Tomato pollination question
philly_gardener
14 years ago
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carolyn137
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Tomato pollination
Comments (1)At the top of this page there's a link to FAQ's ( ferequently asked questions) and I linked to the FAQ that discusses exactly what info you're looking for. So take a look. Carolyn Here is a link that might be useful: Preventing cross pollination...See Moretomato growers quiz to decide hybrid or open-pollinated
Comments (9)Since I was the one who made the post, I feel like I should chime in about all the negative comments. Geesh, people, it's just a quiz...and it doesn't collect personal information. And it doesn't promote anything...from what I can tell, it indicates that hybrids have superior disease resistance and reliability and that heirlooms have superior flavor. Anybody want to contest that? OK, I admit, it's very basic, way too basic for most people on this listserv. But that's no reason to trash it. And that it's made by a seed company? Horrors! How dare they want to sell seeds! This is the kind of attitude Wikipedia has...they don't let companies provide information...and yet in today's world, often it's commercial interests that ARE providing the best information. Does anyone think that Extension websites are necessarily a better source of gardening info than, say, Dave's Garden website? C'mon people... Here is a link that might be useful: Tomato Growers Quiz #1...See MoreHow long do tomato flowers live if not pollinated?
Comments (8)Thanks for the responses everyone. Yes, I transplanted on May 8th. Our growing season is extremely long (like 8-9 months!) We had a heat wave the week before, and the week after I transplanted, where temps were in the mid 90's and reached 103 for a couple days during each week. Since then, it has cooled off. I am in East LA/San Gabriel Valley, which is about 7 miles south of the foothills and at least 30 miles from the coast. Temps here are 2-3 degrees warmer than Los Angeles. According to accuweather.com, the observed weather temps for June have been on average in the low 80's with the high at 86 and the low at 77. Those are daytime temps. Night temps have been around 60. Humidity has been unusually high between 60%-80%. I checked my tomatoes this morning and found a 2nd one growing. It's only about the size of a small cherry though. I checked the flowers around the 1st tomato at the bottom of the plant I can see what looks like a tiny tiny tomato in the center of the petals but it must be like 4 weeks behind....See MoreTomatoes and Pollination
Comments (6)Cool Guys!!!! I just lost one tomato plant and I blame this so called "potting mix" I got from the nursery. They mix it themselves and it STUNK! I assumed they knew what they were doing so I mixed it with my vegetable potting mix Jungle growth half and half 4 days ago and my best looking tomato plant JUST KEELED OVER AND DIED. I am assuming it was whatever was in their potting mix because the other three are doing great!! I didn't call them because I just didn't feel like it. I was mad and when I am mad I talk crap. What I have left are Kotlas, Prairie Fire and Oregon Spring variety. I have read Al's (Tapla) posts on potting mixes and plan on trying that out in the spring. I just had already bought all the other stuff and couldn't find any pine bark fines and was not in the mood to go crazy looking for it. Spring time I will try out his recommendations. Thanks for the tips (q-tips) lol Halime...See Morewiringman
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