Mississippi 44"

[Les]

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PS the wife just saw your tomato pics and just laughed and went in the other room, so much for my gardening technique/skills.

It's not you Russell, it's where you are living. When we lived in San Jose you could throw a seed in the ground and you would have to jump back (EVERYTHING grew). My wife struggles every year; somethings do well, most don't. Her tomato plants are not doing squat this year. Gulf lives in Miss - his plants will hide an abandoned car in a week.

[UtahBeehiver]

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I guess my plants are the runt of the liter............

[mrchipster]

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I guess my plants are the runt of the liter............

This will be #4 of the SM's more to come we are going to have a hot week here.

The one with the spot does not count unless it will be good for sauce.

[cobblerdave]

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I guess my plants are the runt of the liter............

Gudday
The best tomatoes of your lot, don't eat them, save the seeds, then you will eventually get the stock that best suits your conditions
Regards dave

[UtahBeehiver]

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Dave,

That I will. I am sure the poor production has to be due to my soil. Must be also low a calcium, see a lot of blossom end rot. But enough to eat just not enough to make pizza sauce. Gulf and my seeds are from the same lot and his plants are giagantic!

[UtahBeehiver]

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Mr. C,

Cute teenagers............

[cobblerdave]

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Dave,

That I will. I am sure the poor production has to be due to my soil. Must be also low a calcium, see a lot of blossom end rot. But enough to eat just not enough to make pizza sauce. Gulf and my seeds are from the same lot and his plants are giagantic!

Gudday
Veg that produce leaf and root crops enjoy nitrogen fertilizer . Those that flower and fruit need more potash to increase the fruit. The WFO ash is great on tomatoes and the charcoal is a great soil conditioner. It also is great for mulch heaps as it balance the tendancy to get to acid a conditions and the microbs work better
Regards dave

[mrchipster]

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Dave,

That I will. I am sure the poor production has to be due to my soil. Must be also low a calcium, see a lot of blossom end rot. But enough to eat just not enough to make pizza sauce. Gulf and my seeds are from the same lot and his plants are giagantic!

I ground up calcium tablets and egg shells and put them in the pot that had end rot and now it is gone.

[UtahBeehiver]

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Will do this too on next year's crop. I noticed the first fruits seem the have the blossom rot but the second ones don't seem to have the problem or at least as much.

[Gulf]

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It's not you Russell, it's where you are living.................. Gulf lives in Miss - his plants will hide an abandoned car in a week.

Les,
I had to go back and take another look at my pic. I was sure that I had framed that shot without the car .

I guess my plants are the runt of the liter............

Russell,
Large overgrown plants ain't necessarily a good thing. I may have over fertilized mine before the fruit started forming. I read where too much nitrogen, too early, can inhibit the picking up of calcium by the roots. Thank's again for the seeds. The southern sisters are having a difficult first year. But, I think Dave is spot on about developing these heirlooms to our respective areas. I believe next years "maters" will be better in both our locations.

Chip,
I did the same thing with the calcium tablets. I also found a concentrate at the feed store for blossom end rot. It is mixed in water and sprayed directly on the plant. It claims to be a more readily absorbable form of calcium. I'm not making any claims for it though. I don't believe that it would have been necessary, if I would have gotten the soil balanced right to start with.

Dave,
I will be saving the ash for the garden. Thanks for the reminder. We use to do that but, I have been away from gardening for a long time. Maybe, that will help with that Mount Vesuvius flavor .

Also: Chip,
It is looks like yours are doing great. I'm sure the warm weather will really bring them on. It is has been hot here for a while. It is actually a little late for tomatoes down here. They grow fine in late season but, are more difficult to keep disease free. I should have a good week also. With a late start, my goal was to grow for seed. But, I think now that I will also get enough to eat a few. Next year, I hope to get an early start.

[Bookemdanno]

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Nice Toms sir!
Mine are very behind, due to no glasshouse, and a cold spring.
I do tend to let my plants just do what they want and produce whatever they want rather than the 3 truss regime.
Thanks for your help with the PMs too!

[rsandler]

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Russell, there's worse things than slow tomatoes. We've had a bumper crop of 'maters, including a "Super Marzano" plant, and the #*&@ squirrels have taken every last one of them, or near enough. The bushy-tailed rats pick them off mostly green and leave the guts lying around the yard. Bloody squirrels...

[Gulf]

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My mouth is watering, big time . Baked squirrel and hot biscuits .

[cobblerdave]

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My mouth is watering, big time . Baked squirrel and hot biscuits .

Gudday
......and well feed squirrel at that!
Regards dave

[UtahBeehiver]

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Tastes like chicken??? Lol