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  • #16
    Re: Tomato Growing Experiment

    Here is an update on the tomatoes, this is the coffee tomato. It has grown marginaly more than the other, but has had some flowers develop but they seem to be premature and not going to bear friut

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    • #17
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      Here is the tomato without coffee. the second measurement is the branch stretched out but not the leaf. So they have both grown a little in a couple of weeks

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      • #18
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        Doryanthes here is a pic of the beetles that seem to be in abundance at our place

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        • #19
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          Originally posted by flynn_aus link=1225654629/0#3 date=1225664575
          The best tasting tomatoes Ive had is from a bush that grew just as you described TG. You just have to beat the fruit flies to the tomatoes which were admittedly small and few.

          Plant some basil and a marigold near them. That will solve the fruit fly issue. I will upload a pic a bit later of what we have done.

          EDIT: Pic added

          tomatoe, potatoes, tpmatoes, tomatoes, pyrethrum,tomatoes

          The small yellow flowers are the marigolds and there are also a heap of basil plants in the pots too.

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          • #20
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            I have 4 tomatoes in all planted Lucinda, but only 2 are the same so they have been chosen for the experiment. I also have some poataoes growing.
            We dont get fruitfly problems here but fungus can get our tomatoes

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            • #21
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              Originally posted by martybean link=1225654629/0#17 date=1227508860
              Doryanthes here is a pic of the beetles that seem to be in abundance at  our place
              Looks like a Harlequin beetle (usually known as the fornicating Harlequin beetles -- keep an eye on them as the season progresses and youll see what I mean)

              Theyre murder on raspberries and tomatoes -- seem to suck the juice out of them or something.

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              • #22
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                Sorry it took me a while to get back , martybean very interesting critter, can you tell me what type of mouth it has , like does it have mandibles (jaws) or does it have like a siphon (spear like) and i can narrow it down to a family , havent got the buggers here in coastal NSW , Gaz

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                • #23
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                  Oops didnt see simones post as it was on another page, yep it is the Harlequin bug
                  Dindymus versicolor, may attack a wide range of crop and ornamental plants, such as cotton, pome fruits, stone fruits, fig, grape, kurrajong, strawberry, vegetables, wisteria, dahlia and violet. When they are present in large numbers their feeding makes growing tips wilt or spoils fruit. Sometimes the bugs swarm on tree stumps and
                  fences, and they may come into sheds and houses in large numbers. The adult is about 12 mm long

                  yes what she said , :P certainly are fornicating little buggers
                  Gaz

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                  • #24
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                    Hi guys and girls yes I thought they might be Harlequin beetles they are a bit naughty arent they towing each other around like that.Well seeing as I have so many, at times and they are a pest I will have to keep on squishing them.
                    Even though they like doing what they do.

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