Do I really have to thin my tomatoes?
yrdling
15 years ago
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yrdling
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Better Bush Tomato - Do I need To Thin Out?
Comments (2)No, bush and other determinate varieties do not need any pruning or thining of any kind. They produce fruit on those side shoots so removing them eliminates/reduces your fruit production. Check the FAQ over on the Growing Tomatoes forum (linked below) as it explains in detail the difference between indeterminate varieties and determinate ones. Dave Here is a link that might be useful: Tomato FAQ's...See MoreDo I really not have decent topsoil on my new construction?
Comments (4)I agree that you should get a soil test kit, and go from there. What part of Ky are you in? Ky has quite a bit of clay soil, but it also depends on where you are. I would think that buying amendments for the soil you have now would be about the same cost as buying the "topsoil" from the builder. If you are near Louisville or Lexington, you can get compost pretty cheap, because of all the horse waste generated at the track/farms. In Lexington, Keeneland used to give away composted muck for free....I don't know if they do anymore, though. My house was literally built on an old dump site....a few loads of "Thoroughbred compost" and now I have wonderful soil....See MoreDo tomatoes really have enough depth in 5 1/2'?
Comments (4)Why mulch is important: 1. Reduces chance of disease from dirt getting on leaves. 2. Helps to keep the planting mix moist longer. 3. Helps to keep the planting mix at a nice steady temperature during those hot summer days, therefore reducing the possibility of your fruit succumbing to heat related blossom end rot. 4. If you use straw, alfalfa hay, etc...your planting mix will benefit as the organic matter decomposes. 5. All the above, which result from the use of straw, leaves, alfalfa hay, etc... encourage the settlement of lovely earthworms....See MoreDo my tomatoes have tomato/tobacco mosaic virus
Comments (7)It looks like either your roots are damaged, and/or it got some surprise exposure to strong sun/light. Did you get the leaves wet? Sometimes plants prone to edema will do something like that when they get wet (but they'd probably get yellow bumps, too, if that were the case). It could be general stress from whatever is or isn't in the soil, as others have noted. Unless your soil/containers were infected, or unless you have pests feeding on your plants, or unless you smoke and touched the plants, then it's probably not a virus....See Moreyrdling
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