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For the love of....tomatoes. That's it.


The Tomatoes Reddit

Tomatoes - the edible fruit of Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant, which belongs to the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The species originated in Central and South America. The Nahuatl (Aztec language) word tomatl gave rise to the Spanish word "tomate", from which the English word tomato originates. Wikipedia: tomato


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Tomato disease

I found this kind of root in my greenhouse tomato culture.What disease is this and what is the treatment for this disease?

3 Comments
2025/02/01
15:34 UTC

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Suggestions for West Texas (Lubbock area)?

After seeing the success I had with my first tomatoes last year, my mother wants to try a few plants this year. What varieties do well in the Lubbock area?

2 Comments
2025/02/01
07:26 UTC

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Tomatoes

A few months back, I found a tomato plant randomly in my backyard so I transplanted it into a tomato bed and its been giving a lot of fruit. I suspect it is red pear but I'm not sure. The base of the tomato is really red but near the top its always got a bit of green. Its a dark green colour but only on a little bit at the top. I've left some tomatoes on there for many days after its ripened and it still stays the same color. With that little bit of green. Any idea the reason why? Also, for some reason, the skin on my tomatoes are quite thick. You can bite into them but the skin of the tomato is very thick. What's the reason? I think I'm in zone 10a (Melbourne, Victoria). Has anyone tried the yellow honeybee from bunnings / Mr Fothergills? I want to try them this year. What time do I sow the seeds?

2 Comments
2025/01/31
22:24 UTC

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Orange hat tomatoes

Does anyone have experience growing micro tomatoes, specifically Orange hat? I have some planted under a grow light and they are about 2-3 inches tall currently, any advice tips etc… would be welcome thanks

16 Comments
2025/01/31
18:11 UTC

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My little babies

4 Comments
2025/01/31
03:08 UTC

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Neem Oil / Army Worms

Hey Maters! I have been picking army worms off our tomato plants the past few days. Usually get about 3-4 a night . I haven’t tried neem oil but I’ve read it’s supposed to work. I’m in Florida.. zone 10a. Would neem oil be the best bet? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance!

8 Comments
2025/01/30
22:52 UTC

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Pruning, before and after pictures.

Hello,

Does anyone ever take before and after pruning photos? I'd like to see what your tomato plant looks like before and after.

(Asking because I'm a newby tomato grower, and I want to know how much pruning is too much)

30 Comments
2025/01/30
22:16 UTC

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How best to support Heidi tomatoes? Also, weave support for heirloom Brandywines?

Northern Illinois here.

I've got high hopes for these Heidi paste tomatoes, described as semi-determinate or "indeterminate, short, bushy, regular leaf plant." Some people report them getting up to about 4 or 5 feet tall, which is taller than I'd consider "short and bushy" but certainly a lot shorter than a late-season indeterminate can get.

I was thinking of using some big metal U posts to set up a Florida Weave or a Basket Weave for my Brandywines, would those work well for Heidi?

As a denizen of a small apartment that gardens at a community plot, I stay away from large tomato cages that have to stay in my living room all winter. These do not sound like the type of tomato you single-stem.

And by the way, will a Florida or Basket Weave adequately support these big Brandywine types, or is this a bad fit for them? I have tried to keep them single-stemmed to individual stakes, but with a community plot it is always a battle to keep them contained, and they win that fight as soon as we hit a hot and rainy few days where they don't want us all tromping around and compressing the soil.

10 Comments
2025/01/30
20:30 UTC

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Appreciating this.

First time buying from Hoss. Got this marker in the first packet i opened. Love that they include image of ripe fruit, name, and general planting info. Sadly the other 3 or 4 packets of tomatoes didn't have a marker (all different varieties). My hopes were set too high on my first pack fan boy. Haha. I think it's a cool thing to have and wish every company did this (and for every pack). I understand the product is only 3.99 USD but it would be great addition to any pack.

10 Comments
2025/01/30
04:58 UTC

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Is this tomato too cracked?

This is my first time growing tomato’s and I accidentally over watered my plant, will this tomato need to be taken off or does it have a chance at survival without diseases?

7 Comments
2025/01/29
23:50 UTC

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This little guy grew a tail.

1 Comment
2025/01/29
20:57 UTC

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List of varieties I’ve acquired from garden centres and Reddit swaps!

6 Comments
2025/01/29
20:20 UTC

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For the love of... spreadsheeting tomatoes

32 Comments
2025/01/29
18:12 UTC

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Tomato Growth Timeline (Week 20–34, 2024)

2 Comments
2025/01/29
16:50 UTC

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Anyone knows where I could buy seeds by hundreds? (EU)

I want to buy famous american seeds like cherokee purple, roma, black beauty and others. However I can only find very expensive packets of like 7 seeds for 3€.

Is there some store that sells in bigger packages in Europe/Czechia?

3 Comments
2025/01/29
13:45 UTC

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This year's growing list - 19 varieties

I may have gotten a teensy bit carried away and bought more varieties than I have space for. Whoopsie. So now I’m working on making more space while the ones I’m growing from seed get started. I can’t wait to try all the new ones!

Last season was almost entirely cherries. Quite a few of these were chosen based on recommendations from other Redditors. Some I chose out of curiosity, some for their color, and others just because they’re pretty lol. I always try to grow them in order of color. It’s visually satisfying and also makes it easier to tell when they’re ripe, which is why I always plant my green varieties at the start of the row.

I also completely forgot that I wanted to try a Pink Thai Egg tomato. Maybe next year.

Here’s hoping at least a few of these new varieties do really well and are worth growing again next season!

Green Tomatoes

  • Green Zebras*
  • Evil Olive*

Yellow Tomatoes

  • Lemon Boy*
  • Tim’s Taste of Paradise
  • Sun Sugar Yellow*
  • Thorburn’s Lemon Blush*
  • Wooly Kate*

Orange Tomatoes

  • Blush Tiger*
  • Orange Peach*

Pink Tomatoes

  • Raspberry Lyanna*
  • Brandywine*

Red Tomatoes

  • Early Girl
  • Peron*
  • Little Red Corvette*

Purple/Black Tomatoes

  • Cherokee Purple*
  • Black Krim*
  • Blue “Boar” Berries
  • Japanese Black Trifele*
  • Queen of the Night*

(* = New to me)

 

23 Comments
2025/01/29
05:01 UTC

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Tomato help

Trying to grow some dwarf tomatoes inside under grow lights and the leaves seem to be turning yellow. Soil temp is around 76 with the heating mat, I used Fox farms ocean forest potting soil about 18 days ago for the intermediate pots so they should have plenty of food. The lights are high and the ppfd seems to be in an acceptable range for their growth stage. Any advice would be appreciated!

16 Comments
2025/01/29
01:24 UTC

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Gearing up for spring!

3 Comments
2025/01/28
23:33 UTC

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Dark spot on young indoor tomatoes? Anyone know what causes this? Thanks.

28 Comments
2025/01/28
21:56 UTC

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(Begginner) Should I remove these type of leaves?

5 Comments
2025/01/28
19:15 UTC

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advice: tomato indoor art gallery

Hi Im looking for advice on inteterminate tomato varietals.

Im making an art work for a gallery and need to grow some indeterminate (vining) tomato plants. I need a varietal that is robust and rapid growing, grows indoor in pots (with growlights) The fruit is not important- its more about the plants. Any advice welcome! Thanks!

11 Comments
2025/01/28
17:07 UTC

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