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HELP FRUITING VEGETABLES

It's make-or-break time for fruiting favourites like tomatoes, peppers and chillies as the final push gets under way for perfectly ripe pickings.

Continue to pay close attention to watering and feeding. Even moisture levels for tomatoes will prevent problems like fruit split or blossom end rot. So too will regular feeding with a liquid tomato feed or homemade comfrey feed. Add your chosen feed to your watering regime once

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