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How to grow tomatoes
Follow the expert advice in this guide to growing your own delicious crop of tomatoes.
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How to Treat Common Plant Diseases
More usually associated with dead wood, this distinctive disease can cause die-back on currants, gooseberries, apples and many other woody plant
Choosing a tomato variety
We have about 200 tomato varieties in South Africa. This fact alone makes the value of the variety list highly questionable.
6 Mistakes You’re Making With Your Compost Pile
Truly messing up your compost is hard to do. Throw organic matter in a pile outdoors and it will break down eventually, even if you never look at it again
Developing an IPM outlook
As we’ve said before, integrated pest management (IPM), or using the natural enemies of crop pests to help control those pests
7 Tips for a High-Yield Vegetable Garden, Even When You're Tight on…
Imagine harvesting nearly half a ton of tasty, beautiful vegetables from a 15-by-20-foot plot, 100 pounds of tomatoes from just 100 square feet
6 Ways to Build Your Own Tomato Cages
Although a near-necessity for growing tomatoes, tomato cages can be as fancy, homemade, or as economical as you’d like
How tomato growers can practice IPM
When it comes to Integrated Pest Management (IPM), tomatoes have quite a complex array of requirements which will depend on the varieties planted
More common potato diseases
It’s associated with warm temperatures (28°C-30°C) and prolonged wet periods, or rapidly alternating wet and dry periods.
Leafy crop vs fruiting crop the balancing act
When trying to predict how a crop will respond to various situations, remember that all cultivated crops originated from wild ancestors growing in competition
Potato tuber moth and other spud pests
Many pests target potatoes but most of these occur very occasionally and are likely to do minimal damage.
Carrots: get your numbers right!
Hot weather is unfavourable for carrot germination. Depending on the soil’s condition and structure, it also promotes the growth of soil fungus diseases
Soil could filter antibiotics from treated wastewater
Alternative to discharging treated wastewater into waterways is to spray it on land so it does not contribute to antibiotic resistance.