Tomatoes: South America is considered to be the homeland of the tomato. With the discovery of America tomatoes quickly spread to Europe, where they were soon named “love apples”. Such a name was given to the tomato in regards to its external smoothness, beautiful shape and color. From Spain and Portugal tomatoes quickly spread to [...]
Tomato is the most commonly grown plant in backyard vegetable gardens today. You need at least two tomato plants per family member. Start your tomato patch by purchasing healthy transplants at your local garden center or over the Internet. Tomato is one of the best plants for container gardening and it thrives with raised bed [...]
Disease. Phytophthorosis. Caused by potato blight (Phytophthora infestans (Mont.). De baryon). Brown spots appear on the leaves, stems, but most of them appear on the fruit itself turning it into mottled brown. Spots have blurred edges and hard consistency, may vary in their size. The fruit that is infected with phytophtorosis will also be brown [...]
Tomato Growing Tips – Improving Your Tomato Yields Author: Jon Ruppel Almost anyone can grow tomatoes in their garden, and it’s quite popular. It’s no mystery why, as anyone who has sliced a fresh tomato on a sandwich, or popped a Sweet 100 in their mouth while still standing in the garden knows that the [...]
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