General discussion regarding the techniques and methods used to successfully grow tomato plants in containers.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Here are the shots of the 4 heirloom plants that we just started. They are in 30 gallon Smart Pots. From 1st to last are a Brandywine red RL, Green Zebrs, Marianna's Peace and a Black Krim. The last photo is a couple of leaves on the Marianna's Peace that water got splashed on when we first transplanted them. Hopefully just leaf burn and not turning into a disease. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
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derek
are you going to have time for them to grow fruit out in your zone? Looking good, they sure have a lot of room to grow.
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5
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Welcome to the forum, and you sure look like you're off to a good start!
derek, it looks like you have some sunburn there, but they sure look healthy, and certainly happier than ours out here in Washington, where it's still raining and a high of 55º today. ![]() meadowyck, it gets way hotter in Michigan than in the PNW, so I'll bet there's plenty of time to ripen. He's already ahead of us, because he has sun! ![]() j |
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I lived in Dearborn, over 30 years ago and if I didn't have mine ready for pots by May, I usually didn't get them ripe, but then maybe that was before global warming started....LOL
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m, I just remember how hot it always was when we were there in the summer. And I keep seeing all these folks with great harvests. Does fall come early there? I guess that would mess that up. I think I was getting confused with my fall date of 10/30. (Sorry about that.)
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J not to worry as my memory does it rather fuzzy through the years.
Send some of that rain back here, we have been a week without any, and I want to go into the summer with our water table as close to normal as possible...
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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m, get this! I actually had to water the flower and vegetable gardens Saturday, because we've been having what is called Seattle rain here lately.I think in the trades it's called a working rain.
That means it rains enough to get you damp, but not soaking wet, and it makes the plants soggy, but doesn't really accumulate. Think of a really heavy fog that you can see through, because it's condensing on you. Yep, it's why we get late blight here every year. Sorry. ![]() Just feeling sorry for myself and my poor tomatoes and peppers, still waiting to be planted out. ![]() I think all those tomato sandwich pictures are getting to me!!! ![]() j |
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Looking forward to seeing pictures of your maters.
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