Epic tomatoes : how to select & grow the best varieties of all time
(2015)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
635.642/LEHOULLIER,C

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 635.642/LEHOULLIER,C Available

Details

PUBLISHED
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015]
DESCRIPTION

255 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781612124643 (hbk. : alk. paper), 161212464X (hbk. : alk. paper), 9781612124643, 161212464X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The origins of today's tomato -- Anatomy of a tomato -- Planning and planting -- Growing, maintenance, and care -- Harvest celebration -- Saving for the future -- Breed your own tomatoes -- Q&A -- Troubleshooting guide: diseases, pests, and other problems

Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season. He also offers a comprehensive guide to the various pests and diseases of tomatoes and explains how best to avoid them