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Tomatoes are rich in lycopene, one of nature’s powerful antioxidants |
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Yellow Pear Tomatoes
Picture courtesy, Carole F. Smith
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Tomatoes are warm season plants and cannot take frost or cold
weather. In cold regions sow or plant in spring once the weather warms
up. In
humid, subtropical regions sow in late summer and early autumn and in
temperate, frost free regions they can be sown all year round.
Tomatoes are indigenous to western and central South America. They
were first cultivated by the Indians of Peru and Mexico. Early European
explorers took seeds to Europe and in the early 16th century the
Italians starting cultivating them. Extensive crossbreeding has resulted
in hundreds of varieties that differ widely in shape, colour and size,
growth habit and resistance to disease. The miniature and dwarf
varieties will grow easily in containers. Tomatoes that are home grown
and allowed to ripen on the bushes have the most wonderful flavour and
are the best to use medicinally. Commercially grown tomatoes are picked
when they are still green before the flavour has developed fully.
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Mycorrhizal fungi and carbon for healthy soils |
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An article by Dr Joanna Dames
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Rhodes University, Grahamstown
Managing Director, Mycoroot (Pty) Ltd
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Petunia 'Cascadias Cherry Spark'
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Petunias are the perfect way to say goodbye to winter. With their vivid flowers in a kaleidoscopic range of colours, these annuals are a sure fire way of banishing the winter blues.
Ever popular, petunias have wide trumpet shaped flowers that have a distinctive spicy scent. The leaves are hairy to touch and a little sticky. They are prolific bloomers and if you remember to deadhead them, they are a perpetual carpet of colour from now all the way through summer. They come in almost every conceivable colour, including striped bi-colour and spectacular double varieties. Petunias grow in mounds which is perfect for borders. They also trail nicely which makes them a must-have in containers, pots or hanging baskets.
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New Releases from BallStraathof |
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Begonia ‘Gryphon’ is a showy foliage begonia that is a good companion to other shade loving foliage plants such as the dragon wing begonias, coleus and plectranthus as well as the New Guinea Impatiens ‘Divine’ that provides a mass of flowers. It can be used as an indoor plant or outdoors in a shady position. In addition to its striking, tropical-looking foliage Begonia ‘Gryphon’ produces copper-colored flower spikes. It has low water needs and plants are more tolerant of stressful conditions than the Rex begonia.
For more information phone the BallStraathof customer care line:
0861-blossom (or 0861-256776) or email
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Citrus trees can be so pretty, even in the smallest of gardens. They have gorgeous shiny green leaves, beautiful sweet-smelling flowers, and wonderful health-giving fruit packed with vitamin C and antioxidants. The genus Citrus is native to south-east Asia, occurring from northern India to China and south through Malaysia, the East Indies and the Philippines, and records of domestication go back to about 500 BC.
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