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Susan
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Those with tomato plants
Do you have tomatoes yet? I have four plants that are now about 6 feet high but only a few tomatoes so far.
Anyone else?
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Posted 8/1/06 2:13 PM  |
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2girls4now
Proud Mommy
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Kerri
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Re: Those with tomato plants
i have tons of cherry tomatoes ( been eating them for weeks) and a few of the big ones too
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:15 PM |
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Susan
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I heard that the cherry tomatoes came in first. I have the big red ones. At least that's the variety it says on the tag.
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:16 PM |
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AimeeE2006
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Re: Those with tomato plants
My aunt has a bunch of tomato plants and as of Sunday - she had a lot...but they were still green.
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:18 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Susan
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I think I have to prune back my plants..too many branches. I have a few and they are all green, but I think I should have more.
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:23 PM |
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Elbee
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I got two earlier in July and now they are starting to come in in clusters ... I have maybe 6 that are still green.
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:35 PM |
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Kissy331
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I have TONS of tomatoes, more then I know what to do with...Problem, they are still green!!!!
Just started eating my cucumbers & peppers last night!!!
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:37 PM |
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by Kissy331
I have TONS of tomatoes, more then I know what to do with...Problem, they are still green!!!!
Just started eating my cucumbers & peppers last night!!!
wow! I don't have peppers yet either..I have three tomatoes all green. What am I doing wrong?
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:40 PM |
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capricorn75
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I have tomatoes but most of them are still green.
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:50 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Those with tomato plants
my dad grows veggies every summer. The tomatoes always take the longest. They’re already eating some cucumbers and green beans, all the tomatoes are still green. Another few weeks and they should be ripe & YUMMY!!!!!!!
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| Posted 8/1/06 2:50 PM |
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lorich
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Re: Those with tomato plants
So far we've been able to eat 3 with probably 2 more tonight. Other than those...the rest are still green.
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| Posted 8/1/06 3:15 PM |
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ILJ619
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Irene
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Re: Those with tomato plants
no reds still green =-(
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| Posted 8/1/06 3:30 PM |
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Kirsten
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Just dont prune too much at one time cause the plant will go into shock and it can cause blossom end rot. which means that any fruit that does grow will be bad.
i have 4 roma plants, 4 big boys and 4 peppers.
the romas are doing rather well, lots of fruit but all are not ripe yet.
the bigboys have a few but are small and hopefully no where near being ripe
and the peppers just cant hold on to their buds. i have no peppers yet this years
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| Posted 8/1/06 4:15 PM |
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lorich
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by Kirsten
and the peppers just cant hold on to their buds. i have no peppers yet this years
Seriously! What's the deal with peppers down here?! I used to live upstate and had a HUGE garden... Peppers were all over the place. Since moving down here any time I try and grow peppers I get absolutely nothing. I get tall, skinny, ugly plants with buds that drop?! 
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| Posted 8/1/06 4:19 PM |
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Kotka
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I have 2 plants which I bought around Mother's Day.. I have already taken off about 10 red tomatoes.. they were very good :) I still have plenty roughly 20 on both plants that are green, I saw 1 or 2 slowly turning red the other day.
I don't know if it depends on the amount of sunlight or the dirt but my mom bought them the same time with me ( I bought dirt and mine are in full sunlight, my mom's are in semi light and she used the dirt from her property) and her's are shorter in height and last I spoke about the plants weeks ago she still didn't have any red ones.
Message edited 8/1/2006 4:26:46 PM.
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| Posted 8/1/06 4:25 PM |
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by lorich
Posted by Kirsten
and the peppers just cant hold on to their buds. i have no peppers yet this years
Seriously! What's the deal with peppers down here?! I used to live upstate and had a HUGE garden... Peppers were all over the place. Since moving down here any time I try and grow peppers I get absolutely nothing. I get tall, skinny, ugly plants with buds that drop?!
my Dad grows green peppers. they're not huge or anything, but they're the best I've ever had 
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| Posted 8/1/06 4:26 PM |
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Blu-ize
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Susan
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by Kirsten
Just dont prune too much at one time cause the plant will go into shock and it can cause blossom end rot. which means that any fruit that does grow will be bad.
i have 4 roma plants, 4 big boys and 4 peppers.
the romas are doing rather well, lots of fruit but all are not ripe yet.
the bigboys have a few but are small and hopefully no where near being ripe
and the peppers just cant hold on to their buds. i have no peppers yet this years
I think I have big boys or something like that. I have two that are big but not red yet and one just getting there. I have yellow and red pepper plants and an ancho chili pepper plant with nothing. I also have two eggplants with nothing yet.
My tomato plants are bigger than me but very little fruit. It's in most sunlight.
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| Posted 8/1/06 4:39 PM |
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KLSbear
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Re: Those with tomato plants
My smaller cherry tomatoes are growing like crazy and are just starting to turn red. The big tomatoes are slower - I have a few large ones and some smaller ones. It may be getting late in the season, but try some Miracle Grow. Sounds like your plants put effort into leaves and not flowering and fruit.
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| Posted 8/1/06 6:41 PM |
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pugmama
April already?
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Re: Those with tomato plants
my cucs are growing huge, my peppers look like I may be getting 4 or 5 that will be edible maybe in a few weeks, and my tomatoes are also still green. This is the third year in a row that I planted tomatoes in the same place and for the past two years I had lots of tomatoes, should I have rotated the plants and not plant them in the same place? Does anyone grow carrots? How do you know if you they are growing ok?
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| Posted 8/1/06 9:00 PM |
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Buttafli1277
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I planted my garden so late this year. Everything is still growing. I have some tomatoes, but still growing and green.
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| Posted 8/2/06 12:27 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I have plum tomatoes and beefsteak and have gotten from both. But, I planted them either before or on Mother's Day - so I got an early start
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| Posted 8/2/06 2:06 AM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by pugmama
my cucs are growing huge, my peppers look like I may be getting 4 or 5 that will be edible maybe in a few weeks, and my tomatoes are also still green. This is the third year in a row that I planted tomatoes in the same place and for the past two years I had lots of tomatoes, should I have rotated the plants and not plant them in the same place? Does anyone grow carrots? How do you know if you they are growing ok?
You should definitely rotate the plants...your tomatoes, especially, can get fungus from being planted in the same soil(plus the soil gets depleted of nutrients)
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| Posted 8/2/06 2:07 AM |
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Freddie
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Re: Those with tomato plants
I just got a flower for my beefsteak!  I can't believe all of you have fruit already. I did start 2 weeks late. FUll sun and everything
My jalepeno peppers are great and my cucumbers are just about pickable (how long should they get? I'm waiting for them to be mostly green - right?)
My eggplant is budding and flowering - but I know that has a later gestation time
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| Posted 8/2/06 8:12 AM |
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pugmama
April already?
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Erica
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by Gertyrae
Posted by pugmama
my cucs are growing huge, my peppers look like I may be getting 4 or 5 that will be edible maybe in a few weeks, and my tomatoes are also still green. This is the third year in a row that I planted tomatoes in the same place and for the past two years I had lots of tomatoes, should I have rotated the plants and not plant them in the same place? Does anyone grow carrots? How do you know if you they are growing ok?
You should definitely rotate the plants...your tomatoes, especially, can get fungus from being planted in the same soil(plus the soil gets depleted of nutrients)
I thought so but listened to someone at works advice. Oh well, next year.
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| Posted 8/2/06 8:42 AM |
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Blu-ize
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Susan
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Re: Those with tomato plants
Posted by KLSbear
My smaller cherry tomatoes are growing like crazy and are just starting to turn red. The big tomatoes are slower - I have a few large ones and some smaller ones. It may be getting late in the season, but try some Miracle Grow. Sounds like your plants put effort into leaves and not flowering and fruit.
Yes, lots of leaves and branches only a few tomatoes. I want to prune them back some but as another poster commented, I don't want to shock them. At least there's some fruit coming in, I would worry if there's none. I will put down some new potting soil that has miracle grow in it. It seemed to make the plants grow really tall so maybe with all the rain and sun it needs some fresh nutrients.
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| Posted 8/2/06 10:23 AM |
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