http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com Mmmmm - Delicious! Sat, 14 May 2011 18:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plants-or-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plants-or-seeds/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:40:23 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=429 Should you buy tomato plants or grow from seeds?  There are some good arguments both ways, and I sometimes do both.  Let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of each. Buying Tomato Plants There are two main things you need to be concerned with, when buying tomato plants for your garden. First, how do the plants look?  Are [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plants-or-seeds/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plant-updates/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plant-updates/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:43:58 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=408 Here are some tomato plant updates for the week (as well as tomato seed updates).  Sorry I haven’t been around much this week — I’ve been busy with my tomatoes (not to mention with my other veggies). Supersweet 100 I mentioned in my first tomato update post that I had three SuperSweet 100 plants, and I was going [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/tomato-plant-updates/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds-update/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds-update/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:30:04 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=235 In my previous post about germinating tomato seeds, I mentioned that I had planted quite a few seeds that were at least 10 years old.  While I expected some of these seeds to germinate (I do have some rare seeds in my collection), I wasn’t expecting a high germination rate.  At most, I was hoping [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds-update/feed/ 1 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:51:24 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=171 Germinating tomato seeds, or more specifically growing tomatoes from seeds, really isn’t that difficult.  Using seeds, you can grow a whole lot more varieties than what you find in your local garden shop. If you’re adventurous, why not try growing a new variety (or varieties) of tomatoes from seeds?  Maybe some heirloom tomatoes, while you’re at [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/tomato-seeds/germinating-tomato-seeds/feed/ 5