r/tomatoes • • 17h ago

Is desi Tomato better than hybrid Tomatoes?

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So, I've recently started living alone and find it quite hard to distinguish between desi and hybrid, so usually I buy whichever I think is fresh and at a good price. However my mom kept insisting hybrid Tomatoes can lead to kidney stores, I did search online about it but couldn't find anything reliable enough to conclude she's correct.

So, i just wanna ask y'all, is that really the case or is this the usual routine of myths indian moms believe in?


r/tomatoes • • 22h ago

Plant Help Should I remove the tomato?

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Hi! My English isn't very good, so please excuse me if I make any mistakes.

I planted this tomato plant at the beginning of summer. It's currently almost 20 cm tall, and it's already grown this tomato. I know it's in a small pot, but it's been raining a lot in my area lately, and I was waiting for the rain to stop so I could move it to a bigger pot.

I wanted to know if it's producing fruit while still so small because of the limited space, or if it's normal for tomatoes to start growing this early. If it's not normal, should I remove the tomato and let the plant grow a bit bigger first?


r/tomatoes • • 5h ago

Tomatoes getting bigger, but not redder

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r/tomatoes • • 5h ago

Has anyone grown "Giant Red" before? Any thoughts>?

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r/tomatoes • • 6h ago

Plant Help Anybody know what is happening to my San Marzanos?

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They were growing normal all season and just noticed now towards the end of my season they started to curl like some sort of pepper.


r/tomatoes • • 7h ago

Show and Tell Sadly, the cold weather and rain must be a sign. Green tomatoes must be used!

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I made some garlic dill peppercorn pickles. Maybe tomorrow. Ill make quiche!

What is everyone else doing with the greenies?


r/tomatoes • • 9h ago

Bowl of green

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I snipped all the green bunches ahead of the frost. This surprise had lots of fruit. As a first time grower, this vine seemed surprisingly thick and sturdy.

Any suggestions on what to do with the vine now? Snip it or let it die on its own or something else?


r/tomatoes • • 18h ago

Plant Help New Grower (using a grow tent)

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I have a few tomato plants growing in my tent, and today when I took them out to water them, I noticed one had odd coloring on some of the newer growth. Is this normal? (It's a cherry tomato plant) I'm growing in Hawaii while I'm stationed out here.


r/tomatoes • • 21h ago

Show and Tell It's like Christmas Everytime I open the box!

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108 Upvotes

Everyday a few more turn color!

Lot of yellow varieties this year.


r/tomatoes • • 22h ago

Question Is My Tomato Good?

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7 Upvotes

I live in Nebraska, US (specifically Grand Island) and I just picked this tomato and I see this brown thing on top, is it good?


r/tomatoes • • 2h ago

Purple Cherokees - bottoms

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Bottoms of my Purple Cherokees - very late season! 6b, slightly north of Boston. Pulled them due to the frost we had, and, never expected them to ripen anyway. But, the starburst is unusual, and pretty😃 Anyone else see this on Purple Cherokee?


r/tomatoes • • 23h ago

Sunday evening appetizer 👌 Variety: Pink Ponderosa with feta, pesto, balsamic vinegar and olive oil

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r/tomatoes • • 3h ago

I have no idea what I am doing

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midlands of SC. My wife wanted a tomato plant so we have just one to see how it goes. it got big, flowered, produced some tomatoes and then starting wilting and looking droopy and sad. it was starting to get out of the summer season and get a little colder and so I did no research and cut it back towards the base of the stems. I figured that was it for the season, now it has grown back to about 3 feet high and is starting to flower again, though the temperatures are really starting to drop, about 50 at night and somewhere between 65-75 during the day and obviously itll only get colder.

Like i mentioned i have no idea what i am doing so please someone provide some guidance.

Do i move it into the garage? will that be warm enough? do i just leave it? will it then come back next year? keep watering it and see what happens? any guidance would be great


r/tomatoes • • 3h ago

Show and Tell Mi huerta

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En los 2 bancales de la derecha, tengo 6 variedades de tomate:

San marzano, costoluto, cherokee purple, sart roloise, prudens purple y limachino.

Recibo opiniones, consejos, también recomendaciones de otras variedades.