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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-11-11 07:36 AM
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15. According to this article it is "semi-determinate" (which I'm guessing is the
same as "vigorous" determinate): http://www.dig-itmag.com/features/lifegarden_story/337_... /

Good explanation of "semi-determinate" here: http://www.donnan.com/tomatoes.htm


So, I think a every-ten-days-or-so schedule of milk bathing could help kick your guy back into production. :)
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  -Milk bath miracle does it again! beac  Jul-06-11 01:22 PM   #0 
  - I'm doing my plants tomorrow.  Lugnut   Jul-07-11 12:45 AM   #1 
  - Because mine are in containers, I "bathe" them about every ten days to two weeks.  beac   Jul-07-11 09:24 AM   #2 
     - It's amazing.  Lugnut   Jul-07-11 09:27 AM   #3 
        - Yup, definitely good for cukes.  beac   Jul-07-11 11:08 AM   #4 
           - My cukes this year are pretty sad.  Lugnut   Jul-10-11 01:22 AM   #6 
              - Sounds yummy.  beac   Jul-10-11 09:30 AM   #7 
                 - Prices were excellent at the markets here last year.  Lugnut   Jul-13-11 01:28 AM   #21 
                    - Thanks for the update!  beac   Jul-13-11 09:37 AM   #23 
  - I treated mine yesterday.  GentryDixon   Jul-09-11 08:50 AM   #5 
  - I'm going to try this. My one tomato in a big pot started out good,  ellenrr   Jul-10-11 11:40 AM   #8 
  - Do you know if your tomato is determinate or indeterminate?  beac   Jul-10-11 01:23 PM   #9 
     - hmmm, I read the descriptions,  ellenrr   Jul-11-11 05:16 AM   #14 
        - According to this article it is "semi-determinate" (which I'm guessing is the  beac   Jul-11-11 07:36 AM   #15 
           - yes I found the label and it is semi.  ellenrr   Jul-11-11 01:24 PM   #17 
              - I keep planting all season long  NJCher   Jul-12-11 10:29 PM   #20 
                 - I am now going to try a second planting of squash this year.  beac   Jul-13-11 10:44 AM   #26 
  - I've never heard of the milk bath. How many plants will a gallon of it feed?  Vinca   Jul-10-11 04:52 PM   #10 
  - Make sure to get NON-FAT dry milk.  beac   Jul-10-11 06:04 PM   #11 
     - Thanks. My eggplants are sorry looking, too, so maybe I'll give them a drink, too.  Vinca   Jul-10-11 06:27 PM   #12 
        - In my experience, it works wonders for any veggie.  beac   Jul-10-11 06:32 PM   #13 
  - How often do you do this milk bath?  Raven   Jul-11-11 08:37 AM   #16 
  - Mine are in containers, so I bathe them about every ten days. Every two weeks at the most.  beac   Jul-11-11 02:06 PM   #18 
     - Thank you Beac.  Raven   Jul-11-11 02:18 PM   #19 
  - I just returned from an early-morning trip to the ShopRite  NJCher   Jul-13-11 07:50 AM   #22 
  - Early morning or late evening is best, just like regular watering.  beac   Jul-13-11 09:39 AM   #24 
     - I did half the garden this a.m.  NJCher   Jul-13-11 10:34 AM   #25 
        - Great! I'll look forwrd to your before-and-afters.  beac   Jul-13-11 10:47 AM   #27 
           - do you spray the leaves and fruit with the mixture?  ellenrr   Jul-13-11 12:14 PM   #28 
           - I don't spray the leaves, but I hear you can do that if you have a problem w/  beac   Jul-13-11 04:39 PM   #30 
           - yeah, they're in raised beds  NJCher   Jul-13-11 03:20 PM   #29 
              - I hope Lyric checks in soon to see how much she's helped us all again this year.  beac   Jul-13-11 04:40 PM   #31 
  - I'll try this  TuxedoKat   Jul-18-11 08:24 AM   #32 
  - study shows milk spray effective in halting powdery mildew  NJCher   Jul-22-11 09:10 AM   #33 
 

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