When it comes to feeding your tomatoes, I always recommend a liquid fertilizer or a granular one that dissolves in ...
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Mulch surrounds base of tomato plants
What is mulching? In your regular backyard soil/raised beds, mulching is adding a three, four or even five inches deep ...
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So, how do you control spider mites? The spider mites typically seen on tomatoes are kind of orange-red in color ...
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During sunny hot weather the hot sun may sunburn/sunscald your tomatoes. Best to make some shade for that especially-hot-afte-2 p.m ...
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What makes you think you have nematodes? Many times it’s just poor soil conditions and someone telling you it’s probably ...
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Need a good tomato speaker for you next meeting or get-together? A 45 minute-1 hour slideshow/PowerPoint presentation by Dave the ...
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Dave with giant tomato plants
It was quite an honor to be featured in the Los Angeles Times weekend Gardening Section. Yes, I was both ...
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Two photos showing before and after tomato plant growth
What are the basics to growing tomatoes? The following are “cut-to-the-chase” shortcuts so you can plant your tomato plants right ...
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Should you start with live plants or seed? Live plants are the easiest. I only plant seeds if I can’t ...
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In the following pictures, leaves have been cut away to show the loads of tomatoes different varieties of tomato plants ...
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