Fran Sorin

Vegetables

Hottest Trends In Growing Tomatoes


If you’re a bit startled when you dine at a chic neighborhood restaurant and are billed $10 for an appetizer of fresh, sliced, all organic tomatoes with salt sprinkled on them; or when you walk into the organic vegetable section of your local purveyor of high end natural foods and spot yellow and red skinned tomatoes selling for 3.99 and 4.99 a pound, well, welcome to the wild and wacky world of tomatoes in 2005.
 
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Staking Tomatoes


By supporting and training tomatoes, you can save space, prevent soil rot and leaf blight, and make harvesting easier. It's important to put the supports into place before the plants get too large. I like to get them in when they're 3 inches tall.

 
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Mid Summer Crops


Contrary to popular belief, sowing crops during the summer is possible. A few guidelines: Choose seeds that will germinate during warmer temperatures, follow the directions on the seed packet, water diligently to ensure that the seeds get at least 1 inch of water per week, and allow for enough days from the time you sow the seeds until the first frost arrives in your climate for them to grow to maturity.
 
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