Tomatoes

Organic Tomato Growing Directions

Growing tomato plants are the best part of your Harvest to Home garden. All tomatoes require a trellis to cage the plants and help support the weight of the tomatoes. Make sure to keep ALL branches inside of the trellis. If a branch grows outside the trellis and sprouts a tomato, the weight will snap the branch and weaken the plant. If any branches grow taller than the trellis, prune the tomatoes so they stay within the trellis. To do this simply take a pair of scissors and cut any stems that have outgrown the trellis.

If you are watering the tomatoes yourself, make to keep the water reservoir FULL with water or keep your soil moist. During the hot summer days, tomatoes can drink up to 3 gallons of water! A self-watering or irrigation system is highly recommended. If you forget to water the box and the soil becomes very dry then very wet the tomatoes can develop black patches on their bottoms, called “blossom end rot”

Tomatoes WILL attract caterpillars, regular applications of “BT” are required.

Tomato Information

Nightshade Family

Fall/Spring/Summer Season Vegetable

Growing tomato plants are both easy and prolific. The classic tomato is king of the Harvest to Home garden.  Just one box can easily produce 30 to 50 POUNDS of sweet delicious homegrown tomatoes!  Our vine ripened, organic tomatoes have probably the greatest superiority in flavor over store bought varieties. We grow many unique heirloom tomatoes from seed to bring you culinary experiences that are not available to the average consumer as well as the tried and true beefsteak and early girl tomatoes.

Best site: In a sunny location in hot weather. Cool season varieties are also available.

Pruning and training: Tomatoes require an additional trellis to support fruit bearing branches and minimal maintenance.  Please refer to our tomato direction page for additional information.

Time to harvest: Harvest time Is dependent upon variety and usually from 8 weeks on.

Harvest: Simply pick off tomatoes when they are soft and ripe.

Tomato information: We have many different varieties of tomatoes ranging in color, shape, flavor, time to harvest, etc. Though all tomatoes share a determinate and indeterminate classification.

Determinate: These types are bushier and tend to bear all of their fruit at once or within a short period of time.

Indeterminate: These plants are more vine like, require more training, and generally bear fruit over a longer period of time.

Tip: Grow some tomatoes early, some in the middle, and some late in the season to have the longest and largest production possible, with your harvests staggered.  Once your tomatoes are producing you can have plenty of gourmet tomatoes for your salads for months!

Mature Heirloom Tomato Box