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Post by landarc on Apr 25, 2007 0:30:57 GMT -5
Ain't no such thing as too much fun...
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Post by mbrown on Jun 12, 2007 12:49:23 GMT -5
Johno,
How about an update on the project?
Mike
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Post by johno on Jun 12, 2007 15:35:07 GMT -5
Okay. My original batch didn't all germinate, so I ran a second batch. Now I have the 18 dwarves I wanted, but a bit less than half of them are younger. The older ones aren't very tall (no surprise) but they have thick stalks and good leafing. They are flowering as we speak, so little green babies are just around the corner. I'm starting to have a few spots of early diseases here and there with my other tomatoes, but no sign of problems with any of the dwarves. They look good!
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Post by mbrown on Jun 12, 2007 15:39:43 GMT -5
Johno,
Are the dwarfs being grown in containers are in the garden?
Mike
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Post by johno on Jun 12, 2007 19:30:22 GMT -5
They are growing in the garden.
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Post by johno on Jun 24, 2007 23:41:17 GMT -5
They are growing really well, but I noticed one suddenly got a weird problem - a browning about the top. I've never seen it on any other tomatoes I've grown. All the others are dark green and blemish free. I'll yank it as soon as I can get some good pics.
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Post by johno on Jul 22, 2007 19:53:45 GMT -5
They are finally starting to color-up!
There is some foliar disease - moderate, I'd say. As I've mentioned in the past, in my neck of the woods this is practically inevitable. To top it off, up until last week it rained almost everyday for what seems like a couple of months. That's bad for this problem...
So, next on the agenda is a little pruning. I'll remove all diseased foliage, and probably a little more so I can see the fruits - the foliage is extremely dense. Should make for better pics...
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Post by Jim on Dec 4, 2007 18:49:03 GMT -5
how did this turn out if I may ask???
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Post by johno on Dec 4, 2007 21:58:06 GMT -5
There were good things about the experience...
As far as the tomatoes, this one was a dud, relatively speaking, which I thought was strange considering the parentage. My daughter Kelsea, the one who likes tomatoes(!), and I taste tested from most of the plants and came up with an average somewhere around a five (of ten.)
The plants were productive enough, but the tomatoes could have come from the grocery store.
I thought I had an orange fruited plant, but it turned out it was just a dying plant...
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