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My experience of growing tomatoes has been relatively trouble-free. My outdoor plants often get blight towards the end of the season, but even then it doesn't seem to affect the crop too much. Once my plants refused to grow after I transplanted them

foliage and ensure pots aren't placed too closely together. Dead foliage can lead to the onset of disease, while closely growing plants prevent airflow between them, providing the perfect conditions for diseases and infestations of blackfly and red spider

to be grown at higher altitude than they would normally grow.The terraces were filled with a mixture of sand, rock and topsoil, and fertilised with compost and guinea pig manure. Waterfalls were diverted to act as an irrigation system. They either trickled