Wild Boar’s Brad Gates to talk tomatoes at Green Acres
Tomato breeder extraordinaire will share insights, latest varieties
Tagged: warm-weather vegetables
No matter the forecast, it’s too early to plant tomatoes
They may be on sale already, but it’s not time yet
Get help planning your summer garden
Time to break out the summer seeds and plan the 2021 summer garden. The UCCE master gardeners have a class for that. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) It’s only January, but it’s already time to start...
Best wishes for a successful tomato season!
This is what we hope all the planting and tending will lead to, right? A beautiful harvest of tomatoes in the summer. Happy dreams! (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Today is the second-most optimistic day in...
Is it too early to plant tomatoes?
Just because they’re in the nurseries doesn’t mean it’s time to plant tomatoes. These likely were greenhouse-grown, meaning they really need ideal (warm) soil conditions to get growing. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) “Can I plant...
Is it ripe? Can I pick it now?
Is that watermelon ready to be picked? Some investigative work would be necessary to answer that. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) It depends on what it is and sometimes why it’s being grown The first vegetable...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of June 7
Tomato plants are flowering, with harvests yet ahead. Tomatoes and other summer vegetables still can be planted now; look for fast-developing varieties. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) Great planting weather as mild temperatures return Just like...
Dig In: Garden checklist for week of March 29
Tomato seedlings wait inside for better planting weather, likely in late April. (Photo: Kathy Morrison) Wait on tomato transplants; tackle weeds now March has thrown us all sorts of surprises – including weather. After...
Talkin’ vegetable varieties for spring planting
These are not my eggplants, that’s for sure — they were growing at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in 2019. Pretty sure they are the Fairy Tale variety, which is an All America Selection...
No, peppers are not cold-weather plants
Oh, these poor pepper plants, at a big-box store on Feb. 9. Note the flower buds already on some of them. (Photos: Kathy Morrison) There they were Tuesday, flats and flats of them, on...