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amideutch · August 1, 2010

Starting with a late plant out, then a hail storm and finally over two weeks with temperatures in the mid 90's I have plants loading up with fruit. Not all but here are the roughnecks;

Top Row: Cherokee Lemon, Amazon Chocolate, Barlow Jap, Oleyar's German, Fritz Ackerman?, Kolb Pink. The question mark for Fritz Ackerman is I'm not sure if it is the real deal.

Middle Row: Purple Haze F5 (from Raybo), 2nd and 3rd are Cowlick's and the heart Krasnyi Mayak.

Third Row: And the Dwarfs I'm growing for akgardengirl. First 2 are Yukon Quest F5 and the last is Grumpy F5.

So for being set out a month late, Stripped half naked from the hail and baked in an oven I would say they are doing OK. Ami

Timmah! · August 1, 2010

Good on you, Ami; glad to see with your perseverence they're recovering.

ContainerTed · August 1, 2010

Lookin' GOOOOOOD, Ami.

Ted

kath · August 1, 2010

Your plants look like they're doing amazingly well, Ami, considering what they've endured so far. Implementing the findings of all your research has given them every advantage, no? Hope you'll soon be tasting those sweet fruits of all your labor.

Mine have shown amazing resiliance, growth, fruit-set after being near death following a May frost, and my later-started 'replacement' seedlings, planted mid-June, are starting to blush already. Only a few yellowing leaves needed to be removed from the oldest plants so far and no disease yet on the younger, yet my untreated potatoes were all but dead a month ago and I'm losing melons and cukes to leaf diseases. Usually by this time I'm fighting a losing battle to save my tomatoes. I will continue to alternate the Actinovate and Excel this year as you suggested and treat all my seedlings next year and will add MycoGrow or whatever seems to be the best at that point as well. Think I'll follow the recommendations for potatoes and curcurbits, too, and see what happens! Thanks for your help with spraying recommendations, as I really feel comfortable with this approach and can't argue with the results thus far! Enjoy your well deserved harvest!

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ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	Lookin' GOOOOOOD, Ami. Ted __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

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Timmah! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Elizabethtown, Kentucky 6a Posts: 754	Good on you, Ami; glad to see with your perseverence they're recovering.

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kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	Your plants look like they're doing amazingly well, Ami, considering what they've endured so far. Implementing the findings of all your research has given them every advantage, no? Hope you'll soon be tasting those sweet fruits of all your labor. Mine have shown amazing resiliance, growth, fruit-set after being near death following a May frost, and my later-started 'replacement' seedlings, planted mid-June, are starting to blush already. Only a few yellowing leaves needed to be removed from the oldest plants so far and no disease yet on the younger, yet my untreated potatoes were all but dead a month ago and I'm losing melons and cukes to leaf diseases. Usually by this time I'm fighting a losing battle to save my tomatoes. I will continue to alternate the Actinovate and Excel this year as you suggested and treat all my seedlings next year and will add MycoGrow or whatever seems to be the best at that point as well. Think I'll follow the recommendations for potatoes and curcurbits, too, and see what happens! Thanks for your help with spraying recommendations, as I really feel comfortable with this approach and can't argue with the results thus far! Enjoy your well deserved harvest!