Suppose a community garden in your neighborhood has both individually owned plots and alarge, common plot. If soil and sunlight conditionsare the same everywhere in the garden, explainwhy tomatoes grown in individually owned plotsare so much better than tomatoes grown in thecommon plot.

Suppose a community garden in your neighborhood has both individually owned plots and alarge, common plot. If soil and sunlight conditionsare the same everywhere in the garden, explainwhy tomatoes grown in individually owned plotsare so much better than tomatoes grown in thecommon plot.

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large, common plot. If soil and sunlight conditions
are the same everywhere in the garden, explain
why tomatoes grown in individually owned plots
are so much better than tomatoes grown in the
common plot.

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