tomatoes
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Tomatopedia: Gold rush currant tomato- a pretty little hassle
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Each year I plant a few new tomato varieties so I could test them. This year one of the newly tested varieties was “Goldrush currant”. As it was labeled as “cherry tomato” I knew I had to expect an indeterminate, bushy…
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Tomatopedia: Indigo rose- the purple garden beauty
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A few years back I came across some Indigo rose seeds. I’ve sown them and was amazed by the wonderful color of this tomato. Beautiful little purple balls on a bright green plant soon turned into a real center display among all…
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Sun dried tomatoes
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The extremely hot end of the July and the beginning of August did serious damage to our plants. Almost all of them have died due to the lack of water and some have even been completely burned.In all the bad things…
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Tomatopedia: Azoychka – the yellow queen of high altitude gardens
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Azoychka, also known as Golden borage(Zolotoy Borago) was first discovered by an amateur gardener Kruglova in 1980. The name of this Russian heirloom has been a big debate over the years.Russian word “Азоюшка” (meaning Azoyushka) has been incorrectly transcripted to “Azoychka”.Although…
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Tomato blight and septoria leaf spot
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Every gardener that grows tomatoes will sooner or later come across a stage where his tomatoes will look sick, spotty, black, or yellow. There are many different tomato diseases and different causes. This time of the year the most common…