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July Is When Your Tomato Harvest Is Decided

In July, tomatoes shift from leafy growth to flowering and fruiting, and your routine care makes or breaks the crop. Keep watering even, feed consistently, pinch out side shoots, and support plants well—plus add shade during heatwaves.

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Tomatoes in the spotlight surprising facts from the kitchen to poisonous relatives

Loved by some and avoided by others, tomatoes have a surprising backstory that reaches from botany and old myths to space-grown crops. Here are the most intriguing facts about their origins, varieties, and place on our plates.

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Is a Tomato a Fruit or a Vegetable Facts Myths and Juicy Context

Botanically, a tomato is a berry and therefore a fruit, but in the kitchen it’s treated like a vegetable. Here’s why both answers can be right, depending on whether you’re speaking as a botanist, a cook, or a lawmaker.

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