{"id":58892,"date":"2017-06-24T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T09:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/give-your-tomato-plants-a-fighting-chance\/"},"modified":"2017-06-24T17:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T10:10:28","slug":"give-your-tomato-plants-a-fighting-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/give-your-tomato-plants-a-fighting-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Give your tomato plants a fighting chance"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nProtect them from blight \u2013 and learn how to pruneTomatoes come from coastal regions in Chile and Peru \u2013 rocky places high in the mountains that are a far cry from our damp, mild climate. You can grow great tomatoes outside in the UK, but it\u2019s a gamble: they like long, hot, dry summers, not short, wet ones.There are two types of tomatoes: cordon and bush. The other name for cordon tomatoes is \u201cindeterminate\u201d, meaning they could grow on and on as long as the conditions allow, so these you have to prune. Do this by pinching out the side shoots that emerge between leaves and the main stem, and pinching out the main shoot when it has five to eight trusses \u2013 fruiting stems \u2013 of tomatoes. (Four or five trusses is best for cordon tomatoes grown in a pot.) Determinate, or bush, tomatoes can be left to do their own thing, no pruning necessary. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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