Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Feb 23, 2018 17:54:49 GMT -5
I was reading Park Seed and saw some gadget for outdoor tomato plants. However what caught my eye was the following:
I have no idea if this is true or not, but if it is I wonder if you can use this for AG's as well. Maybe using red paper around and under the plants? just a thought. Anyone growing tomatoes want to test this theory out?
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Kate
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Post by Kate on Feb 23, 2018 18:01:23 GMT -5
How interesting!
If someone has only one plant, perhaps. All I'd need is my three competing for stature and breadth. Yikes!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 22:29:07 GMT -5
I was reading Park Seed and saw some gadget for outdoor tomato plants. However what caught my eye was the following:
I have no idea if this is true or not, but if it is I wonder if you can use this for AG's as well. Maybe using red paper around and under the plants? just a thought. Anyone growing tomatoes want to test this theory out? |
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Feb 24, 2018 4:49:50 GMT -5
That is why I mentioned it was for outdoors but did not know if it would be good for the shorter ones. I have no clue but just found that interesting. Bu tnow that you mention it, that would be a problem with the AG's. Never growing tomatoes I did not think of that but should have with everything else I grow  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2018 7:00:27 GMT -5
We will never know unless we try it! I am no expert as you very well know.
(hmmmm I wonder if those dang squirrels are also attracted to red ) 
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Kate
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Post by Kate on Feb 24, 2018 9:19:16 GMT -5
That is why I mentioned it was for outdoors but did not know if it would be good for the shorter ones. I have no clue but just found that interesting. Bu tnow that you mention it, that would be a problem with the AG's. Never growing tomatoes I did not think of that but should have with everything else I grow  Not a tomato person, Shawn? My son, (40 this year), doesn't like them. He did as a kid, but as an adult, not so much. |
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Feb 24, 2018 10:25:56 GMT -5
Not a tomato person, Shawn? My son, (40 this year), doesn't like them. He did as a kid, but as an adult, not so much. It is not that I am not a tomato person. But the only and only time I tried to grow one it was a miserable fail. I never did try again after that. One day I will. |
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Post by Kate on Feb 24, 2018 11:11:04 GMT -5
Not a tomato person, Shawn? My son, (40 this year), doesn't like them. He did as a kid, but as an adult, not so much. It is not that I am not a tomato person. But the only and only time I tried to grow one it was a miserable fail. I never did try again after that. One day I will. Well, here's hoping mine do well. The plants themselves are doing amazingly well, but it's too early in their life to tell whether they'll produce. I love tomatoes and especially enjoy cherry and grape for hand eating and salads. |
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mike
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Post by mike on Feb 24, 2018 14:35:27 GMT -5
I can't eat a salad without tomatoes and cheese. I also drink two big bottles of Spicy V8 Juice every week. I end up buying flats of tomato sauce and paste on a regular basis. I guess I am a tomato person. I don't grow them that often, though.
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Post by MaryL on Feb 25, 2018 16:12:07 GMT -5
It is not that I am not a tomato person. But the only and only time I tried to grow one it was a miserable fail. I never did try again after that. I always felt responsible for that, Shawn. It was I who gave you the pruning advice and then it went south from there.  |
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Post by Shawn on Feb 25, 2018 16:15:31 GMT -5
Stop Mary, It was not you! You helped me with Basil which was a success ... not the tomato. That was all on me,
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Post by MaryL on Feb 25, 2018 16:18:06 GMT -5
Not a tomato person, Shawn? My son, (40 this year), doesn't like them. He did as a kid, but as an adult, not so much. I was the exact opposite. As a child I hated anything and everything tomato. I was the only kid I knew who couldn’t stand spaghetti with red sauce or ketchup. But I ended up really liking all things tomato as an adult. Canned tomatoes are a pantry staple. |
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