Category: Tomato
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Tomatoes: Homegrown vs. Store-bought
Who wins between homegrown tomatoes and store-bought tomatoes?…I hear you ask…
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Sowing Tomatoes: San Marzano
Little did I know when I received a copy of Kitchen Garden magazine that I would be growing one of the most unknown but used tomatoes of our time. Shortly after sowing the Red Cherry tomato I sowed San Marzano plum tomatoes. I really wanted to grow plum tomatoes because…
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Sowing Tomatoes: Red Cherry
I discovered Red Cherry Tomatoes last year, and ever since my discovery I thought – I must try and grow them. So my favourite cherry tomato is Gardener’s Delight and I think I’ve been quite vocal about this, so these will be a nice addition to my tomato collection this…
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Dealing with tomato blight
I thought I’d gotten from getting a touch of tomato blight this year, but it turns out that in the end I wasn’t so lucky. I visited the allotment this week and I found that my Gardener’s Delight tomato plants were showing the early signs of blight – something I’ve…
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Planting Tomato plants: Gardeners Delight
We’re on the cusp of the summer months and I finally get to plant out my Gardener’s Delight tomato plants. Gardener’s Delight is a Cordon/Indeterminate variety which means they grow as single stemmed plants. Shoots that grow between branches (otherwise known as side shoots) are nipped out so that most of the…
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Separating Gardeners Delight seedlings
Since sowing my Gardeners Delight seeds they’ve come up a treat – however, I do think they’ve gone a little bit on the leggy side. Seedlings go leggy because they’re stretching towards the light (meaning that they may have some light restrictions) and the result is a slightly over tall,…
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