How to grow ‘Dixie Red’ tomato plants? The Dixie Red tomato (as in the fruit), which is a hybrid tomato, takes approximately 85 days after transplanting before it’s ready to harvest. The plant caters to high yields of red fruit – the fruits being between eight and 12 ounces each. That’s a little over…
How to Grow Roma Tomatoes How to grow Roma tomatoes – Enjoy a good tomato sauce that’s freshly made at home? Then you should be growing Roma cherry tomatoes! Read: Best tomato for sauces. The wonderful Roma tomato is also an excellent choice for salsa. Read: Best tomato for salsa. But…
Celebrity Tomato Here we’re discussing Celebrity tomato plants as opposed to recipes that utilize Celebrity tomatoes. The ‘Celebrity’ tomato plant should not be confused with the ‘Bush Celebrity’ tomato plant… ‘Bush Celebrity’ is particularly compact, and only reaches a height of around 15 inches. (Can you imagine how small the fruit is?…
Phoenix Tomato Plant Growing Notes: Phoenix tomato plants are determinate in growth habit. Phoenix tomato plants are resistant to gray leaf spot, Verticillium and Fusarium wilts, and Alternaria stem canker. The Phoenix tomato is available as an heirloom, cherry, and Roma grape. How to Grow Phoenix Tomato Phoenix tomato plants, and indeed, Phoenix…
How do I grow ‘Solar Fire’ tomatoes? Are Solar Fire tomato plants determinate or indeterminate? Determinate. Are Solar Fire tomato plants resistant to disease? Solar Fire is resistant to Verticillium and Fusarium wilt and to gray leaf spot. Solar Fire is a hybrid tomato plant. Not to be confused with the beefsteak…
No doubt you’ve come across the words ‘determinate’ and ‘indeterminate’ when reading about tomatoes. It can be a bit confusing to determine what determinate and indeterminate mean. Here I’ll provide some insights which should help to clear up any confusion. Among the various classifications, you will likely – or at least possibly – see…
How do you grow container tomatoes and get mouth-watering results from your efforts? Let’s find out now… 1. Select the perfect location for your tomato plants While tomatoes can be grown almost anywhere – within reason – they do prefer sunlight, and they do prefer that sunlight to last for at…