Every year down at the gardening center people are paying lots of money for tomato plant starts to put into their springtime gardens. At the end of gardening season, they rip their used plants out of the garden and throw them away. At the beginning of the next gardening season these same people are back ...
Almost everyone grows tomatoes in the ground or in a large pot, but you can also grow tomatoes in a box. If you are short on space or maybe you don’t have any garden space at all, or perhaps you only want a few fresh tomatoes close to your door, this is a practical solution. ...
Pruning trees and vines is done without a thought, but how about your tomato plants? Well, you should if you want your plant to be healthy and produce better fruit. You don’t actually need to prune determinate plants, or at least not very much. It is the indeterminate tomato plants that should be pruned back. ...
Many inexperienced gardeners repeat the same mistakes each year, yet are baffled about why their tomatoes fail to perform like their neighbors. There are several common reasons why tomatoes fail to perform as expected and they all revolve around your choices as a gardener. 1. Choosing stressed tomato seedlings. Many greenhouses and nurseries offer a ...
Do you want to grow big tomatoes like the tomato record-holders do? It’s going to take hard work and dedication, but you can grow huge tomatoes yourself. Having the right soil, mulching, watering, pruning and fertilizing properly are all part of growing whopper tomatoes. Learn it all here. Did you know that the record tomato ...
Old man winter still has his chilly grip on the Chicago area and many other parts of the country, but with spring just around the corner, I’ve begun to notice numerous ads in the coupon inserts of my local newspapers for giant tomato plants and amazing fast growing trees. I’ve wondered about the validity of ...
Have you ever tried growing tomato plants before? Maybe you just want a new hobby? Growing productive tomato plants can be a rewarding experience for you. In this article, I will discuss how you too can grow productive tomato plants. First off, are you going to start with a seed or a small tomato plant? ...
I grew up on a small farm in rural Missouri. There were nine in my family so growing a large garden was a necessity. As a kid, I took to gardening like I was born there. I loved digging in the dirt and helping my dad grow the biggest tomatoes I’d ever seen. Our tomato ...
Don’t kid yourself, health food and specialty stores are out to make a buck and they are raking in plenty by selling you sun dried tomatoes! You may already know that sun dried tomatoes are high in antioxidants, namely Vitamin A & C that may lower the risk for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; and ...
This Spring I decided to give container gardening a try by planting one tomato and one pepper plant. Things were going well and I had three each of peppers and tomatoes growing nicely. When I stepped onto my deck one morning to check on my darling little plants, I was repulsed to see a giant ...
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