TOMATOES
HINTS FOR PLANTING Tomatoes for the main crop may now be planted, and planting may be continued until the end of next month, or even later for providing for later crops. The ground should not be freshly manured as this will only tend to luxurious leaf and stem production instead of fruitfulness. If tomatoes are planted without manuring in ground that has been used for other crops, strong, short-jointed growths will be made, and results in bunches of fruit being formed from Bin. to lOin. apart from the bottom to the tops of the stems. If trained on single stems, which is the simplest method, they can bo arranged in rows 3ft. apart and 18in. apart in the rows. In this way they can be trained to single stakos, or if grown in quantity two or three wires can be stretched the length of the rows for support.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21326, 29 October 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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149TOMATOES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21326, 29 October 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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