{"product_id":"jasons-garden-guides-volume-2-tomatoes","title":"Jason's Garden Guides - Volume 2 Tomatoes","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"text-text-100 mt-2 -mb-1 text-base font-bold\"\u003eIt's the hose. It's always the hose.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIn Volume One, Jason told you to buy four transplants, skip the seed-starting, and not let anybody grade you. He also said you'd talk about tomatoes later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIt's later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTomatoes\u003c\/strong\u003e is the one plant that gets a whole book, because it's the one everybody starts with and the one everybody has trouble with. It's a tropical vine pretending to be a shrub, that we ask to live in a backyard and hold up fruit heavier than its own stem. Of course it gets weird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAlmost everything that goes wrong traces back to three things: you crowded it, you watered it unevenly, or you panicked and bought a product. The other twenty pages are Jason explaining why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only word that matters\u003c\/strong\u003e — determinate or indeterminate, printed on the tag, read by nobody\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe cherry cheat code\u003c\/strong\u003e — the most forgiving tomato there is, and why it should be your first\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant it deep. Deeper.\u003c\/strong\u003e — bury two-thirds of the plant you just paid for. It's the highest-return move in the book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe lie of the tomato cage\u003c\/strong\u003e — that wire cone is a marigold cage, and your vine will wear it like jewelry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuckers, and whether to bother\u003c\/strong\u003e — prune the vine, never the bush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlossom end rot\u003c\/strong\u003e — it's not a disease, it's not calcium, and the spray won't help\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollow the frass\u003c\/strong\u003e — how to find a four-inch hornworm you cannot see, and the UV flashlight trick that makes it glow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlowers but no fruit\u003c\/strong\u003e — four of the five causes are patience; the fifth is an electric toothbrush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePick at first blush, never the fridge\u003c\/strong\u003e — and what to do when forty pounds arrive on one Saturday\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003ePlus a full-page \u003cstrong\u003eTomato Triage\u003c\/strong\u003e table for the moment something looks wrong and you're about to buy something you don't need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e22 pages. Original watercolor illustration on every page. Ember included, unfortunately.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrow. Learn. Share.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BladeAndBinder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50214712836348,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/0472\/3452\/files\/JasonsGardenGuideVolume2Tomatoscover.png?v=1784289447","url":"https:\/\/bladeandbinder.com\/products\/jasons-garden-guides-volume-2-tomatoes","provider":"BladeAndBinder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}