General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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#91 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Salsa Charley, that is brutal
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#92 |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Ardmore,Oklahoma
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Oh man!!!! I hate that....mother nature can be brutal at times. Glad to see you have backups ....Best of luck to you.
Rick |
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#93 |
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Colorado
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I'm in Longmont and that hail storm just missed us the other day. I'm considering draping a shade cloth over my plants for protection this afternoon in case today's storm brings more hail.
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#94 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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I see this forecast today again! I've been fashioning some shields and will have enough to cover most of what's planted. I have more to plant next week.
Bring it on Weather Dude! |
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#95 |
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Colorado
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#96 |
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: zone 5 Colorado
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Good choice for the 'maters! Hail can be so brutal. I know we usually have hail in June, but in May? We've also had a heavy hail storm the middle of July. THAT was frustrating.
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#97 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Ricky's force fields. You don't stop short do you?
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#98 |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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I love your set up. I can't really tell the extent of the hail damage.
While your plants are still small, can you just drape something over the tops of the cages. I don't get hail so not sure if you know when it is coming. I have used this for years now and it is really sturdy; I just use plastic clamps to hold it in place. http://www.greenhousemegastore.com/p...15/shade-cloth ==== Can you describe what you use for your cages? They look good. I elevate all my root pouches also. Yours look so much neater though. |
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7
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#101 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Hiya Barb,
I'm going to look into that shade material because the thought of adding stanchions to string material has occurred to me. Attaching them firmly seems easier with those attachable plastic grommets. And...The cages are Texas Tomato Cages and that's the bottom section of a 24 inch diameter. When you add the top they are 6ft and 2ft extensions are available to make them 8ft. |
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#102 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Replacements are hardening off now, probably plant these Wednesday.
L to R trays, Big Beef, Brandy Boy, Moskvich/Malachite Box, assorted bell peppers. |
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#103 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Colorado
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![]() and good luck with the plants. Marcus |
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#104 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Hi Marcus, thank you for the encouragement. Hoping you have a great season too, and we're definitely going to try to get up to your market this year.
I've pulled 5 of the hail damaged plants and have one more on watch, eleven is what I've got left from the first round. The potato leafs took it the hardest, the Elgin Pink in the first pic made it through best. A little tattered, but showing a lot of new top growth and suckers forming at every branch. A small bloc of Cosmonaut Volkov, Crnkovic Yugoslavian, and Paul Robeson, in the second pic fared better. Some nicks and breaks, but nearly all top growth was undamaged. |
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#105 |
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Perfect weather this week for hardening off, sun and clouds, not too hot. Today is overcast and cool then summer starts. Warm to hot, mostly dry, punctuated by cloudbursts and large hail.
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