Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 14, Number 17

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

Welcome back to Tomato Dirt! A couple times a month, we’ll send you this newsletter packed with tips about growing tomatoes and using them.

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Here’s the dirt: Tomato Dirt’s long-standing Facebook page was hacked last year. For your safety and privacy, we closed it. But never fear! We’ve started a new page with good security.

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FEATURE: How To Make Tomatoes Grow Faster in the Fall – 10 Tips

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How can you make tomato plants grow faster ?

It’s a question that we also face in the spring, when our healthy seedlings are in the ground and we’re anxious to bite into that first juicy tomato.

By the time you get to mid-season, it’s not much of an issue. Your tomato plants are chugging along quite nicely.

But the weeks fly by and soon we’re at the end of the season. What helps tomato plants grow faster when they’re nearly done with their lives?

We want our plants to finish strong so we can get as much fresh fruit as possible before frost knocks out our whole crop.

Tomato plants go through 4 distinct growth stages Keep reading …

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Tomato Growing Tip: Tomatoes Grow in 4 Stages

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More on End-of-Season Tomatoes

That’s it for now. More next time.

Until then, happy gardening!