Get your free copy of "10 Must-Know Tomato Growing Tips." This 20-page guide is filled with tips you need to know to have a successful tomato crop, whether you’re a beginning or experienced gardener.
About this book
Tantalizing Tomatoes (guidebook #150 in the 21st Century Gardening Series) is a compilation of articles from experienced gardeners combined together in one handy book for the beginner to almost-intermediate gardener. In fact, it’s perfect for the gardener who knows just a little bit about tomatoes and wants to move into intermediate status.
An ultra-practical section that outlines four problem-growing climates (the desert Southwest, the South, the Far North, and the Pacific Coast) and how to successfully grow tomatoes in each of them
Snapshot summaries from 20 tomato growers in 20 different regions (across zones 3-10) give their best tips and tomato variety recommendations for their home zone
Strengths of this book
Each chapter is written by an expert gardener and focuses on one aspect of tomato gardening
Excellent general how-tos, including soil preparation, planting, watering, mulching, staking, fertilizing, pruning, harvesting, seed saving, and varieties
A nifty explanation of how to read a tomato seed packet
A good description of tomato terminology, especially hybrid breeding and disease-resistance codes
A “tomato variety” hall of fame list
Clear layout
Easy and fun to read
Beautiful illustrations
Look out for this
This book touches on many aspects of tomato gardening and care but doesn’t go too deep. For example, the tomato pest section names just four of the most common insects that plague tomatoes and tomato growers … when there are dozens. It’s a good, basic book with excellent information, but not by any means encyclopedic.
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