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The Tomato Gardener
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Postings of vintage information on growing and cultivating the tomato. Adapted from "Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato", by 1907.
- Added on: Feb 15th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: chicago_blogger
- Listed in: Gardening Agriculture
- Tags: gardening vegetables tomato tomatoes
Recent Posts
The Lifetime of a Tomato
The tomato could be described as a short-lived perennial, but its span of life is somewhat variable. Under favorable conditions it will develop from starting seed to first ripe fruit in from 85 to 120 days of full sunshine with a constant day tempera...
Damping Off
Young plants in seed-beds often perish suddenly from a rot of the stem at the surface of the ground. This occurs as a rule in dull, cloudy weather among plants kept at too high a temperature, crowded too closely in the beds or not sufficiently ventil...
Fruit at the Least Expenditure of Labor
When this is the desire, many growers omit the hotbed and even the pricking out, sowing the seed as early as they judge the plants will be safe from frost, and broadcast, either in cold-frames or in uncovered beds, at the rate of 50 to 150 to the squ...
Point Rot
This trouble, called also "blossom-end rot," and "black-rot," occurs on the green fruit at various stages of development, as shown above. It begins at the blossom end as a sunken brown spot,which gradually enlarges until the fruit is rendered worthle...
Tomato Plants from Cuttings
Tomato plants from cuttings may be easily grown, but such plants, when planted in the open ground, do not yield as much fruit as seedlings nor is this apt to be of so good quality; so that, in practice, seedlings only are used for outside crops. Unde...
Downy mildew
Downy mildew (Phytopthora infestans DeBy.), the cause of the late blight of potatoes, will attack tomatoes during cool and very moist weather, which greatly favors its development. Such outbreaks sometimes occur to a limited extent in New England and...
