…sea were other factors the growers cited. The Origins of Roma Tomatoes Roma tomatoes are plum tomatoes bred using San Marzano tomatoes as one of their parents. Romas are open-pollinated…
…are important. Therefore, spacing tomato seedlings at least 24 inches apart is recommended. If growing determinate tomatoes, install a tomato cage when transplanting. If growing indeterminate tomatoes, install a stake…
…also known as NC Tomatoman, is a retired chemist and the author of two books on gardening, “Epic Tomatoes” and “Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales.” He’s also the tomato adviser…
…Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 004: Heirloom Tomatoes: Past, Present and Future with Craig LeHoullier Episode 047: Tomato Seedling Mistakes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 056: Tomato Care Checklist with…
…my tomato plants in bales. Craig offers this explanation: Chewing insects that enjoyed some of the tomato foliage may be vectors for tomato diseases, or the seed themselves could have…
…Supermarket Tomato As a self-proclaimed “Tomato Geek,” Barry began investigating why grocery store tomatoes are often so tasteless. How are they grown? How are they shipped? Is there room for…
I have a love/hate relationship with tomatoes. This year, I have 32 tomato plants in spite of knowing that tomatoes are notorious for being a lot of work in the…
…Heirloom Tomatoes: Past, Present and Future with Craig LeHoullier Episode 047: Tomato Seedling Mistakes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 056: Tomato Care Checklist with Craig LeHoullier Episode 064: Tomato Growing Season…
…003: Growing Epic Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 004: Heirloom Tomatoes: Past, Present and Future with Craig LeHoullier Episode 047: Tomato Seedling Mistakes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 056: Tomato Care…
…My Tomato? Mid-Season Care with Craig LeHoullier Episode 047: Tomato Seedling Mistakes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 056: Tomato Care Checklist with Craig LeHoullier Episode 064: Tomato Growing Season Lookback: Lessons…
…fungicide control. Pest impact on tomatoes Most diseases that plague tomatoes are caused by either fungus or bacteria. But viruses are a third and untreatable blow for tomato plants. Insect…
…tomatoes just coming on the vines. Craig is always a wealth of fascinating tomato tidbits. In addition to writing, Craig also teaches classes to share his wealth of tomato…
…Episode 066: Tomatoland: The Dirty Truth of the Tasteless Tomato, with Barry Estabrook The Numbers on Fertilizer Labels, What They Mean joegardenerTV YouTube: How to Make the Ultimate Tomato Cage…
Tomatoes are one of the most popular garden edibles. Unfortunately, they are also one of the most challenging. Highly disease-prone, tomato plants often start strong and set a tantalizing crop…
…cool-season crops is totally worth the space the tomato plant occupies. “Mexican Midget” tomatoes are tiny put the pack the flavor of a large heirloom tomato. Having them in…
…be available for purchase by gardeners everywhere. Craig has also been devoting time to a new type of tomato – the dwarf tomato. Many heirloom tomatoes are indeterminate – meaning…
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…book: Epic Tomatoes Craig’s blog Links & Resources Episode 005: What’s Wrong With My Tomato? Mid-Season Care With Craig LeHoullier Episode 047: Tomato Seedling Mistakes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 056:…
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…you love eating and growing a certain variety of tomato and you wish to grow the same tomato next gardening season, check whether your tomato is an open-pollinated variety —…
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…me your specific follow-up questions as the season progresses. I hope you enjoy this encore presentation of Epic Tomatoes author, Craig LeHoullier’s tomato care check-list. Whether you’re growing one tomato…
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…episode. Our most popular blog post and video with simple step-by-step instructions on How to Make the Ultimate Tomato Cage. Craig’s books: Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales…
…particularly for our problem-prone tomato plants. I love growing tomatoes. My garden is usually packed to the brim with them, and this season is no exception. I have no fewer…
…tomato also look unhealthy in the cool of the early season – specifically, Sun Gold tomatoes or any heart-shaped, plum or paste tomato. These varieties may all look worse for…
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…some pictures with your arms full of tomato fruit. What do you do with all that tomato fruit? Joe: I eat as many tomatoes as I can for those first…
…the buffet available in each bed. 2019 Takeaway #4 I love growing tomatoes. My favorites are the large and ever-growing indeterminate varieties. Unfortunately, tomatoes can be particularly challenging in…
…tomato garden success. Here is one of her early August tomato harvests that she says was heavy on cherry tomatoes and plump with saucing tomatoes. (photo: © Meg Cowden) …
…produces and not the fruit. For example, if you pollinate the flowers on a cherry tomato plant with pollen from a beefsteak tomato flower, you’ll still get cherry tomatoes. It’s…
…to look up. I discovered it is ranked as one of the top five best tasting tomatoes of 2015. It is a robust-flavored tomato released by a Polish tomato breeder…
…cattle panel trellis will give vining tomatoes the support they need. The Season for Tomatoes It is the season for tomatoes, and a lot of people are excited about…
…cages, Joe. And she’s wondering if you shake the tomato cages or if you hand pollinate your tomato plants. How do you pollinate your tomatoes? Joe: Okay, so I love…
…for 30 seconds or so. In this brief time, I observe any signs of stress that need to be addressed. Keep Growing Dwarf Tomato Plants Dwarf tomato plants are…
…on her tomatoes. Armyworms, like fruitworms, destroy tomatoes themselves. A third destructive caterpillar found on tomatoes is the hornworm, which eats the foliage of tomato plants. Armyworms are the larval…
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…All Time,” by Craig LeHoullier “Epic Tomatoes” author Craig LeHoullier has been a recurring guest on the podcast, and he’s an expert on all things tomato. This book is a…
…tomatoes along your public-facing space. They are prolific and easy to pick, so hopefully, visitors will enjoy a tomato or two and move along. I planted cherry tomatoes near…
…Episode 003: Epic Tomato Growing with Craig LeHoullier Episode 004: Heirloom Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 005: What’s Wrong with my Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 033: Savvy Seed Catalog…
…resource for gardeners everywhere. Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time, by Craig LeHoullier You had to know I would include Epic Tomatoes….
…Tomatoes are self-pollinating. That means their flowers don’t need a neighboring tomato plant in order to pollinate. The flower of a tomato, will receive its own pollen before a neighboring…
…bag. Instead of two tomatoes in the same large bag, you can mix a tomato with a shallow-rooted crop. There are budget concerns when using larger grow bags. Not only…
…and dry tomatoes — don’t core or peel. (Blanching tomatoes is unnecessary.) Place tomatoes, whole and spaced out, on a cookie sheet and freeze. Pop frozen tomatoes into freezer bags…
…LeHoullier, the author of “Epic Tomatoes” and “Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales,” grows his tomatoes exclusively in straw bales and has amazing production, with far less disease pressure. At the…
…– or you can look for varieties with resistance to that disease. For example, fusarium wilt is a soil-borne bacterial disease which is most likely to strike tomato plants. If…
…and intense heat. Preventing Blossom End Rot Denise R. is experiencing blossom end rot on a number of her tomatoes, though the majority are doing just fine. The tomatoes…
…on tomato cones to stake your tomato plants? You know, those cheap wire cones you see everywhere for tomatoes? They don’t work. Use livestock panels instead – they’re the best…
…and has some of the best flavor out there. It’s popular with many gardeners. The Juliette tomato is another good F1-hybrid example. A member of the roma-style tomatoes – it…
…the original seed through Tomato Guy Craig LeHoullier decades ago. Mr. Byles owned a radiator shop in Western Virginia and sold his unique tomato seedlings for $1 each – a…
…Mulvihill) The Big Bad of Tomato Pests: The Hornworm Both the tomato hornworm and the tobacco hornworm eat tomato plants, quickly devouring the leaves and branches. The green caterpillars…
…tell you the approximate number of days which will pass before you can start to harvest leaves. On the other hand, a tomato seed packet might indicate something like “70…
…and the small tomato on the same plant are identical. Instead of looking for the one largest tomato, look for the tomato plant with an abundance of large tomatoes. To…
…Tomato Plants Running a small-scale farm means always looking for potential advantages, and one that Neversink Farm relies on is the grafted tomato plant. These plants aren’t mainstream for the…
…egg-laying by cabbage worms. (photo: Jessica Walliser) Masking Hosts Plants Does planting dill or marigolds with tomatoes repel tomato pests? The conventional wisdom says yes, but Jessica says that…
…next tomato crop. When growing tomatoes on a scale the size of Stone Barns, crop rotation is particularly important for soil health, disease suppression and so much more. This…
…are now 140 varieties of heirloom-style dwarf tomatoes available, with a mature size of 4 feet compared to indeterminate tomatoes that can grow to great heights. It’s the best of…
…the GardenFarm: Podcast episode 19 What’s Wrong With my Tomato: Podcast episode 5 (Previous podcasts on tomato growing with Craig LeHoullier) Heirloom Tomatoes: Podcast episode 4 (Previous podcasts on tomato…
…is really joyful,” Meg says. Tomatoes are an example of a crop with a lot of potential for succession planting: cherry tomatoes ripen early, then paste tomatoes come in with…
…Episode 004: Heirloom Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 005: What’s Wrong with my Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 033: Savvy Seed Catalog Shopping with Craig LeHoullier Episode 037: Starting Seeds…
…photos of their gardens packed with tomato plants. I get it, they’re excited and they want a lot of tomatoes in that bed, but there gets to be a point…
…This is the case for cultivated hybrid plants. Hybrids are the result of intentionally cross-pollinating two varieties – two different types of tomato, for example. (I’m a tomato fan, so…
…rainstorm. If there is only a soft, brief rain; the tomato plant won’t become very wet. In a heavy downpour; the tomato foliage become doused in the dense delivery of…
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…Roger grew eight tomato plants and yielded around 350 pounds of tomatoes. Hydroponic lettuce a month later. Look how much it’s grown! (Courtesy of Roger Sadowski) How Much…
…a monoculture of identical crops that they can hone in on. For instance, garlic, onions or aromatic herbs next to tomatoes can deter tomato pests. Insects are vectors for many…
…Academy™ course, Growing Epic Tomatoes, co-led by Craig LeHoullier. This brand new course will turn you into a tomato-growing expert in no time. Why Harden Off Seedlings Hardening off…
…to differences between heirloom seeds. “So your heirloom tomato is different from my heirloom tomato or your heirloom cannabis or whatever because the seeds’ bacterial mix is just a little…
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…Our mutual friend Craig Lehoullier, a tomato expert, appeared on an early episode of Maria’s podcast and afterward offered to send her micro-dwarf tomato seeds. The compact tomato plants were…
…insects or wildlife that depend on the original variety. George gives the example of the tomato. Most consumers prefer tomatoes which are a full red color. So, tomato varieties which…
…Resources Episode 003: Epic Tomato Growing with Craig LeHoullier Episode 004: Heirloom Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 005: What’s Wrong with my Tomatoes with Craig LeHoullier Episode 033: Savvy Seed…
…Pepper Breeding There are some varieties of tomatoes known as non-ripening tomatoes due to their fruit staying green and hard. There are no non-ripening peppers, but pepper breeders would love…
…bags and use as needed. Be sure to label bags to note date going into freezing. Roasting tomatoes and freezing Great for cherry tomatoes. Theresa’s go to for tomato flavor….
…tomatoes just because that’s what everyone does (but seriously – who doesn’t love tomatoes?). What colors do you love? How much space do you want to fill? Do you want…
…collaborates with small farms to try to meet their needs. Recently, farmers in the Midwest were struggling with their tomato varieties. They couldn’t find seed for tomatoes which offered disease…
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…ways, conditions were more favorable this year, as it’s been hot and dry in Nova Scotia and she harvested bushels of tomatoes, compared to 2019 when conditions were cool and…
…tomato foliage. Now, you have a problem. Now, let’s insert a beneficial insect into this scenario: The aphid is eating tomato foliage. Enter the beneficial syrphid fly. (Never heard of…
…instructions for spacing between plants, and one of the reasons why suckers are removed from tomato plants. Remove It! If a diseased plant is in your garden, Jeff says don’t…
…I Grow Peppers? one-sheet and keep the free resource handy for your reference. Peppers are in the nightshade family, along with tomatoes and eggplants. Not only are peppers easy to…
…in the “understory” of slower-growing crops. Lettuce could be easily interspersed amongst tomatoes. While the tomatoes are young and just beginning to set on lots of foliage, the sun is…
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…as “Tomato Fertilizer” or “Rose Fertilizer.” Yet if you were to compare various brands of either, you would notice that the formulations are quite different. The “Tomato Fertilizer” products would…
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