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  1. chris09

    what is FFV?

    The codes refer to the diseases that the particular tomato plant has resistance to. V- verticillum wilt F- fusariuim milt (ff- races 1 and 2 fff-races 1,2,3) N-nematodes T-tobacco mosaic virus A-alternaria stem canker ST- stemphylium grey leaf spot TSWV- tomato spotted wilt virus The Code...
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    I under stand what you are saying BUT don't you think that all businesses that sell Glyphosate (Roundup) has rights to marketing? What you have to keep in mind is that Monsanto patented Glyphosate under the trade name Roundup and that Glyphosate is marketed under many other names including many...
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    corn question again

    I pull the smallest one. Chris
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    Pickle Issues

    The trick to making good pickles is to grow 'pickles'/ pickling cucumbers and not slicing cucumbers. Pickling cucumbers were developed to go through the brining process and have a lower moisture content thus giving a higher quality firmer product. Chris
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    Pickle Issues

    I don't think your going to get dementia from Calcium Chloride. ;) Chris
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    Heirloom sweet corn

    Wow, don't say that to loud because my Golden Bantam has always germinated just fine here in N.E. Ohio (about 240 mile North of you). Golden Bantam matures in about 80 days so even if you don't get the corn in the ground until late June you should be picking corn in August. Golden Bantam Corn...
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    Pickle Issues

    By the pickles being soft and salty I would say that the amount of salt was off. Was the recipe for presser canning, freeing, hot packing, or steam canning, what type of canning method did you use and what type of Salt did you use? If you are going to start canning I would recommend two books...
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    If you don't mind me asking where did you here that Scotts is owned by Monsanto? I have been doing research on Scotts/ Miracle Grow since my post (#45) and found nothing about this. What I found is that Scotts/ Miracle Grow has a distribution agreement to use and sell Round Up products through...
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    I will try to get a list together and post it in a new thread. I know there will be a few Co. that are on the list. Chris
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    Purple tomato plants??

    You may want to do a simple soil test to see if it isn't your soil, but other than the phosphorous being unavailable but potassium could also be the problem. Chris
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    Purple tomato plants??

    There are a number of reasons for tomato stems to start turning purple, If the temperatures are cool (below 65) that would be my first bet for being the problem IF the plants were growing in a soil-less mix. The cool temperatures make phosphorous unavailable to the plant and in turn the plant...
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    Editing my post above to add another company, Whitney Farms. Whitney Farms puts out a line of organic soil-less mix and is also in partnership with Scotts/ Miracle Grow. http://www.scotts.com/smg/templates/index.jsp?pagUrl=whitney_farms&icid=hp1_mm_p_wf Chris
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    The shows name was Crockett's Victory Garden not The Victory Garden. ;) After James (Jim) Crockett past away they changed the name of the show to The Victory Garden and the show went down hill ever sense. His entire site (Greenhouse, Garden and everything else) was built on a section of parking...
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    New to starting plants from seed, could use some pointers

    I foud out some time ago that you will always be putting money into Monsanto's business just like any other big business. Monsanto has there has there hand in in nearly everything from plastics to organics. Look how many things you use every day that contains either corn or soy been oil or had...
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    Tomato pruning

    You can trim Determinate tomatoes in fact all tomatoes will do better if trimmed. With Determinate tomatoes you only want to trim the suckers/ shoots below the first flower cluster. Chris
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    Greenhouse plastic?

    The regular plastic that you get from Home Depot is not UV protected and will break down with in a year if not less. You would be best to get the Greenhouse plastic, it is UV protected and most will last 5 year+. Chris
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    Bad weather coming

    Well it should be hitting me about Friday or Saturday Lesa, it takes about 4 to 5 days for a storm in TX to hit OH. Chris
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    Gardening Methods and plants that are hard to grow

    On the bell peppers, They are to me heavy feeders, if you want lots of big peppers you need to feed them. This is a idea on how I plant mine. 1- Dig a whole about 2 times as deep needed, 2- Put 2 tablespoons of 20-20-20 fertilizer in the bottom of the whole along with a hand full of well...
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    Juliana Basic Greenhouse???

    It's like having commercials on here. They start out trying to help the OP but then they lead into the big sales pitch, kind of like a used car salesmen. Chris
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    Juliana Basic Greenhouse???

    Are you going advertise your business in everyone of your posts? Chris
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