With the last frost date in sight, I'm planning to pick up a couple of these
Earthbox clones for my deck, and I'm looking for any and all tips to improve the likelihood of success.
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posted by ndg
on Mar 28, 2013 -
6 answers
I opened a store bought can of tomatoes and poured it into a pot of chili. Now that the chili's simmering, the empty can smells like fish and I noticed a dent at the bottom near the seam.
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posted by hoppytoad
on Oct 22, 2012 -
20 answers
I'm adapting a yummy sandwich recipe to an entree salad, how I can lightly dress these greens with crisped pancetta, burrata and heirloom tomatoes?
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posted by Asherah
on Aug 8, 2012 -
12 answers
What has happened to my tomatoes? And can I save the rest of the poor things? First time gardener inquiring within.
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posted by kbanas
on Aug 6, 2012 -
16 answers
This month I will have a boatload of tomatoes at my disposal. In February I will have a new baby. Is there anything I can make and freeze now that (a) uses a lot of tomatoes and (b) will still be good in six months?
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posted by that's how you get ants
on Aug 1, 2012 -
11 answers
Our lovely neighbor just stopped by to gift us a couple of tomato plants -- apparently they germinated more than they needed. I am excited! I am also sort of clueless about growing vegetables (yes, I know tomatoes are a fruit). I seek your wisdom.
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posted by That's Numberwang!
on May 1, 2012 -
13 answers
Garden filter: Favorite fruits and veggies to grow in zone 5 (Denver) and best vertical trellising options you've come across.
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posted by no bueno
on Jan 25, 2012 -
6 answers
What is the name of this dish and how can I make it? Ingredients include: white fungus (I think), fresh tomatoes, lime, cashew nuts, shrimp. Eaten in Burma near the Thai border.
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posted by teem
on Nov 30, 2011 -
2 answers
My mother has a squirrel problem. She has a ton of tomato plants and now that they're coming in, the squirrels are picking them and eating part of them. Is there something she can do to save her plants? Note: killing the squirrels is not an option--she would rather not have tomatoes than kill the squirrels.
posted by Kimberly
on Jul 28, 2011 -
20 answers
Am I being silly about BPA and tomato products? I have small children and am under the impression that I would do better to eliminate as much BPA as possible from our household diet. Am I doing any good by avoiding canned tomato products?
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posted by fingersandtoes
on Feb 1, 2011 -
10 answers
My friend (who's known as the Magic Salsa Fairy) converted a bunch of my homegrown tomatoes into a prodigious quantity of excellent hot salsa. There's more than a quart of it. I've got the whole tortilla chips/nachos/quesadillas axis covered, but what else can I do with it? You can assume that I'm a skillful indoor cook and my husband has a good gas grill and knows how to use it. Bonus points for healthy meal ideas. We are omnivores, but try to limit the carbs (b/c my husband is Type II diabetic).
posted by DrGail
on Aug 7, 2010 -
21 answers
FoodScienceFilter? Can anyone tell me a bit more about what's going on with the proteins in traditional Bolognese sauce?
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posted by Diablevert
on Aug 7, 2010 -
10 answers
Tomato Season. There is nothing like homegrown tomatoes in summer, bursting with goshdarn flavor. That said, there's gotta be something of close-to-homegrown-caliber at the farmstands or something, yeah? YEAH? Where are the best tomatoes in all of New York City. Where do I buy these tomatoes.
posted by Greg Nog
on Aug 3, 2010 -
14 answers
I'm growing several containers of tomatoes on my deck, and also... something else.
Blue tomatoes!? Can anyone tell me what these are? (A few other photos:
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posted by graventy
on Jul 29, 2010 -
12 answers
MeFi gardeners - need help troubleshooting a non-fruiting yellow pear tomato plant.
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posted by arachnid
on Jul 12, 2010 -
9 answers
Hey tomato gardeners! I have some questions. Do you use blossom set spray on your tomatoes? Would you recommend it? Do you pinch off suckers? Do you remove some blossoms in pursuit of fuller fruit?
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posted by Mayor Curley
on Jun 14, 2010 -
16 answers
What other secret, magic foods can I buy and eat? Bonus points for being local to Washington or the Pacific Northwest.
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posted by KathrynT
on Mar 20, 2010 -
49 answers
I'm cooking up pasta sauce. I've got recipes, and also the knowledge gained from previous batches. But I have some questions about a few related matters.
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posted by azpenguin
on Jan 30, 2010 -
30 answers
While trying to cook a
large quantity of tomatoes for sauce, I accidentally burned a few on the bottom of the pan. Now the burnt aroma pervades the entire (did I mention
large) batch of tomatoes. Is there any way to salvage this project?
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posted by Orinda
on Oct 3, 2009 -
9 answers
Tomato question: Did something happen late last Autumn that could have caused low-priced/budget tomatoes in (U.S.) fast-food restaurants and supermarkets to become radically better tasting? My perception of increased quality had a sudden onset, was not chain-specific, not geographically localized, and is shared by a handful of friends.
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Aug 17, 2009 -
13 answers
Is heat-treated kiln-dried lumber safe for a raised planter box that may house vegetables?
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posted by thinds66
on Apr 29, 2009 -
5 answers
Is there a website where it aggregates all the reviews of a book like Rotten Tomatoes does for movies?
posted by clueless22
on Apr 21, 2009 -
5 answers
We bought a gigantic jar of sun-dried tomatoes packed in olive oil. What are your favorite recipes that incorporate them?
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posted by halogen
on Apr 7, 2009 -
23 answers
My husband used old grey water (daughter's bath water, a few days old) to water potted capsicum/pepper plants (with fruit) and tomato plants (not yet fruiting) and then came down with vomitting that night. I hope it is only a gastro-intestinal virus. It is clear that the grey water was old, and he should not have used it. That's not the question.
My question is this: Do we have to cook all the fruit that are currently on the plants, even if they need a few more weeks to ripen? Say I pick all the fruit off now, then what about subsequent fruit? I was hoping to keep these pepper plants for a few years and we do like to eat the tomatoes and peppers raw in salads.
posted by Tsisqua47
on Jan 6, 2009 -
26 answers
How do I nurse a very sick tomato plant back to health? I gave it far too much tomato feed by mistake, and a day later the leaves are horribly droopy/wilted (but still green), though my tomatoes are still looking like they're ripening. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how best to recover it? It's an indoor variety, grown in a foil pouch if that helps.
posted by farfaraway
on Aug 1, 2008 -
3 answers
I love tomatoes. My boyfriend hates tomatoes. How can I help him at least tolerate tomatoes, so that we might co-exist in culinary peace?
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posted by adiabat
on May 8, 2008 -
53 answers
Help me find the tomatoes Bertucci’s uses on their pizza or at least a close approximation.
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posted by bondcliff
on Apr 11, 2008 -
19 answers
Does anyone know the name of a short film about the life cycle of a tomato? I think it begins at a farm and ends with homeless families scavenging through heaps of trash....
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posted by maryh
on Aug 17, 2006 -
9 answers
GardenFilter: Help! Our tomato plants are 6 feet tall and thriving in our NYC garden, but we can't get them to produce a single fruit.
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posted by yellowcandy
on Jul 9, 2006 -
19 answers
I have a tomato that sat, neglected, on a countertop for longer than it probably should have. Instead of beginning to molder and rot, however, it began to sprout! It is now shooting off several little baby tomato plants. How can I best get these to some dirt and encourage them to live rather than to die a horrible, desiccated death at the hands of bad soil and my brown thumb?
posted by kaseijin
on Mar 15, 2006 -
6 answers
