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How to Grow Vegetables and Fruits from Kitchen Scraps: Tomatoes
TweetThis is the second in a series on how to best use the scraps from fruits and vegetables in the kitchen. In the first installment we talked about pineapple. Not only are tomatoes one of the most...
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How to Grow Tomatoes
Tweet Tomatoes are a much beloved garden favorite and even those who don’t think they like them are fans of such things as catsup, spaghetti sauce and pizza. It should come as no surprise then that...
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The Underdog Who Invented the Mortgage Lifter Tomato
TweetPeople often ask why I have such an affinity for heirloom tomatoes – and heirloom seeds in general. The answer is simple, if multi-layered. One of the biggest reasons is the incredible, often...
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Determinate or Indeterminate: What Type of Tomato Should I Grow?
Tweet One of the most common questions we hear about growing tomatoes has to do with the types of tomatoes, specifically the designation as determinate or indeterminate tomatoes and what they mean....
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Let’s Talk Support: Tomato Cages vs. Tomato Stakes
Tweet When it comes to growing tomatoes at home, you just can’t beat the flavor. We already know that growing your own can save you a lot of money as well. One thing that is different with tomatoes...
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3 Tips to Get the Highest Yielding Tomatoes
Tweet Mulch A good layer of mulch under and around your tomato plants will go a long way toward increasing your tomato yield. Apply your mulch 2-3” deep and you will not only help the ground to retain...
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Why You Can Pee on Your Tomatoes (and your dogs can’t)
Tweet Since I first wrote about the discovery that human urine was good for tomato plants, rarely a week goes by that I don’t get some sort of feedback on the issue. From amazement to disgust,...
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My Tomatoes Are Ripe But My Leaves Are Brown
Tweet Tomatoes are the most popular edible to grow in the urban garden, so it should come as no surprise that we get more questions about growing tomatoes than any other garden plant. One reader...
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How to Grow Tomatoes Indoors
Tweet At the end of last year’s growing season I noticed several volunteer tomato seedlings had started in the raised bed where I had just removed the spent plant that had produced all summer long....
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