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Tomato Gardening Articles

Tomato GardenOriginating in Central and South America and arriving in North America in the late 1700's, tomatoes are now available in all kinds of colors, shapes and sizes. The tomato gardening articles found here are chock-full of tips and information to help you get started growing the best tasting tomatoes you've ever had...right in your own backyard!

Ten Mistakes To Avoid When Growing Tomatoes - Here are the 10 most common mistakes to avoid when growing and harvesting your own tomatoes.

Tips on Choosing and Growing Great Tomatoes - Master gardener Lois Fischer insists that there are no hard and fast rules when keeping up a garden, and that even she, a hyperkinetic retiree, has limited time and energy. As for growing tomatoes, here are her tips...

Container Garden Bounty: Growing Vegetables and Herbs - If you grow vegetables in the ground, you know that the No. 1 rule is to keep them racing along -- with plenty of water, fertilizer, sunlight, and whatever else the specific crops require.

Heirloom Tomatoes - Selected for flavor rather than hardiness, they are the crown jewels of summer. Here are some of our favorites...

Four Easy Cooking Techniques - Learn how to oven-dry, roast, grill and braise tomatoes.

How Green Does Your Garden Grow? - The myth is busted -- organic gardening doesn't mean reduced yields or plants plagued by blight. Here are some tips for giving your plants organic power!

Growing Tasty Beefsteak Tomatoes - I know the image they were thinking of when they coined the term beefsteak tomato: big, thick, juicy slices the size and color of a steak. These are the attributes that make for a perfect BLT, the ultimate way to enjoy tomatoes.

Tomato Growing Tips - Get your tomato plants off to a healthy start with these smart suggestions from Organic Gardening Magazine.

How to Save Seeds for Top-Notch Tomatoes - Here are some simple instructions for saving your own tomato seeds -- and some reasons why standard varieties make a better seed source than hybrid strains.

Tie Those Tomatoes - No matter what tomato variety you grow, there's a tying method that will work for you. Here are two of the more common ways as well as two new methods.
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