Agriculture
- How To Grow Hydroponic Tomatoes
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- Tomato Genome Decoded: Researchers To Publish Fruit's Dna Sequence In Full
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- Indian Tomatoes Flooding Pakistan
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- Indian Tomatoes Flooding Pakistan
Lured by high profits, Indian traders are flooding the Pakistan market with tomatoes, affecting domestic supplies and pushing up prices back home. Truck loads of tomatoes sourced from Delhi and Nashik are entering Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border...
Agriculture
Light Requirements For Tomatoes
By Heather Rhoades
Growing tomatoes and sun go hand in hand. Without enough sun, a tomato plant can?t produce fruit. You may be wondering how much sun do tomato plants need and does my garden get enough sun for tomatoes? These are important questions to answer if you will be growing this popular garden vegetable. Let?s look at the answers to how much sun do tomato plants need. 
Light Requirements for Tomatoes to Grow
The simple answer to questions on light requirements for tomatoes is that you need a minimum of 6 hours to produce fruit, but 8 or more hours of sun will produce the best results in terms of how many tomatoes you get.
The reason that light for a tomato plant is so important is that tomato plants convert sunlight into energy. Tomato plants need energy to make their fruit. Therefore, the more sunshine they get, the more energy they have and the more fruit they can produce.
Light Requirements for Tomatoes to Ripen
So now that you know the light requirements for tomatoes to grow, you may be wondering how much sun do tomato plants need in order to ripen their fruit.
Ah-ha! This is a trick question. Growing tomatoes and sun is necessary, but the fruit themselves do not need sunlight to ripen.
Tomato fruit actually ripen fastest in the absence of sunlight. Tomatoes ripen because of heat and ethylene gas, not because of sunlight.
So remember, the answer to the question how much sun do tomato plants need is simple. They need as much as you can give them. If you make sure that there is enough light for a tomato plant, the tomato plant will make sure there are enough tasty tomatoes for you.
Source:http://www.gardeningknowhow.com
- How To Grow Hydroponic Tomatoes
Hydroponic tomatoes are grown in a nutrient solution rather than soil. Growing tomatoes hydroponically allows the grower to raise them in a controlled environment without weeds, insects or soil-borne diseases. Hydroponic systems recycle water and nutrients,...
- Tomato?s Genome Sequence Finally Cracked!
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- Tomato Genome Decoded: Researchers To Publish Fruit's Dna Sequence In Full
By: Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 05/30/2012 01:07 PM EDT on LiveScience For years scientists have slaved away, trying to piece together the genes that make up the ripe, red goodness that is the tomato. They have finally published...
- Indian Tomatoes Flooding Pakistan
Lured by high profits, Indian traders are flooding the Pakistan market with tomatoes, affecting domestic supplies and pushing up prices back home. Truck loads of tomatoes sourced from Delhi and Nashik are entering Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border...
- Indian Tomatoes Flooding Pakistan
Lured by high profits, Indian traders are flooding the Pakistan market with tomatoes, affecting domestic supplies and pushing up prices back home. Truck loads of tomatoes sourced from Delhi and Nashik are entering Pakistan through Attari-Wagah border...