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Tomato: Everything You Wanted to Know and More

The tomato is an herbaceous plant in the Solanaceae (flowering plants) family. Cousins to the tomato include potatoes, chili peppers, eggplant and tobacco. Yes tobacco. Although tomato plants can be grown as a perennial, it is normally grown in gardens and farms as annuals due to temperate climates.
They can grow as high as ten feet [...]

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How to Satisfy Summer Time Fresh Tomato Cravings Today

Disappointment reigns heavily when it comes to out of season tomatoes. Yes, summer is over as the harsh freezing cold temperatures blanket the entire North American continent and we are missing, craving more than likely, the incredible taste of vine ripe tomatoes straight from the garden. Perfectly picked at their peek of freshness and aromatic [...]

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Tomato Plant Types – Vine Tomatoes Or Bush Tomatoes

Vine tomatoes are also known as indeterminate tomatoes or sometimes cordon tomatoes. These are the varieties that need to be pruned in order to limit the growth to a central stem consisting of around 4 to 6 trusses.
The actual number of trusses you decide upon is really dependent on whether you are growing your tomato [...]

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Success Story Of Organic Tomato Grower:

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KVK Karda Distt. Washim (M.S.)
Shri. Punjaji Narsuji Budner, is a marginal farmer of Nizampur village of Washim District. He is having 8 acre of cultivable land. He is growing Chilly, brinjal & tomato through out the year. We have [...]

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Tomato Gardening 101

It’s easy, very inexpensive and they taste better too so lets get started!

STEP 1: Which tomatoes should I grow? If you have a long growing season then you would want to go with an indeterminate variety which grows all summer long. If your growing season is short then you would go with a [...]

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Growing Tomatoes and Saving $$$ in Tough Economic Times

Hi I’m Penny of PennysTomatoes.com and with the economy causing everything from gas to groceries to sky rocket in price; it only makes sense to have your own garden. CNN News mentioned on 5/1/08 what a great value seeds are in tough times.

AND growing your own tomatoes is not only easy but VERY inexpensive. [...]

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The Birth of Tomatoes 101

Over the past several years PlantGardens101.com has been collecting articles about Tomatoes and everything else as well. well its about time a website was created for just the Tomato lovers out there.
I have done some research about the tomato lover, and the majority have 50 to 100% of their garden dedicated to the almighty tomato. [...]

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