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Tomatoes

Tomato Disease Resistance Codes Decoded

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Tomatoes are America’s favorite garden vegetable. One big reason for that is tomatoes are pretty easy to grow. Still, there are problems you could face when you’re growing them. If you’ve experienced difficulty raising “maters”, you may be interested in some disease resistant varieties and hybrids. But codes like “VF”, “VFFA”, and “VFNT” can be […]

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Removing Suckers From the Tomatoes

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The Problem With Tomato Plants Tomato plants form what are called suckers. Suckers form at the junction of the main trunk of the tomato plant with the branches. If left alone tomato plant suckers will develop into full fledged branches. This will make a nice full bushy plant. But most experts tell you to remove […]

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Tomato Planting Time

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The tomato call. “The tomato plants are already too tall. You need come get them today, before the rain gets here.” That was my dad’s message late in Mother’s Day afternoon. Dad is the tomato plant supplier for our whole family. He starts the plants from seed and passes the plants to us. So we […]

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