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How to keep tomatoes healthy and happy
Garden experts say steady watering, mulch and leaf cleanup can reduce cracked fruit, blossom end rot and fungal disease in tomato plants.
- Mid-Summer care for Tomatoes focuses on consistent water to support growth, as Tomatoes dislike alternating between dry soil and floods, which causes cracked fruit and blossom end rot.
- Applying Two to three inches of Clean Mulch helps conserve moisture and reduce weeds, while Preventing soil from splashing onto leaves during rainstorms.
- Removing Lower leaves touching the ground helps prevent disease; when watering, Avoid wetting leaves, as wet foliage invites fungal issues.
- Common this year is "physiological leaf roll," in which leaves roll up inwardly; Blossom end rot often affects the first fruits produced on plants.
- Tomatoes are heavy feeders when loaded with fruit; one light application of balanced Garden fertilizer can boost plants, though Avoid overdoing nitrogen to prevent excess leafy growth.
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