Tomatoes

142 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h46min.
A complete guide to tomato cultivation from seed selection to harvest. Nutritious, versatile, and bursting with flavor, tomatoes are a perennial favorite of both home gardeners and market farmers. Beautifully illustrated and highly accessible, this succinct guide from renowned market gardener Jean-Martin Fortier brings you his pro tips and tricks, ensuring a plentiful and profitable tomato harvest. Coverage includes: A celebration of the humble tomato and its fascinating history An inspiring collection of outstanding heirloom and hybrid tomato varieties for you to grow Strategies for planning, preparation, and propagation suited to every grower Cultivation methods including transplanting, fertilizing, irrigation, pruning, trellising, disease prevention, and organic pest control Picking at the peak of freshness, extending harvests, and processing ideas to let you enjoy that homegrown tomato flavor all winter long. Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener is a collection of practical handbooks designed to provide everyone from novice gardeners to seasoned farmers with information to grow better, using Jean-Martin Fortier's principles of biointensive, regenerative agriculture at a human scale.Introduction A Few Words about My Background What is the Fortier Method? Preface Tomatoes: The Essentials Chapter 1: Jean-Martin Fortier's Top 20 Tomatoes Chapter 2: Growing Seedlings    Seeding    Transplanting Chapter 3: Planting and Early Care    Preparing the soil    Planting    Trellising    Mulching Chapter 4: Maintenance, Harvest, and Storage    Irrigation    Pruning    Fertilization    Harvest Chapter 5: Tomato Enemies Bibliography and Acknowledgments