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Grow your own organic tomatoes

July 22, 2013
Water sufficiently and avoid cracking

On a warm summer day, tomatoes will consume approximately 1,5 liters of water. The best way to provide them with sufficient water and avoid cracks in the skin of a growing tomato is to stabilize the supply of water through a water drip feeder. These are available on the market for single use, with recycled plastic bottles or as irrigation lines, with multiple drippers to water several tomatoes and vegetables at the same time.

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