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Tomato cluster in development on the vine.

Heirloom tomato in development.

Tomato patch with around a dozen varieties of tomatoes.

Tomato flowers blossoming. Each flower will eventually develop into an individual tomato.

Roma tomato forming on the vine.

Cherry tomato cluster forming on a tomato plant.

Tomato fruit cluster forming on a tomato plant in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.

Bamboo tomato cage built to support indeterminate type tomato plants that can grow to over 6 feet tall.

A variety of tomato plants growing in the Raíces EcoCulture gardens in August 2017.

Tomato seedlings sprouting in the greenhouse at Plenitud PR. Growing the seedlings inside of the greenhouse allows for control over the amount of water the seedlings get each day.

As Don Luis tours his home based farm, he harvests fruits and leaves from the plants that are growing for visitors to sample. Three months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico, Don Luis and other small, local farmers already had…

Last tomato harvest of 2016, picked the night before the first frost of the season.

Green tomatoes harvested before the first frost of the Fall 2016 season.

Bowl of cherry tomatoes harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.

A small harvest from the Raíces EcoCulture garden gathered at the end of the 2016 growing season.

End of summer tomato harvest ripening on the windowsill.

Tomatoes originated in the Andes, where they grew wild with very small fruits, most likely yellow in color. There are species of tomatoes that still grow wild there today. Tomatoes were…
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