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Jessica Damiano's award-winning garden blog gets to the root of things.

Featured tomato contestant: Tony from Mineola

Tony from Mineola has entered the 2013 Great

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Tony from Mineola is growing 3 varieties of tomatoes this year. His strategy? Fertilizing every 3-4 weeks -- "and luck!“

Are you in?

This year’s contest will be held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 at Newsday headquarters (235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville.)

Give your plants plenty of tender loving care all summer long, then bring your biggest, heaviest, ripe fruit to the event. I’ll weigh...

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