My tomatoes are a mess ! - Page 2

kath · July 19, 2012

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Originally Posted by FILMNET

Kathy put file on here this way, there is 2 ways to put files on the website . Use this one it works now

Thanks, Steve. That's the only way I've ever used and I decided to try again tonight. Created a pretend thread and it uploaded the pic!

I must have tried a half dozen times in the past couple of months and always got a strange message after hitting "upload". Oh well, don't know what changed but it's really nice to know I can add a photo to a post again.

kath

RebelRidin · July 20, 2012

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Originally Posted by TheLoneTomatillo

I want to show some of my ideas for tomatoes growing over the top of cages, but I cannot load my photos to the site, message says that there is a security key missing, or something like that. Has anyone else had this problem?

This happens to me if I try to upload too many at once. I think the key times out while I am selecting files. Try just selecting one or two then upload, select one or two more, upload, etc... Then submit.

It has worked for me this way.

RebelRidin · July 20, 2012

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Originally Posted by lakelady

My plants are too tall (I told you they were gonna be huge Mudman!

). They are now falling over their cages, which are 5' tall, many of the plants are 7' tall (some more!) and most of the flowers are at the top! I lost so many blossoms with the heat we've had this summer but they are trying to recover and I want them to try and push out a few more fruits before Fall.

I am having some similar problems her on MD shore. Lots of early fruits (fortunate) which are now coming in fast, middles sections of plants without fruits and new fruits setting at the tops. I also have some wild and woollies out there. Matt's wild cherry has hit ten feet, the tops have flopped over onto its neighbors and it's still going.

I think they are a bit like old hippies... once we let our hair down.... forget it... WE ARE OUT OF CONTROL!

(But we are worth it

)

meadowyck · July 20, 2012

Hay folks just wanted to pass along a tip from a gal who lives in texas (DG forum) who said that onces hers got so high she started laying them horizonal and the tomatoes just took off and she is still harvesting tomatoes, not to mention the fact that the dense top provided shade for her up coming cucumbers.

So maybe start yours horizonal, it sure makes it easier to pick ripe ones....

pooklette · July 22, 2012

I'm still looking for a fool-proof method for keeping my tomato plants from taking over the whole block. My first year growing indeterminate tomatoes, I had them in 5' cages. They grew over the top of the cage, over our 6' privacy fence, and down the other side into the neighbor's yard.

The next year, I tried tying them to 8' stakes. They grew to the top of the stakes, started to flop over and eventually snapped the stakes. Another year I tried giving them room to sprawl and ended up with a messy, diseased tomato jungle. Clearly, you aren't alone in your search for a better method for managing your plants.

July 20, 2012	#19
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Hay folks just wanted to pass along a tip from a gal who lives in texas (DG forum) who said that onces hers got so high she started laying them horizonal and the tomatoes just took off and she is still harvesting tomatoes, not to mention the fact that the dense top provided shade for her up coming cucumbers. So maybe start yours horizonal, it sure makes it easier to pick ripe ones.... __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 22, 2012	#20
pooklette Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Zone 5 Posts: 262	I'm still looking for a fool-proof method for keeping my tomato plants from taking over the whole block. My first year growing indeterminate tomatoes, I had them in 5' cages. They grew over the top of the cage, over our 6' privacy fence, and down the other side into the neighbor's yard. The next year, I tried tying them to 8' stakes. They grew to the top of the stakes, started to flop over and eventually snapped the stakes. Another year I tried giving them room to sprawl and ended up with a messy, diseased tomato jungle. Clearly, you aren't alone in your search for a better method for managing your plants.