Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes…
It is that time of year in New England when you can begin to feel safe about planting your tomatoes outside. No promises, but it looks as though there won’t be a frost anytime soon…
We have some of the best tomatoes in the region, grown from seed and then transplanted to six packs, all on our own premise, and almost all of it done by hand. There is no disease on our tomatoes - blight in particular - because we are careful about growing, and all of our seed is new.
Choose from lots of tomato varieties: large beef masters, several smaller hybrids, sweet cherries, grapes that produce A LOT of tomato, all kinds of heirlooms, yellow tomatoes with less acid, tasty orange, and many more. We also have single tomato plants, and porch tomatoes in larger pots. We will likely have them through June, but the busy season for tomatoes and other vegetables begins now…
If you need or want to grow in planters, we can tell you what varieties work best. A quick tip for tomatoes in pots — add a bit of lime to the soil; this will help prevent blossom end rot, those destructive black blotches that appear on the bottom of the tomato.
We also have all kinds of peppers, eggplant, squash, cucumbers, okra, tons of basil — the vegetable and herb list goes on. Stop in and let us help you plan a fall harvest.
Want to learn more about the late blight that damaged the crops last year? Read here, from UMass Amherst: Late Blight Alert
