Should You Prune Tomato Plants?
Vegetable gardeners have argued for years about whether tomato plants should be pruned or not. Some gardeners are very religious about their pruning, while others could care less. So which gardener is right? I have had successful tomato crops when I pruned and also when I didn’t prune the plants. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of pruning your tomato plants: Continue »
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8 Unusual Items For Fertilizing Tomatoes
Just about every tomato grower has a secret weapon for growing those perfect tomatoes. There are just about as many different methods that people use to grow tomatoes as there are tomato varieties. Organic gardening methods have brought about many homemade tomato (all vegetables really) fertilizers and techniques – not to mention the plight to be more frugal. Here are eight strange things that I have used, seen, read, or heard about for fertilizing tomatoes. Some of these are fairly common in vegetable gardening, while there are a few that just seem plain weird. Continue »
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Veggie Gardening Tips’ Tomato Trellising System
One of the vegetable gardening blogs/websites that I check out frequently is Kenny Point’s veggiegardeningtips.com. His website is always packed with very interesting articles and videos. Recently he featured a video on a new tomato trellising and training system. Continue »
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Topsy Turvy Tomatoes
One rainy day a couple weeks ago I was kicked back in the recliner catching up on some recently missed TV shows. While flipping through the channel I came across an infomercial about growing tomatoes using the Topsy Turvy Upside-Down Tomato Planter
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My Tomato Plants – 3 Weeks Later
It has been a month since I planted my tomato plants, and I figured I would give an update on them. I planted 11 tomato plants in my garden on April 14th, and added two more tomato plants on May 3rd for a total of 13 tomato plants. Some gardeners think having 13 plants is bad luck, but don’t go getting superstitious on me (if I don’t get any tomatoes this year, I will reconsidered my feelings on superstitions).
Here’s a picture of one of my Big Beef tomatoes right after planting on April 14th: Continue »
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Fertilizing Tomato Plants
Tomatoes are vigorous, fast growing, and heavy feeding plants which require fertilization a few times during the season. Tomatoes have specific nutritional needs such as nitrogen, phosphate, potash, calcium, magnesium, potassium and other micro-nutrients to build cell wall structure and increase plant vigor.
There has been much debate about what kind of fertilizer to use, how often to use it, and how to apply it. Here I will explain how I fertilize my tomato plants and what kind of fertilizers I use. I have always had very good results using these methods – producing robust tomato plants and a bountiful harvest. Continue »
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Planting Tomatoes The Easy Way
There are many different ways to plant tomatoes and everyone has their own way. Many gardeners have certain rituals and techniques they use to plant their beloved tomatoes, and some even get down right religious about their methods. There are no right or wrong ways to plant a tomato as long as the plants grow to become vigorous and productive – that’s the point of planting them in the first place, right? Continue »
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Welcome To Growing Tomatoes
Tomatoes are without a doubt the most popular home-grown vegetable. There are many reasons for their popularity, such as great taste, an abundance of cultivars to choose from, and the ease of growing. Every home vegetable gardener should have tomatoes as a member of their garden. Continue »
