by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 30, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard As I mentioned in my last post, Territorial Seed Company is now selling grafted tomatoes. According to research being done by Ohio State University, tomatoes that are good to eat can be grafted onto rootstock that is disease...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 28, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard When I first heard of grated tomatoes, I thought it was a marketing ploy. Why graft a plant that only lives one season then dies? It turns out, though, that grafted tomatoes address real problems that market farmers have. ...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 14, 2011 | entomology
A juvenile root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) penetrates a tomato root on Jan. 24, 2013. Once inside, the juvenile, which also attacks cotton roots, causes a gall to form and robs the plant of nutrients Photo by William Wergin and Richard Sayre. Colorized by...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 7, 2011 | public service announcements
Summer squash by nociveglia at https://www.flickr.com/photos/40385177@N07/5982144657 Ever plant a garden and get way more produce than you can use? What in the world possessed you to plant the entire packet of squash seeds, cucumber seeds, or beans? Your...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 4, 2011 | tomatoes
Tomatoes can get a large group of diseases. In my area of Texas, tomato plants that are sold as transplants have the letters VFN on their tags. That stands for fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, and nematodes. Plants that have VFN on their tags are resistant to...
