Category: Tomatoes

How to Grow Tomatoes

Benadine Nonye

Tomato is a vegetable locally produced and highly consumed in Uganda. Almost on a daily basis every person has to eat a tomato in their food. Common Tomato Varieties Grown The choice of a Tomato cultivar is based on fruit quality, adaptability and reliability, susceptibility to diseases and pests. Varieties include: – Rio Grande, Star and many more others It’s advisable to go for a hybrid seed for commercial farmers since these seeds are high yielding, resistant and produce durable fruits. Tomato Growing Requirements Tomatoes give good results when grown…

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PLANTING, GROWING, AND HARVESTING TOMATOES

Benadine Nonye

GROWING TOMATOES Tomato plants are susceptible to pests and diseases so proper plant care is important. ARE TOMATOES A FRUIT OR A VEGETABLE? I’m sharing a few bits of tomato trivia and a number of gardening tips for big, healthy harvest. In 1893, the United States Supreme Court ruled that since tomatoes are most often served during the main part of the meal, either alone or with vegetables that tomatoes must be vegetables. Tomatoes are really fruits biologically speaking, but either way they are delicious! The first wild tomatoes found by explorers in Mexico were yellow and small.  Red, pink, black,…

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THE BASICS OF PLANTING AND GROWING A VEGETABLE GARDEN

Benadine Nonye

VEGETABLE GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS Whether you’re a 0beginner with a single pot or an old hand planting an entire plot, This Vegetable Gardening Guide will help you to plan and grow your tastiest vegetables ever. VEGETABLE GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS Why garden, you ask? If you’ve never tasted garden-fresh vegetables (lots of people haven’t!), you will be amazed by the sweet, juicy flavors and vibrant textures. There’s absolutely nothing quite like fresh veggies, especially if you grow them yourself—which you can! In this guide, the basics of vegetable gardening and planning: how to pick the right site for…

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16 Hidden Health Benefits of Tomato Seeds

Benadine Nonye

As an important part of almost all dishes, tomatoes provide many health benefits in addition to their flavoring function. In addition to the health benefits you can get from the fruit, tomato seeds also provide some health benefits. Nutritional content of tomato seeds The reason tomato seeds have health benefits because of the nutritional content of tomato seeds such as minerals, vitamins and other complex nutrients that have the benefits and potential to treat and prevent some diseases that are harmful to the body. If you previously only eat tomatoes,…

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Tomatoes with enhanced antioxidant properties created with genetic engineering

Benadine Nonye

(from left) Dr Wang Mingfu, Professor Chye Mee-len and Dr Liao Pan show tubes containing carotenoid extracts from S359A tomato fruits and the control. Credit: The University of Hong Kong Story Source: Materials provided by The University of Hong Kong. The School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with the Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (CNRS, Strasbourg, France), has identified a new strategy to simultaneously enhance health-promoting vitamin E by ~6-fold and double both provitamin A and lycopene contents in tomatoes,…

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