Organic Gardening How To Blog

Spring has sprung and I’ve just planted the tomatoes in our organic vegetable garden. There is something about growing tomatoes that really gets my juices flowing. And this year, I’m doing it a little differently. You see, I found this incredible e-book that’s called Organic Tomato Magic and I’ve learned some really neat things that I had never thought of before.

For example, did you know that most tomato plants have too many leaves? These leaves consume nutrients from the stem of the tomato plant which robs the nutrients from getting to the actual fruit of the plant. If you don’t prune these leaves, the tomatoes will be smaller.

Likewise, too many leaves on the tomato plant reduces air circulation around the fruit. The tomatoes need this air circulation to help make the skin on the tomatoes stronger and more elastic…thus, reducing cracking on ripening tomatoes.

Watch this quick video to get a better idea on how to prune your tomato leaves in your organic vegetable garden:

This is only a pinch of information that I got from Organic Tomato Magic. If you enjoy growing luscious red tomatoes like I do, I know you will enjoy this book.

Right now, you can enjoy a few more of these tips for FREE…just click this LINK. After submitting your first name and email address, you’ll be sent a FREE REPORT called 3 Secrets To Growing Incredible Tomatoes. Even if you don’t buy this book, you can still keep this FREE REPORT!

But, if you love to grow tomatoes like I do, I think after you read this FREE REPORT you will really want to buy the book. I grow tomatoes for 5-months every year and I’m sure glad to have it.

This year, I’m looking forward to picking the biggest, red tomatoes that I’ve ever picked from my organic vegetable garden.

Until next time from the Organic Gardening How To Blog…

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Plant your organic garden seeds early and you can enjoy your plants for a longer period of time and harvest more vegetables. In this Organic Gardening How To Blog post, I want to show you one of the best ways to do that.

The length of time that it takes seeds to germinate depends largely upon soil temperature. Soil temperature also influences the percentage of seeds that will germinate.

The optimal soil temperature for a given plant varies depending upon the species of the plant. For example, onions germinate best when the soil temperature is about 68 degrees F and cucumbers prefer a soil temperature of 86 degrees F. Most seed packets will designate on the package the ideal soil temperature. Or, examine Tom Clothier’s Germination Database for more information.

So, does that mean you have to wait later in the season to plant cucumbers than you do onions? Well, if your planting the seeds outdoors and directly into the ground, you probably should wait.

But, if you want to start your plants early, all you have to do is control the temperature of the soil that your germinating the seeds in. You can do that with a Seedling Heat Mat.

Watch this Organic Gardening How To video to get a better idea on what I’m talking about:

One of the best Heat Mats that I could find I found at Amazon.com. It’s called the Hydrofarm MT10006 Seedling Heat Mat and it’s inexpensive at $19.43. It has worked well for me.

I initially chose this Heat Map because of all of the positive reviews that customers had given this product. There were a total of 80 reviews and 70 of them had given this product excellent reviews. I didn’t figure I could go wrong.

So, if you’re anxious to get your garden started early this year, invest in an Hydrofarm Seedling Heat Mat… you will enjoy your organic vegetables and flowers much longer this year and for years to come.

Until next time from the Organic Gardening How To Blog…

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