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The Texas tomato lover's handbook

1603442391

1603442405

9781603442398

9781603442404

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The Texas tomato lover's handbook

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William D. Adams ; photographs by William D. Adams and Deborah J. Adams.

1st ed

College Station

Texas A & M University

©2011.

(viii, 189 pages) : color illustrations, color map.

AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.

History of the garden tomato --; Must-have tools for the tomato patch --; A recipe for the perfect tomato crop: basic cultural needs --; Locating the tomato patch --; Growing your own transplants --; Grafting tomatoes --; Preparing the soil --; How to build a raised bed --; Growing tomatoes in containers --; Growing tomatoes in a greenhouse --; Tending the tomato patch --; Planting and protecting new transplants --; Cages or stakes for support --; The row-cover benefit --; Maintaining soil fertility and foliar feeding --; Irrigation: not an option --; Cleaning up for the next crop --; Tomato varieties --; Hybrid varieties: medium to large fruit --; Open-pollinated and heirloom varieties: medium to large fruit --; Cherries and small-fruited varieties --; Insects, diseases, weeds, and varmints --; Tomato pests --; Insect pests --; Beneficial insects --; Trap crops --; Tomato diseases and environmental stress --; Organic and low-toxicity sprays that really work --; Pollination --; Tomato-snatching critters --; Weeds --; Tomato relatives --; Peppers --; Eggplants --; Tomatillos --; Potatoes --; Tomato source list.

Tomatoes -- Breeding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tomatoes -- Diseases and pests -- Control -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Tomatoes -- Texas -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

William D. Adams ; photographs by William D. Adams and Deborah J. Adams.

Deborah J Adams

William D Adams

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