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Tomato Growing Tips
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3 Uf planting in your ganten, dig in some well
futted manure (such as the Greenleaf Steer
manure), tarning the soil to a depth af at least
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deterntinate or indeterminate (he tomatoes
ripen all at once or gradually), and tua fong
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Plant in bills spaced about 18-24 inches apart,
burying the plant up to the first set Uf branches.
Tomato plants will grow roots from any part of
iis ster placed fato soll, so you almost can't

Plant them too deep.

5 Fentilize your tomuto plants with a fertilizer
that is bigher in Potassinm and Phosphates
than Nitrogen (he last two mumntbers of the
three numbers yuu see on all fertilizer
packages). such as Green leuf @12-12 Tomato
fertilizer, or 10-1421 Vegetable Booster,

following the directions on the label,

G Stake your plants or use tomate tuvers to
iniprove the tomato yield.

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