Growing Tomatoes
Growing Tomatoes for the Urban Farm
Maximize your urban farm's profitability with expert tomato growing strategies from Michael Bell of Dallas 1/2 Acre Farm. This guide covers essential tips for selecting high-yield tomato varieties, optimizing space, and ensuring a continuous, marketable crop.
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Managing Overgrown Tomatoes
Need help with Overgrown, Unmanageable tomato plants? Follow along as we prune an entire hoop house of tomatoes.
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Pruning Indeterminate Tomatoes for Maximum Production in a Hoop House
Here we will walk you through how to prune and trellis to get the most from your plants. With Nick from Bootstrap Farmer we start off this four part series by walking you through how to identify and prune the parts of indeterminate tomato plants.
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Using the Lower and Lean Method for Indeterminate Tomatoes in a Hoop House
The lower and lean method of trellising indeterminate tomatoes in a hoop house has many advantages. Ease of working conditions and maximum fruit production are the key features of this style of tomato growing. When done properly pruning along with lowering and leaning will increase productivity and keep your plants healthier.
Building Trellis for Indeterminate Tomatoes
In this article we cover selecting the proper wire cable diameter based on the number of plants you will be growing and show our best practices for anchoring cables to your hoop house. Trellising indeterminate tomatoes allows the farmer to efficiently maintain and harvest crops for a full growing season while keeping the house’s pest and disease pressure to a minimum.
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The Ultimate Indoor Tomato Seed Starting Guide for Gardeners
Save money and trial new varieties by starting your tomato seedlings at home.