How to Grow Great Tomatoes!
"This is a new venture to share with you - my experiences of growing my own tomatoes. I had read a lot of information before I started and, boy is it hard to find, so I thought I would try and put down here some of the information which I found helpful and some other bits and bobs that I found interesting too
I think a lot of professional gardeners assume you know quite a bit before starting out, so I have gone for the real starters approach. I hasten to add I am not a commercial grower, but I am a Mum who wants to feed my family good wholesome food that I have grown myself.
I’m keen to share my successes with you, so I do hope that you find the information here useful and if you have some suggestions for me and my visitors then please let me know and I’ll add it to the site" - Lesley Pirrie (Author)
Ten Top Tips for Growing Great Tomatoes!
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Quick Facts you may want to know about Tomatoes:
The humble tomato is from the nightshade family and once was thought to be poisonous
The scientific name is Solanum lycopersicum, which means "wolf-peach"
The principal constituents of tomato fruit is red colouring substance which is called lycopene it is an antioxidant which researchers state has anti carcinogenic properties
Children love tomato ketchup this is a great way to get vitamins into them – if you let them put it all over other veggies - they may not appreciate all the effort you have made in their food preparation but at least they will be eating their vegetables!
Good news Ladies its official the Royal Horticultural Society have confirmed that chatting away to your plants does indeed help them to grow! So boys you are going to have to get a female friend to make a recording to play to your tomatoes if you want to beat the girls.
One of the major countries for producing tomatoes is China
There are approximately 7000 varieties of tomatoes – so you should be able to find one you like
According to Wikipedia - The heaviest tomato ever was one of 3.51 kg (7 lb 12 oz), of the cultivar 'Delicious', grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma in 1986.
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