#204461 - 04/25/08 11:27 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Las_Vegas_Lins
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Registered: 04/24/08
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Loc: Nevada
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Man, and I was all excited because my 1.5-inch tall tomato plants are just about to sprout their first real leaves...lol. Cricket, your plants look awesome!!
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#205005 - 04/27/08 04:12 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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elkhwc
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Registered: 01/27/08
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Hi finally found the correct link. The first pictures of the light stand was taken last weekend before I started the serious potting up. Mother nature has been playing with me. I have been lugging flats in and out for the last two days.Going outside now to build a cold frame to use for the rest of the season. Bought two 2' x 9' glass doors yesterday for a dollar at an auction. Got 3 2x12 boards gave to me by the local rec.. That had took them off bleacher seats. They are 12' long so I can cut off the ends and still have plenty of board. Most of the light stand is built from scrap pieces we had laying around. It has worked real well. All comments about the plants and stand are welcome. I even welcome negative feedback as they say two minds are better than one. JD http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/elkwc36/
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#205006 - 04/27/08 04:16 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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elkhwc
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Registered: 01/27/08
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I've just got a new Apple computer and was trying to add pictures here. I did get this link to open to one picture of my album on photobucket. Will keep trying or at least get it where you can view all the pictures. JD http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/elkwc36/?action=view¤t=100_0190.jpg
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#205012 - 04/27/08 04:31 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Bestofour
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Registered: 08/10/03
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Loc: Monroe, NC
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gee that's a lot of plants. Do you sell them?
I put my tomatoes out today and now it's raining. I must be living right.
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#205111 - 04/27/08 08:05 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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elkhwc
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Registered: 01/27/08
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Not at the present. Going to charge for the ones in the cowpots this year. But only 30-50 cents and they are in 4" pots so that should be reasonable. I posted my planting list elsewhere. I have over 80 varieties and still potting up but will end up with over 300 tomatoes and 100 peppers. At the present I don't charge for the excess produce either. If the Lord blesses me with a good harvest I share it. JD
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#205563 - 04/30/08 08:57 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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elkhwc
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Registered: 01/27/08
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Rosepetal
When I took the pictures I had just potted up a few and they were outside. So all you saw were waiting to be potted up. Still working on it. Hopefully will finish by Friday. And start dropping some in holes this week. The weather has gave me fits. Yesterday morning we had frost again and they had said a low of 44. But luckily I had most of them in a cold frame I had just finished and they came through just fine. I have never sold any before. Just gave them away. The ones in the 4" cowpots I'm going to ask 30 cents for to cover the cost of the pot. Thanks for the comments. I just started putting the stand together out of leftovers and it works well. JD
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#205651 - 04/30/08 05:13 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Cliver_McGyver
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Registered: 12/01/06
Posts: 112
Loc: Calgary
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I have another 4 weeks till I can plant outside so I cut all my tomatoes down and started a re-root program. They would be to big in 4 weeks and hard to handle. My sister has a tomato plant that is going in to its third year - she uses the same plant and keeps it growing and clips it down and re-roots it - it is always ready to flower at that age.
after I get roots I will plant in a 8 inch tall container like some 3 inch plumbing drain pipe with plastic on the bottom and holes melted in to the plastic. These are from Beefsteak - Earlianna - and Roma.
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#206215 - 05/02/08 07:03 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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elkhwc
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Registered: 01/27/08
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Nice looking plants there. I'm going to sweat another cold night tonight. Some are saying 30-32 degrees. And was 93 and set a record Wed.. I have the cold frame full. Hopefully they will be ok in there. And then supposed to be 38 Sat. night and then on a warming trend. I started 2-3 later this year and still got in a jam. Seem like every year for 3 years now it has been later. Our average last frost is April 16th. I shot for a May 10-15th plant out but was hoping to be able to harden off by that time. Wind has blown for 3 days now. They should be hardy. And my late planting first of April is getting big now also. LOL. JD
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#213037 - 06/02/08 06:04 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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cricket
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Registered: 04/03/08
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I have a couple of maters that are beginning to turn yellow. should see some orange in a few days. maybe one more week to get a ripe one. but, I've been saying that for a few weeks now. I'll just say two more weeks for a ripe one, to be on the safe side! ha ha
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#213094 - 06/02/08 11:43 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Sorellina
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Registered: 01/19/05
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ciao all-
All of my in-ground tomatoes have been planted last weekend, a total of 60. I have most of the determinates and dwarfs planted and will have a total of 36 when that's done, plus 1 in a hanging basket. So much for cutting back this year! The hardening off process was brutal this year. We suffered a very cold May and even had frost one night, so the plants got wind burn, sunscald, plus they were rootbound to start with. Right now, they've got straw around them, 2 sets of healthy-ish leaves on a stem and sit between 3-6" above the straw. They've already bounced back from the damage they suffered while hardening off and as they grow, I'm pruning the crispy leaves off. I'd be doing that chore anyway, making sure no foliage touched the straw, but it's just earlier this year. I know I won't be getting any early tomatoes except for the micro-dwarfs O(which I didn't count in the above tally because they're under lights and will remain there), but I will get lots of tomatoes in the end. In another month it will be very lush out there.
Cheers,
Julianna
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#219207 - 06/29/08 04:14 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Deborah213
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Registered: 02/23/08
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I'm impressed by everyone's long lists of the varities you're growing.
I have only one Early Girl but she's loaded down and two tomatoes are baseball sized and ready. I let them go one more day to get them truly "well done".
Looking forward to them this evening ! Yum !
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#219219 - 06/29/08 06:22 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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Deborah213
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Registered: 02/23/08
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I just tried to edit out my typo "varities" but it's too late.
Can you tell I'm a perfectionist?...
It's so hot here it's hard to think.
I hope you get more tomatoes !
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#219237 - 06/29/08 07:12 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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cricket
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Registered: 04/03/08
Posts: 831
Loc: Texas
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I'm growing large cherries and better boys. boy, those large cherries are growing up taller than any variety I've tried so far. seems like a lot of plant for tiney maters? but they ARE very delicious! we got some good rain today and also a couple of times in the last week. I look for nice harvest by next weekend or so.
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#219311 - 06/30/08 05:15 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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tamara
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My plants aren't doing well, it's too cold and it rains every single day and doesn't stop.
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#219600 - 07/01/08 03:06 PM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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tamara
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To tell the truth, I don't know why us Northern NB's even bother trying.
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#219731 - 07/02/08 09:48 AM
Re: How are Everyboby's 'Maters Growing?
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cricket
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I disagree! I think it is wonderful and amazing people in canada can grow tomatoes. what a challenge. makes me feel like a lazy gardener, just growing what is easy. ha ha
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