No it's not -- go to Home Depot. Find a large planter (very large -- it should stand 2 feet high. Buy some dirt (they have potting soil and "organic" soil -- buy the organic soil). Buy a tomato plant -- preferably cherry tomatoes since they are the easiest to grow. Buy a tomato cage.
Take it all home. Put some rocks in the bottom of the planter (and remove the planter bottom that catches water. Then fill it with dirt and plant your tomato plant (sink at least half of the plant into the dirt -- I know that looks counterproductive but it isn't). Put the pot in a place where you don't mind if water leaks out. (If you have critters that come around at night you will need to protect your plant from them.) Now push the dirt down to remove any excess air. Then water it until all the dirt is soaked. And water it every day or whatever it takes to keep the ground damp by not soaking. As it starts to grow, attach the cage or secure it around the pot and start training the tomato plant to grow around the cage. Use the wire you get on a loaf of bread to secure the plant to the cage and make your connections lose. Make sure the plant is getting lots of sun -- at least 6 hours in a day -- don't plant it until after your last freeze (you can google it for your area). You will have cherry tomatoes that taste like candy. And once you succeed at that, you'll find you can succeed at gardening. On Feb 25, 11:02 pm, Mercury <[email protected]> wrote: > Im lazy? :o) > > Its HARD work to grow tomatos! lol > > On Feb 25, 11:43 am, xi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Cannot you? Why? > > > :) > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > Xi > > > On Feb 25, 2:10 am, Mercury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I wish I could grow a tomato! :o) > > > > On Feb 24, 10:36 am, xi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yes. I wish we could be smart enough to pick the best of all times. I > > > > miss veggies and fruit from land. > > > > > :) > > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > > Xi > > > > > On Feb 24, 12:31 am, Mercury <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I wish I would have been born in the 1700's! Everything would be > > > > > natural! > > > > > > On Feb 23, 5:07 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > FDA bans natural sweetner just to convince Rumsfeld who is getting > > > > > > a commision from sales of Asparatum. > > > > > > > Stevia is natural and Japan in addition to 10 more countries > > > > > > consumes it even with Coca Cola. so what is special about USA? > > > > > > S1000+ > > > > > > =============http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia > > > > > > JAPAN: > > > > > > In the early 1970s, Japan began cultivating stevia as an > > > > > > alternative to artificial sweeteners such as cyclamate and > > > > > > saccharin, which are suspected carcinogens. > > > > > > > SE ASIA: > > > > > > Today, stevia is cultivated and used in food elsewhere in east > > > > > > Asia, including in ChinaKorea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia. It > > > > > > can also be found in Saint Kitts and Nevis, in parts of South > > > > > > America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay) > > > > > > (since 1984), > > > > > > > USA: > > > > > > > In 1991, at the request of an anonymous complaint, the United > > > > > > States Food and Drug Administration > > > > > > (FDA) labeled stevia as an "unsafe food additive" and restricted its > > > > > > import. The FDA's stated reason was "toxicological information on > > > > > > stevia is inadequate to demonstrate its safety."[50] > > > > > > This ruling was controversial, as stevia proponents pointed out that > > > > > > this designation violated the FDA's own guidelines under which any > > > > > > natural substance used prior to 1958 with no reported adverse > > > > > > effects > > > > > > should be generally recognized as safe (GRAS). > > > > > > Stevia occurs naturally, requiring no patent > > > > > > to produce it. As a consequence, since the import ban in 1991, > > > > > > marketers and consumers of stevia have shared a belief that the FDA > > > > > > acted in response to industry pressure. > > > > > > ( 1991: Bush in power) > > > > > > > ======= > > > > > > S1000+ > > > > > > =======- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
