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/great-tomato-experiment/great-tomato-experiment-revisited/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/great-tomato-experiment-revisited/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:45:50 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=569 I’ve had a bit of a setback on The Great Tomato Experiement; I ran into a stretch of bad weather, followed by what I think was possibly an overdose of potassium.  As a result, all three plants are in sad, sad shape.  In fact, so sad that I am starting over! What Will I Do Differently? First, [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/great-tomato-experiment-revisited/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/heirlooms-in-the-garden/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/heirlooms-in-the-garden/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:43:21 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=518 The heirlooms in the garden are growing strong!  With 2 days of gentle rain, the plants are rocketing skyward.  Who said hybrids were the only ones to grow fast? I mentioned in my post for the last heirloom tomato report that I’d post some photos.  I just walked out to the garden, camera in hand, so here [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/heirlooms-in-the-garden/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:00:08 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=493 The Great Tomato Experiment is underway!  This is the first report of the series, and the race is just beginning. While you can read the full story behind The Great Tomato Experiment, a summary is as follows: There are three plants, grown from seed from the same packet (plant variety is the heirloom tomato Pineapple).  One plant is [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/great-tomato-experiment/gt-experiment-report-1/feed/ 0 http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/growing-huge-tomatoes/ http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/growing-huge-tomatoes/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:06:06 +0000 Gail http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/?p=145 Are you interested in growing huge tomatoes? Would you like to see massive tomatoes on your vines? What about large volumes of tomatoes — lots and lots and lots from a single plant? Two books have gotten my attention lately, and have intrigued me.  One is about taking a tomato plant to new heights (both literally [...]]]> http://www.homegrown-tomatoes.com/growing-tomatoes/growing-huge-tomatoes/feed/ 2