by Spenser | Oct 28, 2020 | Tomato Gardening
Pruning your tomatoes is an essential practice for home gardeners! With tomatoes, we want to maximize the efficiency of photosynthesis and minimize the risk of disease. This is best accomplished by ensuring that each leaf has plenty of room and is supported up off the...
by Great Big Plants | Jan 30, 2019 | Tomato Gardening, Your Garden
Growing Tomatoes If you find growing tomatoes to be challenging, you are not alone. Some gardeners seem to really struggle with growing tomatoes, while others end up supplying the whole neighborhood. We believe that tomato plants will produce more tomatoes and better...
by Great Big Plants | Jan 29, 2019 | Frequently Asked Questions, Tomato Gardening
How To Avoid Blossom End Rot On Tomatoes Growing tomatoes can seem very easy for some folks and enjoying your own vine ripened heirloom tomatoes is a real treat. However, there are several issues that can arise seemingly out of nowhere and ruin what a tomato gardener...
by Spenser | Oct 19, 2016 | Garden Soil, Organic Gardening, Tomato Gardening
Our good friend in Southern California, Kim E., decided to try Great Big Plants Compost Extract this summer and was gracious enough to share some of her results along the way! She had set up a small sized herb and vegetable garden in her back yard for basil,...
by Great Big Plants | Sep 30, 2014 | Organic Gardening, Tomato Gardening
Here are more details on the successful Juniper Street Community Garden in Flagstaff, Arizona started by Jim Mast (Tomato Jim), his daughter and granddaughters. The garden has 12 raised beds built of small diameter pine logs. Each plot is 4 feet x 20 feet. July 10 –...
by Great Big Plants | Aug 5, 2014 | Organic Gardening, Tomato Gardening
Review: My daughter Marie and her daughters and I have teamed up to grow a vegetable garden this year at the Juniper Street Community Garden here in Flagstaff, AZ. The garden has 12 raised beds built of small diameter pine logs. Each plot is 4 feet x 20 feet. The...
