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Tomato plants and eggplant plants!
My mother went to the farmer's market last week and went a little nuts. She came home with a little tomato plant and eggplant. We've never grown vegetables before! She was told that she didn't have to stake the tomato plant, and to water them, but that was all the advice she got. She did already plant them, even though she had no idea what she was doing. Soooo...any help? We prefer to avoid chemicals if possible. Would they like horse manure, because I have a good supply at work. Anything natural I can use to keep the bugs off of them?
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Do you know the variety of tomato, that will determine how big it'll get and whether or not you'll need to stake it. Both like full sun, the tomato can be suseptible to wilt, but usually later on in the season and won't affect the fruit. Eggplants I've only grown once and it was years ago, a lot like growing peppers I think, they like heat. Both will welcome some well rotted manure, nothing fresh.
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I'm afraid I don't know the answer either, but am eager to find out!
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I was told to plant marigolds around your tomato plants to keep the bugs away.
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Quote:
http://www.tomatogardeningtips.com/ |
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We planted our tomato plants in planters on our deck. They actually sit under the overhang and get totally baked by the sun. They loved it last year . I think you need to be careful to plant them where they won't get to wet otherwise some of the tomato will split.
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