Re: My tomato plants have brown spots?

"Leighann" <lmt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> do you think its from sun burn?
> I do water them.. then they sit out in the
> sun all day in st petersburg.. I am thinking
> the droplets of water are acting like an magnafying
> glass?  The dark brown marks are on the top of the
> tomato..
>
> On another note.. my corn has produced what is looking like some
> good sweet corn.. I got about another month left.. just in time for
> the 4th of July.
>
> My radishes are starting to get plump.. not just a root anymore..
>
> I am not sure about the lettuce or cabbage.. I am hopeing they grow
> good..
> but I am worried about them getting too dry during the day.
> I might need a mister?
>
> -- 
> BuZz

Tomatoes love heat/sun.  I am originally from KY where I used to be 
able to
grow wonderful tomatoes.  I haven't had any luck at all with them 
since I
moved down here - I even tried growing them in large containers with 
good
soil because I thought that was the problem.

There are so many durned bugs and birds eating on them - that was the
problem I had.  I've had so many failures with tomatoes since moving 
down
here that I just quit trying.

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ahh.. come on.. mine are doing absolutly wonderful... so you can grow 
them..
I just dug right in my yard.. went out to home depot.. got two plants 
about 8 inches
tall in a pint container..    I bought a bag of time released 
fertilizer for tomato and veggie
plants..   I dug a hole.. and put a left over fish body after I took 
the meat off.. and put that in the hole.. added about an inch of soil 
on top of the fish.. then set the plant on top of that... watered it 
real good.. packed the soil firmly.. added the time released 
nutrients..
staked them up with a piece of wood.. and put a tomato cage around 
it.. I have vines
that are over 8 feet long.   I thought they wouldn't grow in the 
heat.. or the sandy soil..
but I was wrong.  The plants get afternoon shade.. and morning sun.. 
from.. about 8:30am- 2:30 pm... then the sun hits them late in the 
evening.. just before sunset.
Keep on trying.. these are great tomatos.. I am growing cherry tomatos 
and roma tomatos.
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As for the lettuce (I'm not sure about cabbage), I only know about 
leaf
lettuce - and that is a cold weather plant like broccoli, peas, etc - 
we
always started them early back home.  Tomatoes would live if you 
planted
them earlier but they wouldn't grow/thrive until it got hot.
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I am testing the leaf lettuce.. the rest I am saving for the cooler 
temp garden in the fall and winter.


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Buzz