Best Fertilizer for Tomatoes: Tips for Maximum Yield
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 tomatos with straw during hot weather
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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Preventing spider mites on tomato plants
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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Shading tomato plants: Avoiding sunburn, sunscald in hot weather
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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Fighting nematodes and other tomato soil pests and diseases
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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Tomato expert for garden clubs: Dave the Tomato Guy now scheduling in-person and zoom presentations
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 Freed “the Tomato Guy” featured in the Los Angeles Times
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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The basics: How to grow tomatoes easily
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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Tomato planting tips, where to start?
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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Popular varieties of tomatoes — photos and descriptions
In the following pictures, leaves have been cut away to show the loads of tomatoes different varieties of tomato plants ...
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