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Article: How I grow tomatoes.
- Article from:
- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 1993
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Now about tomatoes, I can talk a long time. Tomatoes are one of the most universally enjoyed vegetables even though they were once considered poisonous; and then later, called a fruit before they came to be considered a vegetable.
Growing tomatoes is tremendously satisfying to me. Almost a spiritual experience. I get to know each one of my 100-200 plants, individually, because they are all different. No two tomato plants are exactly alike, but you have to get to know them well to realize this.
A dried tomato seed is about as big as a dull pencil point, beige colored, and flat. It would take a microscope to find the embryo of life in it. In January, when ...