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Tomatoes
Ideas for growing Tomatoes Just a little fact.
No matter how good a gardener you are, at some point or another animals, insects, and diseases will attack your plants. Organic gardeners know this is a fact of nature and will tolerate some damage to their fruit trees, berry bushes, vegetables, and herbs. A perfect plant doesn't mean one that is completely free from blemishes. However, if left unchecked a little damage can quickly turn into a lost crop.... Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown by gardeners for good reason. There is nothing like munching on a juicy vine ripened tomato picked fresh. Whether you like tomatoes fresh, dried, grilled, juiced, or frozen, hand picked tomatoes are tangier and sweeter. Tomato plants love the heat. There's no need to rush them into the soil in spring, since they grow best with soil temperatures above 60 degrees F and air temperatures around 80 degrees F. Start planting indoors under grow lights 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date in your area. In warm areas with a long growing season, you can put seeds directly into the soil. Tomato varieties can also be grouped according to fruit size and color. Fruit size ranges from small to large. Colors include red, pink, orange, yellow, golden, white, black, and striped. Which varieties you grow is a matter of where you're growing the plants and how you'll be using the fruits. For fresh eating choose slicing varieties. For snacks and salads choose cherry, grape, or currant tomatoes. For processing, look for meaty paste tomato varieties. You can grow a verity of tomatoes, but the beautiful part is even if you only grow one of each type you'll still get an outstanding tomato. When you plant outdoors. Remember the soil temperatures are at least 60 degrees F. Space plants 2 feet apart for dwarf and determinate varieties and 3 to 4 feet apart for indeterminate varieties. If tomato seedlings are tall and leggy, plant the stem in the ground up to the top of leaves. The tomato will root along the stem. For container growing, plant determinate tomatoes in a 2- to 5-gallon pot filled with sterilized potting soil. Fertilize plants monthly with a balanced fertilizer. Avoid high nitrogen fertilizers. Too much nitrogen fertilization can produce plants with lots of foliage, but few fruits. |
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