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Comments (2)I grew Clint's last year...liked it...I also have liked Stupice...See MoreFor fun, what us newbies have learned from this forum. :)
Comments (12)@Donna-Yeah, I THOUGHT the peat pots to be a good idea this year. I had read on here people using plastic cups, but thought it was just to save money. WELL, after learning their ridiculous moisture wicking properties(so it's harder to know how much to water the plants), and the size I got this year worked, but were probably too small, I'm going with the cups next year. ;) Also, I was worried about the roots growing through before I was ready. Though the tomatoes were decent enough in not growing through to bad, some of my other plants, like the broccoli if my memory serves me right, had grown through too much, in my opinion, to think to take off the pots before planting. @Rabbit-LoL! Love it. ;) But yeah, I forgot to put that! Gosh, I try so hard to not talk my husband's ear off about my plants, but it's so hard when you're so happy and excited...or nervous and worried(damping off scare anyone? ;) ). I love talking plants, even though this is my first year gardening. ESPECIALLY tomatoes! My husband is quite perplexed as to my unusually high interest in a vegetable that we're not even big eaters of. Well, fresh anyways. But we use a ton of pizza sauce and also other tomato products(soup, paste, etc.). I think I might have told him, but out of all my plants I'm most excited for tomatoes because there's so much variety! Like yeah, there's probably a dozen heirloom broccoli you could find on the internet, but tomatoes, there's thousands! I wanna be a collector/taste tester of every heirloom variety! ;) That's why, like you're saying, this forum's great because all us tomato fans can chat it up. @Missingtheobvious-About the potato leaf varieties. I was all perplexed when some of my tomatoes came up normal and others were potato leaf. I had read about it previously, but hadn't seen pics, and I hadn't thought to check what kind of leaves the varieties I was planting had. I was all wondering when the normal leaves would come! lol Weird thing is, I don't know if it's related to the varieties I chose or what I'm fixin' to say, but this year two of my varieties of reg. leaf looked awful, had issues, etc., but I hardly lost sleep over the potato leaf varieties. Again, I don't know if it was related to varieties or not, but I can't help but now be more partial to the potato leaf tomatoes. ;) @Homegarden-That's so cool that you had never had a tomato with a different color than red but now you're branching out. ^_^ I guess I too, when I think about it, hadn't known there was different color tomatoes until this year. I have never tasted a different colored tomato, but I have Sun Gold, Sunsugar, and Paul Robeson(or Rambling Red Stripe, label issue) growing this year, so it'll be neat to see if I taste a difference. :) That's cool you got some people hooked on your Golden Queen so they request 'em. I hope to have a taste test this year for friends and family with my twelve varieties(and others if friends or family wanna donate a tom or two to the mini event). If I got requests as to what to grow next year, I'd be so flattered! ^_^ @Cdon-I hope that's not true about pepper plants! I've been trying to water more because I thought I had read somewhere that, by doing so, you create a hotter pepper. But maybe someone else might know for sure. By the way, like the slogan. I'll have to remember it....See MoreYour biggest tomato(s) - what variety?
Comments (24)Here are (clockwise) Mexico, Omar's Lebanese, Cherokee Green, and a red version of Gregori's Altai. The Cherokee Green was 2 lbs 3.1 oz. Mexico won first place last September at the 2008 Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest... it was over 2lbs... Consistently large ones are Omar's, Cuostralee, Mexico, Kornesevvsije, Lithuainian, Daniels, Tidwell German, Dutchman, Italian Sweet, Olena Ukrainian, Phil's Fantastic, and, for hearts, Oleyar's German, Wes, Nicky Crain, Ukrainian Heart & Kosovo. Large bi-colors are Burracker's Favorite & King Pineapple. I even get some XL-XXL GMG's: I'm sure there are MANY I forgot to mention! Hope this helps....See MoreGlass Balcony Tomato Garden! - Looking 4 Best Heirloom tomato variety?
Comments (6)Kosta D: Tips & Tricks like Epson Salt and Egg Shells are very welcomed and recognized! When growing in containers on a balcony, a lot of "organic" methods won't work well because you won't have the ecosystem in your soil to maximize organic methods. Container gardening, especially in an environment like an enclosed balcony, is almost closer to hydroponics than to in-ground gardening. You won't be able to use a lot of the advice people give to gardeners that assume in-earth gardening. For example, eggshells are almost useless in that environment, because there aren't enough organisms to break them down and make the minerals bioavailable to plants. If you want to use organic substances like that, I suggest you start a worm composting bin. The worms will turn your kitchen vegetable waste and things like eggshells (grind them up fine first) into compost that converts the nutrients into forms your plants can actually use. There's a vermicomposting forum on here somewhere where you can get help with that. And, yes, you can keep a worm bin indoors. Mine, which is small, is indoors because it's too cold for the composting worm species here in the winter and can get too hot in the summer, so I just keep the bin inside all the time. There are no odors, no escaping worms, etc. as long as the worms are happy and conditions in the bin are good. FYI, you will probably still have to use some liquid fertilizers, but the vermicompost will be beneficial in many ways....See Moreelkwc
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