[orsonwb]

Was good to see what varieties would work best in my area.

[pghkevin]

bookmark for later

[Red_Devil 232]

Of interest to the Gardening Thread?

[Ken H]

I’ve had zero luck planting tomatoes. Doesn’t matter if they’re ripe or green, nothing ever sprouts.

[aquila48]

Good timing info - I’m getting ready to plant. Thanks.

[sneakers]

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[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you for posting. Have not gardened for the past 2 years due to surgery. I hope to put in tomatoes, at least, this year.

[Banjoguy]

In our area, (Orlando, Florida) all tomatoes must be container grown. Nematodes will cause most of the species to cease production and subsequently to wilt and die. No matter if you are a planting expert, as long as chemical fumigation is denied the home grower, the successful growing of tomatoes here is problematic. For me it has become labor intensive and largely a fools errand.

None of the planting guides mention this pervasive problem.

[matthew fuller]

Thanks for posting this.

[Texan]

Central/South Texas: I grow tomatoes every year. The newer varieties do best. I highly recommend Tycoon. Also planted Phoenix this year which was also highly rated. Both are very heat tolerant and don't split.

Also, remember to plant them deep.

[Victor]

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[Roses0508]

Bump. Will try again this year.

[Leaning Right]

For later reading. Thanks for posting this.

[mmichaels1970]

Looking to plant this spring from the first time in years. Does anybody have trimming suggestions/pointers? My dad planted last year and they got huge with big thick stalks which produced little fruit.

His thought was that he didn’t trim them and just let them grow wild. Does that sound like a valid theory?

[KosmicKitty]

My trick - feed them weekly.

Grow mostly heirlooms, usually have 50+ plants and I get 300 or more pounds in a good years. Of course, some heirlooms are not heavy producers.

[Madam Theophilus]

The best garden experiment I ever conducted was last year - determinate tomatoes in grow bags, sitting in a kid’s wading pool. I stuck cheap wire supports in the bags so the plants stayed upright. Covered the potting soil in the bags with a nice layer of compost. The tomatoes grew beautifully and I harvested more tomatoes from the bags than the other six plants that were in raised beds.

This is the video that gave me the idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf5fB3fnTuE

I did not use the gutter system, but just put the bags in a plastic wading pool. Watering was super-simple, just filled the wading pool with the hose. Plants sucked up the water without a problem. I purchased the shopping bags from Amazon in a lot of 15 for $10.

[ansel12]

I’m probably one of the few here to grow a 16’ tall x 12’ foot wide foot tomato plant, and have the same plant (a volunteer) continually producing for years and years, until the lot was scraped for a new house.

[JimRed]

Has anyone here tried the hanging planter in which the plants are upside down? I used to see it advertised on TV, but not recently.

[June2]

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[Yaelle]

I am not putting this up as an ad. I just love when gardening time rolls around to read the descriptions of these different heirloom varieties. I’ve bought from her and she does happen to be local, but if you are sitting around in freezing weather dreaming of homegrown tomatoes, this site is very inspiring. Just for fun.

http://www.heirloomtomatoplants.com