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Tomato Crop and Garden Update for 5 July 2023 While the update from May was quite dismal owing to the effect of cold night time air from the North Pacific Ocean, we’ve seen explosive growth over the month of June for all of our crops. If you don’t have time to read the entire article, […]
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 6 – Plant the seedlings deep, partly burying their stems to encourage root formation. In a previous post (Checklist Item 3) we talked about hardening off your potted seedlings to acclimate them to the rigors of heat, cold, the sun, wind and infrequent watering. After two or three weeks of hardening off,
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 5 – PREPARE THE SOIL. The next task is to prepare your garden soil. If you are starting with rich dark loamy soil consisting of sand, clay and organic material, then you may only need to enrich this with composted manure, or a small amount of fertilizer formulated for tomatoes, and a
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 4 – DECIDE ON CROP SITE. The photo above shows some of our current tomato seedlings today. These are our Marzano Plum seedlings. Now let’s continue with the tomato checklist. With your tomato seedlings potted on, it’s time to demarcate the best tomato location for growing your tomato crop. There are a
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 3 – POTTING ON. Previously we looked at setting up a nursery to germinate your tomato seeds. Two or three weeks afterwards, you’ll need to transplant the seedlings from their nursery cups into half pint (250 mL) pots before the seedlings’ root system becomes too dense, and before the roots start to
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 2 – GERMINATE YOUR SEEDS. In our last post we went deep into how to select the best varieties of tomatoes. Now we’re going to look and planting the seeds in a nursery before the growing season starts. Be sure to germinate your tomato seeds in an ideal growing environment. Provide the
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TOMATO CHECKLIST ITEM 1 – SELECT THE BEST TOMATO VARIETIES FOR YOU. It’s that time of year again to start your tomato crop. Here’s a checklist of 20 items to raise a bumper crop of tomatoes, listed in order from starting your crop through harvest. Select the best varieties Germinate your seeds Pot on and
