Tomato 411

OK…here we are ….ready for the big weekend! First it’s Mother’s Day….then as we all know….it’s “Planting Tomatoes Day Too!” Let me get some of the stiffness out of planting a tomato plant. Every year I get a ton of questions about how we should plant our friend the Tomato, lets look at the basics. [...]

I don’t panic easily and I’m not going to now! However, I have always believed in the old adage about an “Ounce of protection”! The local agricultural folks have asked me to post about a disease that occurs in Tomatoes and Potatoes called “Late Blight”. You can read all about it here…. Tomato Late Blight [...]

OK….so we’re a tad early with all the problems that can arise from growing tomatoes and tomato diseases, but we’re not too early for soil preparation. Soil preparation is one of the most fundamental things we can do to insure good health for our tomatoes. Many of the diseases that afflict tomatoes are borne from [...]