May 16, 2007

Choosing Tomato Plants

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Column by Nancy Szerlag Memorial Day, the traditional date for planting tomatoes in most Michigan gardens, is right around the corner, so now is the time to pick up a few tomato transplants and begin hardening them off.

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April 20, 2007

Growing Transplants from Seed

The previous entry in this series on raising vegetable transplants examined the seed starting supplies and equipment required to germinate seedlings indoors. Today we’ll look at all the steps involved in growing your own transplants

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May 14, 2007

More Heirloom Tomatoes

My recent trek to the Landis Valley Herb & Garden Faire rewarded me with a half dozen heirloom tomato seedlings to add to the collection of tomato transplants that I grew from seed. The biggest surprise was that many of the heirlooms

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May 21, 2007

Tomato Problems - Tomato Disea

There are many diseases that affect tomatoes. Tomato diseases are often weather dependent and can spread rapidly. Here are some common tomato diseases, their symptoms and what to do if tomato diseases threaten your home vegetable

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April 5, 2007

Gardening Tomato Seeds - 10% off Heirloom & Organic Tomato Seeds …

Redeem FS coupons to get 10% off all gardening tomato seeds, like red, yellow, cherry, hybrid & organic tomato seeds. Use this offer to save on heirloom tomato seeds too. Buy seed packets and start growing.

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April 25, 2007

First Red Tomato

Photo of first red tomato in a South Carolina vegetable garden, June 2005.

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April 17, 2007

Do-it-Yourself Tomato Cages

It won’t be long until you can enjoy juicy, bright-red tomatoes. If you’re starting to prep your summer garden to give these fruits a home, you’ll need some kind of contraption for tomato plants to lean on. (The puny wire tomato cages

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April 30, 2007

Seeds, Transplants and Planting

For us gardeners the past few days have been a flurry of ground work. We are outside as soon as the coffee wakes us up and back indoors only for water, lunch or a quick break. Sleep at night is disturbed by being over-tired,

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May 13, 2007

Fruit and Veg Gardening :: RE: sweet delicious tomato

Author: Netty Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:34 am (GMT 0) I agree! Nothing is better than a home grown tomato! I must admit, I'm more than a little jealous…my tomato plants won't go in until next week.

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April 5, 2007

Saving Tomato Seeds

Many plant seeds can be saved simply by collecting them as they dry. Tomatoes take a bit more work. The tomato seeds are enclosed in a gel like sack that contains growth inhibitors, preventing the seeds from sprouting inside the tomato. …

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