Part 2 WHY do Tomato Plants SMELL Like Tomatoes..growing tip.
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Good Video. That's cool about the plants defense. Wish my roses had that. I have insect netting fabric now for the rose Midge fly.
I am going to try to plant 3 rose de Berne tomatoes out here in Adirondacks May 19th. I have already planted 3 under cloches. I am curious to see which ones do better.
Thanks for that. If, like a bad wedding DJ, you take requests I would be interested in seeing a little experiment run if you have the time. Namely, a video with a time series of the magnified pix after some of the common organic foliar sprays and if they interfere/coat the natural defenses to the point of reducing their effectiveness and how now it takes to recover. So if I am battle thrips and spray Neem oil, soap, etc., a. does it disable the tomatoes natural defense, and b. how long before the tomato is back functioning as with its own bio counter measures again.
That's interesting, I have noticed bugs do not land or hang around on tomato plants except for the tomato horn worm that we had down south. Imagine there are other species who will attack the plant but haven't noticed any to date, so the trichome does a great job of keeping predators away.
Thank you for the knowledge, it's fascinating and answering questions I never took the time to think of, glad I found your channel:)
Thanks for sharing.
Crazy question.
What if you take a soft paintbrush and brush the tomato leaves and with the same paintbrush, brush it on another plant that does not create the defense against pests, would it damage the other plant?
So in essence, like using the pollinating brush for squash flowers, the male pollen on the female flower. Would it work with the tomato Trichomes on another plant leaf to protect itself from pests? Just wondering.
Nice work Mark… Thank You !
WOW! Must of saw me sniffing my tomatoes yesterday, contemplating the distinct smell…..and wondering about lack of pests.
Thank you! I'm in zone 6b as well over here in Southern Illinois
Cannabis trichomes probably have the most diverse set of secondary metabolites, and stinging nettle probably has the best trichomes for warding off animals.
Yes Mark I discovered tomato leave get that purple hue if they have been exposed to cold, nice looking plants thanks for the video
and this is the reason why…
AS memory of freshman botany serves (50 years ago…) A stoma is an opening. e.g. The mouth is a stoma in humans. The "muscles are the elongated pair of cells (i.e. "lips"at the stoma. ) They are called 'guard cells' and are inflated/deflated by water. Oh yeah, stoma also emit water vapor supposedly to cool the plant. Also, a guard cell is the only location where transpiration takes place in photosynthesis. At least that was the theory (stated as 'proven scientific fact') back in the day.
You say sto-may-tas I say sto-mah-tas. …continues to sing in my head.
Great video!
I'm glad there were some answers from the last video. You have to love those plant defense mechanisms. Growing organically definitely helps boost those systems.
Very interesting. Thanks for the info. Cheers!
Wow, your seedlings look great!
Learned something new. Thanks Mark!
Thanks for the knowledge. Now I know what the smell you love and I can't stand actually is. I inherited a very sensitive sense of smell and taste. To me tomato plants have an irritatingly musty odor. I plant tomatoes for the table and my wife tends them.
How does a tomato plant smell answer asap