Tag Archives: Tomatoes

Brown Spots on Tomatoes

Hello Master Gardeners. Looking for help in determining what these brown spots are on our tomato plants. – Backyard garden is in Toronto – March 21 – Tomato seeds started indoors – April 30 – Repotted to 3” pots –…

Tomato plants

Hi I was wondering how often I should water my tomato plants in my garden in this extreme heat ? They have been in the ground for about a week now Also I have a couple tomatoes in planters 16×14…

Wilting during hardening off

I live in the Bronte area of Oakville and have started a veggie garden. My plants have grown quite a bit under the grow light I have but I’m worried about this hardening process. I’ve watered on average every other…

Tomato plants

Is it ok to plant my tomato plants now May 16th I live in Niagara falls on The weather is supposed to be pretty good from now on No more frost My plants are about 5″ high with a fair…

New Raised Garden Vegetable Planter

I’m new to gardening and have made my own 8ft long x 2 ft high x 2 ft wide garden bed. I have a chicken wire latch top to stop the animals from getting in. The bottom is open and…

No flowers on heirloom Black Krim

I’d purchased an heirloom back krim tomato plant at the richmond hills backyard event from the master gardeners end may. Lovely plant- it gets around 6 hours of full direct sun. it is in a 18×18″ square container which is…

Early/late blight, fungas, mildew on tomato plants

Dear Sir/Madam, I have 12 heirloom tomato plants in my community garden in Toronto. They are planted in full sun, properly spaced (35 inches apart) watered properly in soil that is augmented with mushroom/turkey litter compost. I have been planting…

Tomato and cucumber plants

Because the temp is cooler and ground very wet, my tomato plants especially are blooming instead of growing taller. If I pinch out the blossoms will that send nourishment to the roots so the plants will grow taller ? One…

When to plant vegetables

Please tell me when we can plant vegetables on the ground for this year Vegetables like peppers, tomatoes, eggplant cucumber, lettuce, beans Thanks in advance…