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Tips for Tomatoes I am 80-years-old, and I enjoy gardening. In fall, I clean off all the grass and weeds in the garden. I put all my kitchen scraps, such as eggshells and potato peelings, in the rows where I will plant in spring. I add lime and torn-up newspapers to the rows. Each year I change my tomato rows since rotating helps them grow better. In the spring before I plant, I fertilize the rows. I plant marigolds to help keep insects off my plants. I put newspapers around the tomatoes after they start to grow to ward off weeds. I start treating them when the blooms come to get rid of worms. I break the suckers off to help the plants grow larger, and I root the suckers to have plants for late tomatoes. Before frost, I wrap the green tomatoes in newspapers to ripen. It is now November 23, and I still have some for Thanksgiving dinner. Monnie Sullivan |