don’t forget to use walls ‘o waterFor great protection from the elements (like a late frost, etc), use those walls ‘0 water around your tomatoe plants. They capture the daytime heat, then release it into the plants to keep the ground temps high, and the ambient above 55 degrees. Red colored plastic is ‘IN’ for growing tomatoesGO FOR THE RED. That’s not necessarily a cheer for the Huskers, but a tip for using red plastic around your tomatoes instead of black. Word is that red reflects more of the sun’s beneficial rays into your plants, than black. Cut a circle about 24-inches wide, then cut out room for the plant in the […] Don Eversoll Featured In Fort Collins ColoradoanWord is getting out about Don Eversoll’s book “Secrets From My Grandma’s Garden” and the forthcoming book “Secrets From My Grandma’s Kitchen.” Reporter Pat Ferrier of the Fort Collins Coloradoan recently sat down with Eversoll for a quick Q & A session: Q: You have just come out with a book “Secrets From My Grandma’s […] TOMATOES ARE THIRSTY, TOOWith all the unusally hot weather all across the country this summer, it’s imperative to water your garden a little more frequently than usual…and that goes double for the TOMATOES. That’s because they normally do not have a deep, extensive root system, and those fine root hairs in the top 2-3 inches of soil dry […] Don’t dismay if garden gets hailed onIf you’re in an unlucky ‘hailzone’ this summer and your plants take a pounding during a storm, don’t throw away those beat-up vegetables just yet Why? Because many of them, particularly tomatoes, have a good root system already established and will likely produce tomatoes faster this summer than any replacements you might plant fresh out of the […] |
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