Tomato plants
- Thread starter Becky1951
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Bellbird
-Oceania-South Pacific
- Location
- New Zealand
Healthy looking plant. 
Paco Dennis
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- Location
- Mid-Missouri
It looks beautiful. How do you keep the tomatoes off the ground as they ripen?
Lee
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- Location
- Chatham, Ontario
I planted mine last week. Had to move them to a new location as where they were before the tomato thieves kept getting their booty. Now closer to the house.
I'll be getting tomato cages soon for them.
Bella
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I always cage mine. I plant the tomatoes and then put the cages up right away.
Capt Lightning
Well-known Member
- Location
- Historic Buchan, Scotland
Our tomatoes are coming on fine with a couple of small toms putting in an appearance. We just support the plants with bamboo canes. It's about time we started adding a liquid feed when we water them.
Chris21E
Member
- Location
- California
I ended up putting Cayenne pepper around my plants, it worked .
WheatenLover
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- Location
- Georgia
I had raised beds and used some kind of cattle fencing for the tomatoes to attach to. It went down the middle of the length of the raised beds. I bought it at tractor supply at the insistence of my neighbor. I thought it was too expensive, but what did I know? At the time, nothing.
I grew a lot of tomatoes. People called me the tomato farmer. While I liked the title, I only grew enough for eating and for canning a 13 month supply for a family of 6, plus my neighbor. It is worth planting yellow tomatoes. The sauce they make is a gorgeous color ... I hated to eat it, it was so pretty. If I ever grow and can tomatoes again, I'm going to keep a jar of the yellow sauce as a decorative aspect of my kitchen, so I can look at it every day and marvel at the color.
IMO, there is nothing better than home-canned tomato sauce, especially if in making it, you also use the skins.
I grew a lot of tomatoes. People called me the tomato farmer. While I liked the title, I only grew enough for eating and for canning a 13 month supply for a family of 6, plus my neighbor. It is worth planting yellow tomatoes. The sauce they make is a gorgeous color ... I hated to eat it, it was so pretty. If I ever grow and can tomatoes again, I'm going to keep a jar of the yellow sauce as a decorative aspect of my kitchen, so I can look at it every day and marvel at the color.
IMO, there is nothing better than home-canned tomato sauce, especially if in making it, you also use the skins.
Alligatorob
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We planted about the same time, and are seeing growth. Now I'll have to go look for baby tomatoes!!