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Old 19-05-2011, 08:19 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Do you have any gardening tips for me?

On May 19, 9:08*am, JessiOnela
wrote:
Hi there,
I have some experience in particular plants, but I am new to the tomato
gardening thing and I just planted four yellow tomato plants. Do you
have any gardening tips to get quick results?

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JessiOnela


You don't say where you are, and that's essential information.

Also, did you plant them indoors or outside? If inside, keep them
warm. If outside, you might cover the spots with a plastic bottle (cut
it in half, and work it a bit into the soil). It will make a miniature
greenhouse and warm the soil. If you didn't do any soil preparation,
it's not quite too late. Get some 5-10-10 fertilizer (or something
similar) and scratch it into the soil around the plants. Add compost
if you have it or can get it. If the seeds are inside, prepare your
bed by adding fertilizer, compost and peat moss. Lime the soil if it
is acidic. Use ground limestone at this point, since pellets won't
have an effect for weeks.

Chris