10
BASIC TOMATO
GROWING TIPS




1. Plant your tomato plant in a place with 10 hours of direct sunlight.

2. Have enough space between plants for air flow.

3. Soak the base of your tomato plants once a week or more during those
hot summer days.

4. Pinch and remove suckers that develop in the crotch joint of two branches.

5. Use a tomato cage to support your plants.

6. When your tomato plant reaches 3 ft. tall, remove the leaves from the
bottom 1 ft. of the plant.

7. When your tomatoes start to ripen it's time to scratch around the bottom
and add some compost.

8. Pinching off the tops of the main stems of intermediate varieties in early
summer to encourage more energy going into flowering.

9. Remember to check for tomato hornworms (large, green & white striped
caterpillars). Pick those critters up and destroy them.

10. Pick your tomatoes when they are full size and ripe, but still firm.



10 Basic Tomato Growing Tips
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