Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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May 2, 2008 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Michigan's Sunrise Side
Posts: 83
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In 1992, rabbits ate my starts down to little stumps.
Happened to be the 1st year I planted my own indoors and the "Summer Without a Summer" when we had cold breezes from Saginaw Bay all the time and gardens didn't grow much. Mount Pinatubo had erupted the previous year and spewed lots of particles in the atmosphere. I put up chicken wire but the tomato plants just didn't recover. I was able to finish off a few peppers in the house.
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May 2, 2008 | #17 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MO z6a near St. Louis
Posts: 1,349
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Is this too high for cutworms to have gotten to them?
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May 2, 2008 | #18 |
Tomatovillian™ Honoree
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 791
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How about a blue jay or crow? They pull out onions and young corn plants. Several years ago my cuke leaves disappeared - just the stems were left on the trellis. netted loosely more missing - finally - of all creatures - it was a cardinal lining a nest - caught in the act. And Kitty Girl almost ate my seedlings several seasons ago. Piegirl
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May 2, 2008 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
Posts: 1,478
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I don't like crow pie, magpie pie maybe.
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May 3, 2008 | #20 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Tulsa, OK
Posts: 630
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I don't think it was a bird or a cutworm. Opossum maybe? Either way the plant has bounced back nicely especially after the addition of blood meal and a good rain.
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