ATP Podcast #63: 3 Years of ATP, Misting Systems, and Tomato Buying Tips

By dave
July 2, 2014

This week we're celebrating three years of All Things Plants! Yes, it was July of 2011 that we started this site. We'll reflect a bit on the past 3 years of running the site. Additionally, I'll talk about my new automated misting irrigation system in my greenhouse, along with my other plans to improve my propagation techniques. Trish will talk about how to select and buy tomatoes: shapes, sizes, uses and types.

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Jul 2, 2014 8:54 AM CST
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Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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Congratulations on the third anniversary, I can tell by the pride in your voices you have accomplished a lot in those three years. Enjoyed the podcast, enjoyed Dave's excitement over his new irrigation system, and the new outdoor expansion for cuttings. Enjoyed Trish's presentation of all the tomato information also. I tip my hat to you.
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Jul 2, 2014 9:10 AM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
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Thank You!
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Jul 2, 2014 9:42 AM CST
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I liked the Latin language part! and the rest...
Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.
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Jul 8, 2014 1:06 PM CST
Name: Toni Melvin
Sherwood Oregon (Zone 8a)
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It is possible I may need to re listen to the podcast because I thought you both were explaining that you could use the database to look for certain characteristics in plants. For instance, if I wanted to find what tomatoes are recommended for sauce tomatoes. I tried to search for the best sauce tomatoes and got "no results". It seems I will have to open up each tomato listed and read thru each one to see if any are described with characteristics that would contribute to good sauce. Am I just not using the search feature correctly?
Toni
I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am
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Jul 8, 2014 1:27 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Go to the Tomatoes Database and click on "Search by characteristics (height, bloom color, etc)"

You can go directly there by clicking here: http://garden.org/plants/group...

Then scroll down to the "Best Uses" area and check off "Canning" and then click on the Search button back at the top, and you'll find 546 tomatoes that are good for canning. Thumbs up
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