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Tomatoes for Everyone: A Practical Guide to Growing Tomatoes All Year Round
Introduction to growing tomatoes.
- GenresGardening
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1999
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August 17, 2009
Some books are so well laid out and presented that as references they stand out from the pack.With its mix of advice, anecdote and step by step bullet points this book by Allen Gilbert is one of them. Despite his backg5round as a gardening specialists he doesn't try to be patronising or dogmatic. Instead he prefers to lay out the topics with a view to sharing information selectively and usefully.
He also writes specifically for an Australian audience although I'm sure other climes may find the text a handy reference.Lavishly illustrated.A must have for any tomato gardener.
He also writes specifically for an Australian audience although I'm sure other climes may find the text a handy reference.Lavishly illustrated.A must have for any tomato gardener.
November 17, 2013
Not only is this Tomatoes for Everyone, but it's essentially everything you need to know about tomatoes. Starting from the beginning, there's advice on how to grow tomato plants from seed and covers everything right through to harvesting. This includes grafting, hardening off, transplanting, growing mediums (pots, no dig gardens, hydroponics, feeding, watering, warmth and heating, diseases and pests and some recipes for the harvest too. Everything is covered in any easy and straight forward manner, hence the 'for Everyone' part of the title. Despite being published in 1997 (reprinted 2006), it doesn't seem too dated and most of the advice should still apply equally as well today. A great feature towards the back is a chart listing different cultivars/varieties which describes the fruit, plant, taste, etc. It has pretty much all the Heritage/Heirloom varieties that I'm interested in growing, plus more.
Organic growing practices are usually followed, but not imposed by the author. For example, the author explains that hydroponic growing isn't considered organic by purists because the plants aren't in contact with the soil, but still offers a good amount of detail on this form of growing.
If you're reading any other books on vegetable gardening, there probably will be some overlap, though since most of the content is specific to tomatoes it's not too much of a problem. I gather you could use the same advice for growing other solanum plants, such as capsicum, chilli and eggplant.
All up an excellent book on growing tomatoes.
Organic growing practices are usually followed, but not imposed by the author. For example, the author explains that hydroponic growing isn't considered organic by purists because the plants aren't in contact with the soil, but still offers a good amount of detail on this form of growing.
If you're reading any other books on vegetable gardening, there probably will be some overlap, though since most of the content is specific to tomatoes it's not too much of a problem. I gather you could use the same advice for growing other solanum plants, such as capsicum, chilli and eggplant.
All up an excellent book on growing tomatoes.
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