Edible red fruit, cultivar of *Solanum lycopersicum*
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Why do my upside-down tomato plants curve up and break?
When I try to grow "upside-down" tomatoes, they always curve back up towards the sun and eventually break, causing massive damage. Could I be doing something wrong, or is there a way to avoid this?
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Snipping First Tomato Blossoms
I just planted my tomatoes, and on the advice of my neighbor, I snipped the first blossoms. After reading other's advice, I think I made a mistake. Will my plants still bear fruit?
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Drip irrigation for farming tomatoes?
My uncle just starting farming tomatoes. For irrigation he used to mix chemicals in water and irrigate the farm for 1 to 2 hour's 2 times a day, but the results were not good. Most of the plants died ...
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Planting 2 tomato plants in one 20-gallon grow pot (Smart Pot)
I bought a few 20 gallon grow pots (20" diameter x 15.5" high), and they look quite big for one plant.
Do you think I can put two plants side by side? That'd be 10 gallons per plant. The only issue ...
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Are my tomatoes and cucumbers dying from overwatering?
I sowed some cucumbers and tomatoes in April and already lost them all. Now the other batch is dying; I presume it might be over watering as I used different compost.
Basically the leaves became a ...
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When should I replant Home depot (Bonnie) tomato plants
I've brought few tomato plants from home depot (Bonnie brand) and they are 5 to 8 inches tall and their roots start poking out from the bottom (and sides) of their (3" and 4") containers.
Seems like ...
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What is this opening on the bottom of my tomato plant's stem?
I'm trying to grow my own tomatoes from seed, and they're getting quite big now.
So naturally, the first problems start to pop up.
Like this:
Can anyone tell me what it is, and if I can do ...
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Can I save frost damaged tomatoes?
We had an unusually late frost after we had already transplanted our tomato starts outside this year. I covered the plants with canvas drop-cloths over the tomato trellises, but all the leaves and the ...
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Does aspirin really help tomatoes grow?
Something that I've heard quite regularly† is that when you plant your tomatoes, you should put an aspirin under each plant. Apparently salicylic acid both increases the number of blooms and ...
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Why don't my Roma tomatoes reach full size?
I know it's only spring time, but I have lots of little blossoms on my container tomato plants. All are ready to bloom into tomatoes. They often do not reach full size. In fact, I just pulled off ...
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Can I save these tomato seedlings?
Due to terrible weather my tomato plants did not get enough light during germination.
The result: Too long stalks on all my plants.
Can I save them now by transplanting it? Can I transplant it to a ...
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Is it safe to grow vegetable bushes like Tomato and Chili Peppers on an Active Compost?
I have a 2 months old compost and there are still undecomposed greens in it, and I also have propagated some varieties of Capsicum cultivars & Tomato cultivars and they are getting bigger that ...
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Why my tomato plants grows so slowly?
I've started growing a tomato plant a month ago and it is still pretty small. Around 7 cm high.
I grow it with a small fluorescent light ( T8 model ) in my basement.
Why is it growing so slow?
Is ...
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are yellow ladybugs a threat to tomato plants?
I have a tomato plant in a large planter. I spotted several yellow lady bugs on the leaves as i was pruning the plant. The plant seems to be doing very well in the fall so far.
I was a bit curious ...
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Can my tomato plant move indoors?
I have a potted tomato plant on my porch. The temperature is starting to drop as we move into fall; will it adapt well to being an indoor plant? My windows don't get a ton of sun I'm afraid. The plant ...
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How can I prevent squirrels (or other small mammals) from eating my tomatoes?
Something has been eating my tomatoes just as they begin to ripen. Each day I've been finding one or more tomatoes half-eaten but still attached to the vine. On a couple of days I've also found bits ...
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What sort of tomato has two layers of seeds?
I asked a question about this plant earlier. It appears to be either indeterminate or semi-determinate as I've already harvested three tomatoes (on August 31) and the plant is flowering again. I ...
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Tomato plants got black stems and the leaves dry out
I was so proud of my tomato plants (grown from seeds), but now I'm worried that they have died...
Instead of having a usual French summer (with 30 C at least and dry weather) it is raining a lot and ...
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Is it too late for this tomato?
I started these tomatoes on the soil and they where kind of crowded, I place 2 of the largest ones in a separate container and they already have 2 tomatoes and lots of flowers, these where the others ...
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Tomato plant looks like it has grains of salt - what is it and how do I treat it?
My cherry tomato plant has been showing some yellowing of leaves over the past week or so. Just today I noticed the formation of these cluster of white granules - not sure if it's connected to the ...
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Can I salvage an over-watered tomato plant?
I've never tried growing tomatoes before and I recently went out and bought a tomato plant for my balcony. I initially re-potted the plant in too small a planter, so I re-re-potted it a week later. ...
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How to prevent rotten end of tomatoes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What else besides calcium deficiency could be causing tomato blossom end rot?
Each year my tomatoes develop a brown rotten area on the bottom of the fruit. I always add ...
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When can a tomato plant come back from the “dead”?
I've heard stories of people who have had seemingly-dead tomato plants which they left alone and the plant grew back. How can I tell if my plant is dead as opposed to merely in poor shape? Is there ...
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Are these tiny tomato seedlings going to be too crowded?
My first effort at growing tomatoes was last year when I was given plants ~20cm tall and it went well. This year I'm having another go, but starting from seed. On the grounds that I have no seed ...
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How should I be fertilizing my container tomatoes?
Caveat - I am about as novice as it gets when it comes to gardening, and especially with vegetables. I'm trying tomatoes for the first time this year (Husky Cherry Red), and am wondering how I should ...
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Starting tomato from seed
We are wanting to grow tomato plants from seed this year. We've not done this before, so we have some questions.
How big should the containers be that we start the seeds in?
How long should they ...
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Are these tomato plants ready to be replanted in to my bigger pots?
My Tomato plants seem to be coming along quite well:
The tallest (shown) is ~10cm tall above the soil and most of them are in square 6×6×6cm cardboardish pots (there are others off-camera, in ...
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How do I harden tomato plant seedlings?
In http://gardening.stackexchange.com/a/421/138, the answer mentions "Remember to harden off any indoor plants for a few days before transferring them outdoors." I assume this is something you would ...
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Why are my tomatoes tasteless?
I have a taste problem this year with my greenhouse tomatoes. I've grown a mix of varieties (moneymaker plus a couple of others) indoors and they've all come out nothing like as tasty as in previous ...
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Is it okay to pile compost on to the base of a tomato plant?
In previous years, I've noticed my tomatoes have root-like buds towards the base of the stem, but haven't wanted to experiment in case I wreck them.
Anybody had any experience of this? Is it worth ...
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What do purple tomato leaves mean?
Sometimes the leaves of the tomato seedlings we grow in pots gain a purplish shade on the bottom; the plants themselves (don't know if this is a coincidence) also seem to turn out stockier, shorter, ...
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When will my tomatoes be ready to harvest?
I am planning to serve homemade tomato soup for a large dinner party on Sept 24, 2011 (42 days from this posting).
This dinner is really important to me; so important, that I decided to plant my own ...
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What are inexpensive materials for homemade tomato cages?
After starting our tomato plants from seed this year, we have many more small plants in the ground than in the past years. We are looking to make our own inexpensive and durable cages that we could ...
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What variety of tomato grows no taller than about 10 cm?
I saw a very small tomato plant (I think less than 10cm) in a tiny pot, and it was producing tomatoes. What varieties of tomato grow like this?
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What does it mean if my tomato leaves are curling?
The leaves on my tomato plants are curling up and I'm wondering if they are getting enough water. The leaves are still green and there are tomatoes on the plant, but I didn't know if that was a sign ...
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What are the mini-white moths on my tomato plant?
I have some tomato plants indoors. Recently a number of very small (1 mm or so) moths dwell on the leaves.
What are these? Are they harmful? What can I do about them?
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What are the teeny tiny white bugs on my tomatoes?
The bugs are exceptionally small. I've included a video here.
It may be related to the stretched and disfigured appearance of my tomatoes.
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tomato plant rotting from the inside — what's going on?
I have a hydroponic garden in a greenhouse in my yard. Everything was going just great until today when I noticed that one of the 7 or so tomato plants (the biggest one in fact) was looking rather ...
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Why have my tomato leaves started yellowing at the base?
One of my tomato plants (Better Boys if that matters) has a few leaves that have started yellowing on the lower branches. Not sure if they aren't getting enough water, or if they are diseased or what. ...
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How frequently should I prune a tomato plant?
My tomato plant is about 6 months old and about a foot and a half tall.
How often should you prune your tomato plant during this stage? Is it possible to over prune the plant? I usually use the ...
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Is there a way to discourage a tomato plant from growing too tall?
I have a tomato plant that is now 6ish feet tall and still seems to be growing up and up. Is there a way to discourage this upward growth and keep it to a height that I won't need a ladder to harvest?
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Why do my tomato leaves look powdery?
I have a threesome of tomato plants planted in on my porch. All three have some leaves that seem to be a bit white and powdery. One of the leaves has even started to turn a bit brown.
I don't think ...
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What is the best way to support a stake in a potted tomato plant?
I currently have a tomato plant planted in a pot on my porch. It is doing quite nicely and is tied to a 6' bamboo cane. Unfortunately my cane has started to lean a bit and I am afraid that as the ...
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What is the maximum number of trusses for a tomato plant?
I have 6 tomato plants of different varieties grown in planters outdoors. I have heard that there is a recommended limit to the number of trusses (bunches of fruit or number of branches bearing fruit) ...
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What's growing on my tomatoes?
My tomato plants are covered with tiny, pill-like growths on their stems, pictured below. They're about 1mm wide and 3-4mm long, and they're widespread on both stems and branches. I'm also getting an ...
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Holes on bottom side of tomato [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Cracks on Bottom Side of Tomato
This may be related to my prior question about cracks on the bottom side of tomatoes. A few plants I'm growing have appeared with holes ...
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Herbs to grow (pair) with tomatoes
I have 3 tomato plants in pots right now. One of them is in a large pot and I recently planted some basil in the pot, partly for some extra basil, and partly because I have heard that basil and ...
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How should I prune my vine tomatoes?
I've been growing my tomatoes up a 6ft trellis of nylon netting for the last couple of years, with good results. But they tend to grow out of control, eventually toppling over the trellis and ...
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Is July too late to replant tomatoes in North Georgia, USA?
I started my garden this year with 8 tomato plants. Between disease, over watering and a misadventure with a plastic softball I have lost about half of them. My wife wants enough tomatoes to can some ...
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Is there anything special I can do to promote fruiting in a tomato cutting?
Due to an unfortunate incident with a batting tee and a softball, I now have a cutting of a tomato plant growing in pot on my porch. As a pure experiment I started it in a 4" pot and it quickly became ...
