winter tomatoes

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Winter Tomatoes, The End

OK, so tomatoes that have been outside and are brought inside to attempt to continue their lives throughout the winter in a nice sunny location is a bad idea...a really bad, gross, bug infested idea.  Truth.Judy was right, it's a good idea in theory and the pictures in the magazine looked promising, but it can go downhill very quickly.Our problem…
December 13, 2012
Winter Tomatoes – Coming Inside

Winter Tomatoes – Coming Inside

Can one actually grow tomatoes inside throughout the winter?  Well, I guess we'll find out soon enough, ha?So far, the process has been fairly painless...the cuttings rooted well, transplanted fine and even recovered enough in the last month to put out some new growth and several little flowers! So, with the cooler evenings (and treats of frost) we brought in…
October 10, 2012
Winter Tomatoes, continued

Winter Tomatoes, continued

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my hope/goal of growing some winter tomatoes throughout the cold months.  Well, here's the progress so far...On August 13th I took 3 cuttings from each cherry tomato (a bi-color cherry and a small sweet cherry), trimmed them of their bottom leaves and placed them in a 5 gallon bucket about 1/2 full with…
September 12, 2012
Winter Tomatoes

Winter Tomatoes

While grocery shopping last weekend I decided to treat myself to the latest Mother Earth News Wiser Living series.  Inside, I found an article about growing tomatoes throughout the winter and knew that I would just have to try it! Last year I had hoped to still have tomatoes for Thanksgiving, but that didn't happen as they all ripened up…
August 2, 2012