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Various tomato varieties in red, yellow, orange and deep purple, round, ribbed and elongated side by side

Tomato varieties: sorting the jungle along two axes

Thousands of tomato varieties, and you have to choose? Two simple axes bring order: the growth habit (cordon or bush) and the use (cocktail, salad, beefsteak, paste, wild). That way you find the right variety for your space and your kitchen.

#tomaten#gemuesegarten#sortenkunde#fruchtgemuese#anfaenger#gemuese

Young green apples with dark, cracked scab spots and blotchy apple leaves

Pests & Diseases

Recognising apple scab and preventing it with resistant varieties

Brown patches on apples and foliage: apple scab is almost unavoidable in wet years. How to recognise it on leaf and fruit, why scab-resistant varieties save all spraying in the home garden, and what else helps.

#obstbaum#obstgarten#apfel#schaedlinge#pflege#sortenkunde

Various ripe squashes of different shapes and colours lined up side by side

Vegetables

Squash types explained: Hokkaido, butternut, spaghetti squash and pattypan

Three botanical species, four kitchen types, and why you must never eat a bitter squash. Which squash is good for what, how to grow it and harvest it ripe.

#kuerbis#fruchtgemuese#sortenkunde#ernte