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Special Seed for High-Altitude Gardening

WesternGardener, contributor | February 2nd, 20132 comments

If you've ever run into problems growing vegetables in your garden, imagine the challenges of gardening at 8,120 feet high. Special circumstances like these call for special high-altitude seed grown by hardy gardeners.

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Tiny Tomatoes for Indoor Gardening

WesternGardener, contributor | December 17th, 20122 comments

If you have a sunny southern window, you just might be able to enjoy fresh tomatoes through the winter. Tiny Tim is an heirloom variety that’s a perfect “pet tomato” for growing indoors this time of year.

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Tomatoes: Request for Reader Recommendations

WesternGardener, contributor | November 3rd, 201128 comments

So many tomatoes; so little time. Please help me decide which varieties I should grow in my garden next year.

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Winter Tomatoes?

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | October 22nd, 20104 comments

I think I'm going to be sorry that I didn't use my Earthbox for this little experiment.

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Tis' the Season...for Tomatoes that is...

cookinwithherbs, contributor | August 31st, 20101 comment

It is that time of summer where we have sated our first summer tomato yearnings and moved on to just-picked tomatoes lined up on the backporch waiting to be incorporated into today's menus, or processed for the cold months to come. I love having a tomato glut.

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Sweet Treats Lives Up to Its Name

WesternGardener, contributor | August 19th, 2010

The new pink cherry tomato called ‘Sweet Treats’ is genetically different from red cherry tomatoes in the way it looks and tastes.

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QUESTION: Help! Nematodes Are Killing My Beloved Tomatoes

surfgirl, member | August 14th, 20106 comments

Okay, so I'm only a second season backyard gardener and for gardening info, I'm based in Southern California, a few blocks from the ocean. We put in two 4x6 beds last year and had bumper crops...

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How Do You Choose Which Tomato Varieties to Grow?

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | May 31st, 20103 comments

So many heirloom tomatoes; so little space.

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Help Pollinate Your Tomato Plants

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | March 20th, 20101 comment

This is the easiest hand-pollinating you'll ever do.

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Tomato Plants - Determinate, Indeterminate and VFFNTA

ChrisMcLaughlin, contributor | June 10th, 2009

Choosing tomato plants isn’t necessarily tricky. Still, most people only think of two things when they consider purchasing tomato plants for their home garden. They ask themselves what size (regular or cherry)? Next, they decide how many plants to buy and that’s it. There are a couple of other factors that may guide you in how to decide what tomato plant varieties to choose.

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A Few Good Bugs to Fight Tomato Pests

KitchenGardenerMag, archive | August 6th, 20081 comment

With regular observation, good gardeners catch potential problems before they become severe. By hand-picking, squashing, or pruning off insects pests, they're not likely to multiply beyond control. Helping beneficial insects flourish is extremely important as well.

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