Help me raise the best tomatoes!

[garden381]

Hormex! start - transplant - and insure growth with Hormex. I never start with anything else PLUS 1 teaspoon makes 5 GALLONS !

[isuhunter]

Originally Posted by garden381

Hormex! start - transplant - and insure growth with Hormex. I never start with anything else PLUS 1 teaspoon makes 5 GALLONS !

What is hormex?

[heirloomtomaguy]

Its strong plant hormones and vitamins. Kinda like Superthrive.

[garden381]

but longer lasting

[isuhunter]

Where does a guy get some hormex?

[garden381]

Product Details
Hormex HC1216 Liquid Concentrate, 16-Ounce
by Hormex
$19.99
Get it by Wednesday, May 20

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...ex%2Caps%2C164

hope this helps, amazon.com

[isuhunter]

Thoughts on fungicides? What do people find works best for tomatoes? I have easy access to the following: (I need to check if its on label yet) Quadris, StrategoYLD, Aproach Prima, Headline, Headline AMP

[garden381]

quadris is for CORN
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StrategoYLD..... Key Pests as follows
Spot, Gray Leaf
Rusts
Anthracnose
Spot, Brown
to be used on THESE Registered Crops:
Corn
Soybeans
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aproach prima is a systemic fungicide used for GRAINS.

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headline..........protects from over 50 diseases good for use on:
Labeled Crops Barley, citrus fruit, corn (all types), cotton, dried shelled peas and beans, edible podded legume vegetables, grass grown for seed, mint, oats, oilseed crops (flax, rapeseed, and sunflower), peanut, pecan, rye, soybean, succulent shelled peas and beans, sugar beet, tuberous and corm vegetables (includes potato), wheat, and triticale
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headline AMP....is used on CORN for CORN issues.

Given the choices you've provided, I would certainly stay away from all EXCEPT regular Headline fungicide. DO NOT USE HEADLINE AMP ON TOMATOS!
links for referance purposes are...

http://http://agproducts.basf.us/pro...fungicide.html
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http://http://www.dupont.com/product...ach-prima.html
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http://http://www.syngentacropprotec...de?tab=details
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I use seranade opti.

Serenade Opti is a fungicide and bactericide that contains a unique, patented strain of Bacillus subtilis (QST 713.) It works in three different ways to fight disease-causing pathogens: it stops harmful spores from germinating, it disrupts the cell membrane growth, and it inhibits attachment of the pathogen to the leaf. This multiple-site mode of action not only creates an effective fungicide, but also makes it very difficult for diseases to develop resistance.

http://www.bayercropscience.us/produ.../serenade-opti

[isuhunter]

Quadris is labeled for tomatoes I thought I saw today.

[garden381]

Hi Ishunter !
i have copy and pasted some info here from the Syngenta website. Even though it doesn't mention tomato spcifically, I personally would tend to use it due to the range of other vedgitables that it DOES cover, including potatos and the EARLY BLIGHT that they get.

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Syngenta Launches Quadris Top Fungicide

Evolution of disease control for early blight in potatoes

May 17, 2012 - Syngenta Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the registration of Quadris Top™, a pre-mix fungicide for the control of a broad spectrum of diseases in both potato and vegetable crops.

Quadris Top contains two active ingredients: azoxystrobin (a Group 11 strobilurin fungicide) and difenoconazole (a Group 3 triazole fungicide) with translaminar and xylem-systemic properties for effective, preventative control of target pests.

“Quadris Top is an exciting evolution of an already trusted and effective fungicide,” stated Eric Phillips, Asset Lead, Fungicides and Insecticides for Syngenta Canada Inc. “With a dual mode of action, Quadris Top provides the disease control growers have come to appreciate with Quadris, along with the addition of the active ingredient difenoconazole for enhanced performance.”

Specifically, in potatoes, Quadris Top protects against one of the most important fungal diseases, early blight (Alternaria solani). This disease can damage both potato foliage and tubers. If left untreated, early blight can cause severe quality issues, and yield loss. Other key diseases controlled in potatoes include black dot (Colletotrichum coccodes), brown spot (Alternaria alternata) and Botrytis leaf blight (Botrytis spp.).

In vegetable crops, Quadris Top provides protection against leaf blight and Cercospora leaf spot in carrots; purple blotch, leaf blotch, Stemphyllium leaf blight, Botrytis leaf blight and downy mildew in bulb vegetables; Ascochyta blight and Anthracnose in dried shelled peas and beans; Mycosphaerella blight in field peas; plus, several other diseases in a wide variety of horticultural crops.

Quadris Top has low use rates for ease of handling and application flexibility for application by ground or air (for potatoes only). It is an effective disease resistance management tool, and should be used in a fungicide spray program alternating with other modes of action.

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http://www3.syngenta.com/country/ca/...Fungicide.aspx

[garden381]

i grew out of the rootball from a collassal pepper purchased from Gurneys. Subsequently every plant from Gurneys died! they did make good for them. every plant in my garden NOT from them is doing fine.
i'm 18 inches tall have unconventional leaves and an extremely strong stem. I am loaded with 1/4 inch light yellow blooms.
please help! thanks much

[isuhunter]

Here is the actual label for quadris.

[squirrel789]

Originally Posted by Labradors2

If you're going to weave them you need stakes at each end and (I think) one in the middle (assuming that you have four plants in each row). Otherwise, each plant will need it's own cage, but I hope you already know that those store-bought cages are wimpy. Indeterminate tomatoes will grow up to the top of them and then fall back down again so they are not ideal. That is why people make their own cages, weave or string their plants.

Linda

There are tons of brilliant, and easy support methods here on TV, but I always found cages inadequate, although I haven't used some of the quality, home-made ones seen in the forum from CRW, or the expensive heavy-gauge ones you can buy. I've used the cheap folding kind, but used some 8' tall heavy stakes for more stability and for when the vines outgrow the cages. Search around, there are some really good ideas here from other people who are handier than I

I've had good luck with a trellis system using cattle panels, which can be placed above ground level on metal posts for greater height, or perhaps try other large-opening fencing and fence posts.

Ultimately, the design of your rows and how/if you plan to prune would dictate how useful the multitude of different methods might be.

Best of luck to what looks like a great start!

[garden381]

Great post . great info isuhunter! I love being able to read the ACTUAL lable and not the website info because ,as in this case, the lable SPECIFICALLY mentions varieties of tomatos. on their site,unless i missed it, it does'nt mention anytthing about tomatos