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Old 02-02-2013, 09:11 PM
 
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I moved here 2 years ago and like to grow a few vegetables. I do well with peppers, lettuce, and broccoli.

I want to do tomoatoes, and keep trying. They grow, but leaves turn yellow and die. Eaten by bugs or something in the ground.

I just tried planting marigolds around them and planted some new tomatoes. Has anyone been successful?
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Old 02-03-2013, 01:17 AM
 
Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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Default Tomatoes

The soil here has a lot of nematoads and that will cause the veges to die. Google the subject and there are articles by the Florida Dept of Agriculture to help. You should look into container gardening or square foot gardening and guy varieties that are resistant to nematodes
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Old 02-03-2013, 06:00 AM
 
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I've lived here almost a year now, and have had a few different varieties of tomato plants. I switch plants everytime I plant one just to see how they grow, and found that the hybrids are the way to go around here. As soon as my last one dies I am planning on making a raised garden.
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Old 02-03-2013, 06:54 AM
 
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Everything is in a pot with store bought potting soil. I like vigaro.
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Old 02-03-2013, 07:02 AM
 
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I agree with all those above who recommend container gardening. It's the way to go here.
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Old 02-03-2013, 07:05 AM
 
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Everything is in a pot with store bought potting soil. I like vigaro.
Have you tried Jungle Growth? I've got a little test going with pineapples. Some in Miracle grow, some in Vigaro, and some in Jungle Growth. JG is winning by a noticeable margin.
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Old 02-03-2013, 02:25 PM
 
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Where do you buy Jungle Growth? I'll have to try it. My tomato plant is a Bush Goliath and doing fairly well. It's not the strongest of plants but is producing great fruit!
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Old 02-03-2013, 02:33 PM
 
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I think Jungle is at lowes or HD. I found the Vigaro at HD at dollars less than miracle grow. Tomatoes came out ok, I used a fish fertilizer this time instead of miracle grow for veggies. Not sure about that stuff. They were going great then as the tomatos began ripening the plants are yellowing and dying off. Though I have only grown in florida and for all I know this is the natural life cycle of a tomato plant? Anyone?

My peppers are doing pretty good, likewise did not product much abundance and I had read that could be an issue with the fish fertilizer, so maybe next season I'll go back to the miracle grow.

Husky cherry reds did well, still are. The plants that seemed to like the fish fertilizer were the flowers, my geraniums and percy the puny poinsettia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCyXyIa6UPs

The poinsettia was still in its store bought pot from last year, I barely remember to throw some water on it once in awhile and it was dry and rootbound and only had a few leaves left on it.

I finally stuck it in the ground in late November where a hibiscus didn't work out (still don't know why I can't grow a hibiscus in florida when everyone else can), and I started watering it and used the fish fertilizer in it, and lo and behold a christmas miracle happened and it started turning red and grown new leaves. Right now its in full holiday bloom still. Looks like I just planted it out of a this years christmas pot.
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Old 02-03-2013, 02:46 PM
 
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Where do you buy Jungle Growth? I'll have to try it. My tomato plant is a Bush Goliath and doing fairly well. It's not the strongest of plants but is producing great fruit!
Lowes usually has it.
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Old 02-03-2013, 02:54 PM
 
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I think Jungle is at lowes or HD. I found the Vigaro at HD at dollars less than miracle grow. Tomatoes came out ok, I used a fish fertilizer this time instead of miracle grow for veggies. Not sure about that stuff. They were going great then as the tomatos began ripening the plants are yellowing and dying off. Though I have only grown in florida and for all I know this is the natural life cycle of a tomato plant? Anyone?

My peppers are doing pretty good, likewise did not product much abundance and I had read that could be an issue with the fish fertilizer, so maybe next season I'll go back to the miracle grow.

Husky cherry reds did well, still are. The plants that seemed to like the fish fertilizer were the flowers, my geraniums and percy the puny poinsettia.
Poinsettia Percy - YouTube

The poinsettia was still in its store bought pot from last year, I barely remember to throw some water on it once in awhile and it was dry and rootbound and only had a few leaves left on it.

I finally stuck it in the ground in late November where a hibiscus didn't work out (still don't know why I can't grow a hibiscus in florida when everyone else can), and I started watering it and used the fish fertilizer in it, and lo and behold a christmas miracle happened and it started turning red and grown new leaves. Right now its in full holiday bloom still. Looks like I just planted it out of a this years christmas pot.
What I've found so far is that a lot of the showier tropical bloomers are very picky about nutrients. Hibiscus is one of them. The all purpose fertilizer doesn't work well. They like some nitrogen, very little phosphorus, and a lot of potassium.
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