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Tomato

Tomato experiment

November 13, 2012
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Tomato

Tomato-F1 ‘Waad Rijk Zwaan’- Experiment in Wetar, MBD – November 2012 Waad Rijk Zwaan kindly made available four cultivars/lines (refer table below) for testing purposes on Wetar Island in Maluku Barat Daya. Farmer growers and the commercial kitchen who were the main buyers of tomatoes are very happy with these new cultivars, as this very […]

Tomato evaluation – provided by Rijk Zwaan

On Wetar Island we may be experiencing a new tomato disease – Tomato Yellow leaf curl virus. A company in Java has very kindly provided seeds for evaluation – they are being planted in 20 farmer experiments. Here is the photo of the rain shelter used in Java.

Grow great tomatoes in lowland tropics

August 15, 2010
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Tomato

Here is a photo of a tomato- growing well- the right seed has been used and plenty of animal manure for fertility. However there were no stakes and not enough pruning of lateral/side branches. The photo shows a branch that should have been pruned out when only 5 cm long. If you have too many […]