Event Details

Date

April 8, 2019

Time

Monday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Location

Prime Produce
424 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019

Cost

$10.00

No refunds

Host

Seeds to Soil and CCE Urban Agriculture Program

Sam Anderson


Growing Tomatoes for Market

April 8, 2019

Growing Tomatoes for Market

As promised, we're doing a pre-season tomato workshop! Jason Grauer will share tomato growing techniques for small market growers, from selecting varieties and propagating seedlings to trellising and pruning. Sam Anderson will also review some of last year's worst tomato pests and diseases in NYC and what to do about them.

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Hosted by Seeds to Soil @ Prime Produce and Cornell Cooperative Extension's Urban Agriculture Program




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