http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com Mmmmm - Delicious! Sat, 14 May 2011 18:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:00:08 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=493 The Great Tomato Experiment is underway!  This is the first report of the series, and the race is just beginning. While you can read the full story behind The Great Tomato Experiment, a summary is as follows: There are three plants, grown from seed from the same packet (plant variety is the heirloom tomato Pineapple).  One plant is [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/using-fertilizers/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/using-fertilizers/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:53:55 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=355 Now that you know what makes up fertilizer, the next question might be how to actually use the fertilizer on your tomato plants.  Even tomatoes grown organically in rich soil need some help in times of swift growth or when having lots of fruit on the plant. There are several ways to apply the fertilizer:  foliar, [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/using-fertilizers/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/tomato-fertilizer/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/tomato-fertilizer/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:07:16 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=341 Tomato fertilizer isn’t just any old thing you see on the shelves of your local garden center.  What’s right for other veggies and plants might not be what you want for growing tomatoes.  So here’s a quick discussion on the components of fertilizer (what those numbers mean) and how they relate to tomatoes. Fertilizer Components Your average [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/fertilizers/tomato-fertilizer/feed/ 2