http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/06/stopping-to-smell-tomato-blossoms.html Gardening isn't a hobby, it is an obsession Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:15:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/06/stopping-to-smell-tomato-blossoms.html/comment-page-1#comment-7827 amy Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:11:56 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/08/stopping-to-smell-the-tomato-blossoms.html#comment-7827 The "dahlia" description fits perfectly! This was my first hear growing heirlooms, and about 1/4 of my plants produced these huge, frilly fancy blossoms right in the middle of the plant, and it seemed it was only the first one or two blossoms of the season on each plant that looked like that - the rest of the blossoms (same plant) were much smaller and less elaborate with fewer petals. Too bad all those first blossoms fell off, or I might have had some prize-winners for the Puyallup Fair coming up in a few weeks... The “dahlia” description fits perfectly! This was my first hear growing heirlooms, and about 1/4 of my plants produced these huge, frilly fancy blossoms right in the middle of the plant, and it seemed it was only the first one or two blossoms of the season on each plant that looked like that – the rest of the blossoms (same plant) were much smaller and less elaborate with fewer petals. Too bad all those first blossoms fell off, or I might have had some prize-winners for the Puyallup Fair coming up in a few weeks…

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/06/stopping-to-smell-tomato-blossoms.html/comment-page-1#comment-7606 Karen Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:12:06 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/08/stopping-to-smell-the-tomato-blossoms.html#comment-7606 Hello from Canada :) interesting fact Growers of giant tomatoes for contests specifically look for abnormally large, double or "compound" blossoms as these are the ones which are capable when properly nurtured of producing the prize winning heaviest tomatoes. happy gardening K. Hello from Canada
interesting fact
Growers of giant tomatoes for contests specifically look for abnormally large, double or “compound” blossoms as these are the ones which are capable when properly nurtured of producing the prize winning heaviest tomatoes.
happy gardening
K.

]]> http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/06/stopping-to-smell-tomato-blossoms.html/comment-page-1#comment-7248 Devon Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:57:19 +0000 http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/new/2007/08/stopping-to-smell-the-tomato-blossoms.html#comment-7248 Thank you for posting this. I tried a different variety this year and feared something was wrong when Omar's Lebanese put forth a blossom that looked more like a dahlia than the simpler bloom my Romas usually wear. Thank you for posting this. I tried a different variety this year and feared something was wrong when Omar’s Lebanese put forth a blossom that looked more like a dahlia than the simpler bloom my Romas usually wear.

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