TOMATO GROWING.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 122, 21 May 1909, Page 8

TOMATO GROWING.

A SOUND COMMERCIAL METHOD. i There is a settler at Weraroa, Mr W. Grace, , who intends taking up tomato culture on a systematic scale, Wi,th this object in view he is building . a greenhouse of considerable dimensions—soft by 21ft-—in which he calculates he will be able to grow two tons in 4;he season. His principle of growingjtomatoes is a sound one. He will develop the fruit on plants of only one stem, doing, away with all laterals. In a confined space this system gives a maximum return, the" weight of crop, being greater and the quality finer than under the ordinary method. The plants will be grown fifteen inches apart with a space of 2ft 6in between each row. They -will be trained \ip pieces *of string stretched from pegs in the ground to wires carried along the ceiling of the greenhouse. While Mr Grace believes in manuring, he has realised by experience that manure should not be applied before the fruit is feet. The manure he advises is sulphate of ammonia, in the proportion of |oz. to loz to1 a gallon of water, the larger percentage being employed afc a later stage. There is money in early tomatoes, and Mr Grace is going the right way about the business to secure it. !