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The Food and Drug Administration has issued its most severe warning for fresh tomatoes sold in some states. A Class I recall was issued for tomatoes for potential salmonella contamination. A Class ...
While the tomatoes weren't sold in Florida, they were sold in nearby states. Here's what to do if you bought some. The Food and Drug Administration has issued its most severe warning for fresh ...
A hybrid red cherry tomato, ‘Sakura’ stands out thanks to its prolific nature. The indeterminate plants produce long clusters that ripen from the top down and continue sending out more flowers ...
When buying plants for summer’s first harvest, plant mostly indeterminate varieties for more abundant production. Plant varieties such as Big Boy, Mortgage Lifter, Parks Whopper, Super Steak, ...
Determinate tomato plants tend to be smaller and more compact, and they produce their entire tomato harvest over a shorter timespan. Indeterminate tomato plants grow larger, more wide-ranging vines, ...
When purchasing tomato plants, check the stems to make sure they are blue/green in color. The plants should not have any blooms on them. Buy plants that have been watered and maintained by the ...
The nights of May are now warm and comfortable and late spring soil is now at the ideal stage to set out the tomato crop in the ... Purple, Early Girl, Homestead, Rutgers, Marglobe, Beefy ...
Commercial growers like this type of tomato because most of the fruit can be harvested all at once. A few examples of popular garden determinate varieties are Amelia, Roma, Better Bush, Celebrity, ...
When the North American Free Trade Agreement was implemented in January 1994, U.S. fresh tomato production was more than four times the quantity of imported fresh tomatoes: 3.7 billion pounds (1.7 ...
One recall involves 3,651 boxes of tomatoes from Williams Farms Repack. According to Newsweek , the boxes were labeled “H&C Farms Raw Premium Tomatoes, Naturally Grown from Seed.” The lot code ...