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Pruning Tomatoes

Like all plants, a tomato is a solar-powered sugar factory. For the first month or so it's in the garden, all of the sugar it produces is directed towards new leaf growth. During this stage, tomato plants grow very rapidly, doubling their size every ...
Fine Gardening

Preserving Your Tomatoes

Another easy tip: make your own tomato paste! Chop up the tomatoes, throw them in a pan, and bring them to a gentle boil for about an hour. Then push the tomato sauce through a sieve to remove the seeds, the skin, and the core. Pour the sieved tomato ...
Rebecca's Garden

Container Tomatoes

But tomatoes can be grown in containers, and it's not too late to start transplants in California either. Growing tomatoes in containers can even be an advantage. That's because the biggest downfall to growing tomatoes in the ground is soil-borne ...
Suite101

The Great Tomato Book

Great Tomato Lover Book - I thought this book was a great general book. You get a little o everything. I love the part where Gary is talking about his favorite tomatoes. The information on the festival is inspirational! Tomato culture and recipes for ...
Amazon.com

Growing Tomatoes Indoors

Looking forward to fresh, vine-ripe tomatoes at your summer barbecues? Then now is the time to start growing the plants indoors. Roughly six weeks before your area's normal last-frost date, get the plants going. One crucial thing to remember: tomato ...
Do It Yourself

Brandywine Tomatoes

The Brandywine tomato is an Amish heirloom legendary for its sweet, rich, slightly spicy flavor. You won't find taste like this in the crimson hardballs you see in the grocery bins. This is a tomato prized for its taste, not its shipping qualities. ...
Better Homes and Gardens USA

Tomato

So easy that you can start them from seed, tomatoes are a great introduction to a vegetable garden. What do you need to know about growing this vegetable? Transplant seedlings about three inches apart. Plant deeply to provide stability. Wait for ...
iVillage.com

Mulch Tomato Plants In Midsummer


If you haven't yet mulched your tomato plants, midsummer's the time to do it. When tomatoes are at least 1 foot tall, spread a 3- to 4-inch layer of organic mulch (grass clippings, seaweed or straw, for example) over the soil. But don't do it too ...
Garden Gate

Tomatoes

Cherry Tomato-A favorite of kids and adults. These bite-sized tomatoes are easy to grow, ripen early and are a perfect snack right in the garden or inside. Leave a bowl of cherry tomatoes on your counter and they will disappear in a hurry. They are ...
The Gardener's Network

Tomato Frenzy; Caring For Your Crop

Hopefully, you were smarter than I was and chose the right tomatoes to seed and started them at the proper time. I should have started my tomatoes no earlier than mid-March, as they can't be transplanted out here until May. And I should have seeded ...
Suite101

You Bet Your Tomatoes: Fun Facts, Tall Tales, and a ...

Who knew growing tomatoes could be funny? - If you want to read a funny book on how to grow beautiful tomatoes, then You Bet Your Tomatoes is right up your alley. Mike McGrath (NPR host of the gardening radio show, "You Bet Your Tomatoes") not only ...
Amazon.com

Tomato (Part 2)

Fertilizer for tomatoes is available in the pre-packaged forms usually sold in small colourful packages under names such as "tomato food." Such marketing strategies create the impression that the manufacturer has found the single perfect combination ...
University of Saskatchewan

Tomato Blight

Tomato blight is caused by several kinds of fungi. It usually starts in the soil and spreads quickly up the leaves. Spots appear on the leaves, and eventually, they shrivel up and fall off. Your poor tomatoes will be left hanging all alone with no ...
Rebecca's Garden

Tomato Cage Birdbath

She tied the string in a criss-cross pattern between the rings on the tomato cage, then anchored the cage in the ground. Next, she set the plastic saucer in the top of the tomato cage and planted her vines around the "trellised" tomato cage's base. ...
Garden Gate

Tomato Variety/Mulch Evaluation Study

Viva Italia would be a good tomato paste variety. It yielded well but was quick to wilt during the hot summer months. Super Bush was an excellent upright tomato for a small garden. It had low production and medium-sized tomatoes with average flavor ...
North Dakota State University Extension

Locally Grown: Small Tomato Time

Once upon a time cherry tomatoes were the only bite-size tomatoes around. Not to "bad mouth" the cherry tomato, but, new and exciting small tomatoes are competing for space on the plate. One trip to the farmers' market will reveal a whole host of ...
University of Illinois Extension
 
 
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