Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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July 16, 2015 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b
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I'm a TTF believer!
So I've only been using TTF since it got delivered on Sunday, but I'm already seeing improvement in my sad plant!!
My plant's got bad leaf damage/necrosis due to a magnesium deficiency that was caught too late (and now mealybugs all over the place). I was pretty sure it was ready to call it quits since it kept making little buds that never blossomed (the blossoms didn't drop, they just never existed). Today, after a foliar feeding Sunday evening and including TTF when watering (2 TBSP to my 2 gal can) every day this week, I counted FOUR blossoms on my plant!! FOUR!!! The damaged leaves will never recover, but the new growth looks really good, dark green and fully formed, and now I have four tomatoes to look forward to!!! We've only really harvested four tomatoes total this year from this plant thanks to bugs and birds, so I'm just really happy and excited to see those pretty yellow flowers again after so long!
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July 16, 2015 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: northcentral IN
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Good to hear!!! I just received my bottle in the mail yesterday and plan on using it tonight!
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July 16, 2015 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alabama
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I just picked a few tomatoes in the heat this evening and came in to cool off a bit at 8:00 and hope to go out and water later now that I'm already covered in DEET. Sad having to go out in the middle of the night to water but it is just too hot any other time and it heats up so early in the morning that I would have to start at 4 AM to get it done before it got too hot. At least starting this time of night it does get gradually cooler as you stay out there. I usually only apply TTF once a week and that seems adequate but with this heat and the stress it is putting on the plants I may do it more often.
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July 17, 2015 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Round Rock, TX, Zone 8b
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We rooted a branch that had all but broken off of the main plant during the winds and storms we had back in late May, and it was doing okay but not growing much (and growing more out than up anyway). When I went to put out some ladybugs last night (to help with my mealybug problem) I noticed that it has grown about half a foot vertically with tons of new leaves! My jalapeno plant is also flourishing with TTF. Hasn't even been a week and I'm convinced this stuff is a miracle in a bottle.
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July 17, 2015 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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July 17, 2015 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
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It is unlikely to see a noticeable difference in 4 days.
Sometimes a chain of co-incidents occur. Like, you are having BER and sprinkle some eggshells and BER goes away shortly. It can also be due to some perception. JMO Gardeneer |
July 17, 2015 | #7 |
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July 17, 2015 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Alabama
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Well I will argue because in 4 days the difference is visible every time I apply it. On small plants there is a definite improvement in just two days but larger plants take a bit longer I guess because there is just so much more vegetation that it is less noticeable.
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July 17, 2015 | #9 | |
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July 17, 2015 | #10 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: CT
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Can't talk about TTF results as I've YET to try it, but I will say that changes can be seen in less than a day when growing hydroponically.. Soil of course is slower, but I wouldn't be surprised to see improvements within 4 days.. Although Gardeneer has a point - to give all the credit to TTF would be to ignore a multitude of variables that should be accounted for..
Also Texas, rather than rooting the broken branch you can just use some gardening tape, or duct tape to tightly secure it back to the branch it was broken off of - similar to grafting. They usually take within a day or two, and you can mist it if it goes limp.. Remove the tape after it regains turgidity, not to restrict future growth.. |
July 17, 2015 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2008
Location: DFW, Texas
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I'm still eating tomatoes of all shapes, sizes and varieties and still have some on the vine and even some that have formed in the last couple of weeks. While this summer isn't as hot as the last 4, we've still been at over 95 daily, high humidity and night cooling often only as low as 78. In other words, it is technically impossible that new tomatoes could form, but, some have ignored the rules. I have to think TTF is the reason why because little else has changed.
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July 17, 2015 | #12 | |
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Location: New Mexico
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I second this statement. I can see improved changes in 2 days with TTF.
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July 17, 2015 | #13 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7
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That is what i meant: "UNLIKELY", " NOTICEABLE". There would have been changes either way. How can you measure the effect of applying something ? Unless you do a side-by-side experiment on two ( or several) identical plants and measure growth or any other indicators. We tend to perceive things, sometimes, the way they please us. Or that is what we like/want to believe. This might not be applicable to you but it is to me. Gardeneer |
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July 17, 2015 | #14 | |
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Oh and believe me, if you'd seen this plant last month you'd have laughed your head off. We had so much masking tape on this thing trying to save what branches we could it looked absolutely ridiculous. The whole plant got bent over by the strong winds, cage and all, so there was quite a bit of damage. The rooted branch was the worst and it was hanging on by a thread, so we just decided to chop it off and stick it in a pot and see what happened! Might get some fall tomatoes from it if we're lucky.
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