Growing Tomatoes
Alainia Hagerty from tomatobaby.com talks about growing tomatoes. Big box stores carry only a few varieties of tomatoes but today there are many on-line vendors that offer many varieties of tomatoes. There is also the option to grow the seeds from a seed catalog. You can pick some for production and some for taste. There a large number of colors and sizes of tomatoes you can pick from and experiment with. Pick named cultivars, then you can get the exact same tomato next year.
When you plant a tomato plant, plant at least half the stem in the ground. The underground part of the stem will form roots in your soil. Because of this, leggy or long spindly tomatoes work well. Prune off the branches on the bottom and lay the whole plant in a trench with the leaves above the ground. Water well for the first few days, the soil should always be moist to wet. This will help those new roots form.
Tomatoes like the heat but their pollen is less viable in the heat. Tomato flowers are self-pollinating, the pollen needs to simply fall from the male portion of the flower to the female portion. To help this process use an electric toothbrush and use it to vibrate the flowers to help the pollen get to where it needs to go.
July 9, 2016
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When you plant a tomato plant, plant at least half the stem in the ground. The underground part of the stem will form roots in your soil. Because of this, leggy or long spindly tomatoes work well. Prune off the branches on the bottom and lay the whole plant in a trench with the leaves above the ground. Water well for the first few days, the soil should always be moist to wet. This will help those new roots form.
Tomatoes like the heat but their pollen is less viable in the heat. Tomato flowers are self-pollinating, the pollen needs to simply fall from the male portion of the flower to the female portion. To help this process use an electric toothbrush and use it to vibrate the flowers to help the pollen get to where it needs to go.
July 9, 2016
Related Resources:
Tomatoes for the Home Garden
Growing Home Garden Tomatoes
Georgia Home Grown Tomatoes