it is up it is solid and no worry about fruit weight pulling it down or wind knocking it over. Last year I didn't have as many tomato plants to start, and a different black mulch had wider spaces as well. I had a lot of Big Beefs that were weighing in at 17-18 oz each, in those first couple trusses, and we made plenty of pizza sauce and soup. This year I carefully and precisely planned to plant a more reasonable single row of tomatoes and a single row of peppers in each double. But my pepper starts were terrible and I didn't have enough. So...all tomatoes. FOUR rows. In preparation I picked up 20 lbs of nice bacon ends for $2.59/lb from the local butcher. I sort of wish I was kidding about that. I haven't used bacon in tomato sandwiches much in years. Call it an impulse buy? I couldn't stop at 4 rows of tomatoes. Not crowded enough yet. I had to transplant daylilys and zinnia seed along the outer row. This year, though, I am being strict. One leader per upright wire...that is, one stem every 6" for ~20ft...times 4. Nothing will be tolerated to grow into the middle. It is strictly verboten. I filled every hole through the plastic to start, and some had twins I just left together for one leader from each. I lost a few along the way and pulled that whole plant today to show them how serious I am. "Them" includes Cuostralee, Estiva, Big Beef, Sweet Ozark Orange, Costoluto Genovese, Moskvich, my stupice trade mixup "Fauxpice", Black Krim, and of course, returning from retirement for 2021, the crowd favorite, Stump of the World! |
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#837 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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The issue with that is, I've been looking at this site for a couple of years now completely unable to view pictures, because it took that long to get an account working and verified. I think most people have Instagram these days. I'll stick to using that for pictures for now. I checked and my profile is set to public so anyone can see it. Thanks
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#838 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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Here is a couple for you
Utyonok Dwarf (early determinate dwarf, may even classify as a micro dwarf mine are maybe 14" tall. This is from tville member Carol from Knapp's Fresh Veggies in Madison, WI. ![]() And a short video here: Suz's Beauty around 6/15/21 Zone 5b Clay The Bipolar Gardener Last edited by OneStepAhead; June 29, 2021 at 07:55 AM. |
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#839 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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Here is my indoor apartment dwarf tomatoes, just 2 for now. These are Hannah's Prize and Suz's Beauty. It got too hot at one point and the initial blossoms dropped. Gave them a dose of phosphorus and they are starting to flower again. I also just started some dwarf jackass green, dwarf awesome, and dwarf purple reign, but those will be my early winter harvest at this point.
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#840 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Coastal Southern CA
Posts: 164
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My first dwarf project tomato is nearly ready, Saucy Mary. I was not expecting the plant to be 7-8 inches tall, with only three tomatoes set on it so far, still better than what I'm dealing with in the ground and bucket containers!
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