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About me: I dabble in all sorts of things, but one constant has always been vegetable gardening. I am fascinated with beans and melons, though the biggest interest I have is definitely tomatoes. I own several hundred varieties of tomato seed, and every year I try to grow a few new ones.
My gardening interest led me to become a member of Seed Savers Exchange and a Master Gardener for Contra Costa County, then I went back to school and earned a Master's degree in plant pathology. Now that I'm out on my own, I'm working on making a career for myself as aplant doctor and garden fixer. When I'm not tending my 1200-square-foot veggie garden at home, anyway.

My zone is: z9/sunset15 CA
GardenWeb Member: 2002-08-25
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Commented: tomatoes with Mosaic virus/tobacco virus That looks like two problems: herbicide damage and (squint) bacterial speck, probably. While it is possible to get that scrunched-veins effect with CMV, it's much more common with something like 2,4-D...
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Commented: My assault and a question. Just FYI: Bt spray is not live bacteria. The insecticide is a protein manufactured by the Bt bacteria, and it's quite durable at normal temperatures.
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Commented: Zucchinis aren't getting any bigger! Help! :) (Well, they're growing upside down -- there's your problem! ;) ) Sometimes this happens, especially early on, because the flowers didn't get pollinated well (or at all). That's about the size at whic...
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