Growing plants 101: Tomato's?

Where to begin? I want to start growing my own fruit and vegetables but I've never done any gardening before. Where do I buy tomato plants and when do I start growing. Is their a 101 website for growing plants?

Growing plants 101: Tomato's?
Most tomato varieties are either determinate or indeterminate. Determinate varieties grow to a certain height and stop, flower and set all their fruit within a relatively short period of time, which is an advantage if you want a large crop for canning. Indeterminate tomatoes grow, flower, and set fruit over a long period, if you like to eat your tomatoes fresh, choose an indeterminate variety.



1. It's easiest to buy a tomato plant from a nursery and transplant it to your garden. Plant several varieties rather than all of one type.

2. As a rule of thumb, have two plants for each member of the family who will eat tomatoes.

3. Choose a sunny spot to place the plants.

4. Prepare the garden bed by adding lots of compost tomatoes demand a growing medium rich in organic matter.

5. Space tomato plants 18 to 36 inches apart.

6. Water when needed. Check soil.

7. A week or two after transplanting, consider using a tomato cage or a stake to support the tomato vine.

8.Watch for fruit to appear 45 to 90 days after transplanting.
Reply:how much space do you have? Do you have access to a tiller?

I like to grow my tomatoes from seeds but at this point in the summer I'd buy seedlings. Any Home Depot type store or farmers trading post or co-op will have plants you can buy. If you can only have a few, get a large pot for each plant, the dirt to fill it, place it in a sunny spot, water it and watch it grow.



Growing your own vegetables is (besides having children) the most rewarding and life-enriching thing you can do. The tomatoes from your own plants taste SOOO much better than any grocery store imposter.



You should read: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver. It's changing my life and I just finished it.
Reply:Well Tomatoes are the most commonly grown vegetables among home gardeners, so if i were you i would start there. the most important things you need to know about gardening vegetables is that they all require Very tilled up soil, lots of sun, water, and some TLC every once in a while. Weeding and fertilizing are also important, unless you are growing herbs, where in that case any fertilizer is bad and sometimes lethal!

Here are a few sites that can help you on your full journey:

http://www.almanac.com/

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/

I personally would find the first website most helpful because it will tell you when to plant, where to plant, how to plant, and all that other good stuff like storing food, weather, etc. the second website will tell you more advanced stuff like invasive bugs and weeds, how to control them, etc.



If you ever have any specific questions about gardening, i would be more than glad to answer them for you. You can e-mail me at Samuelmonteon@Gmail.com
Reply:if you spent some time on the site you get some vegetables and tomatoes tip

http://gardening-tips-idea.com/Tomatogro...

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