PlanterTomato Vegetable Gardening Podcast

How to Choose The Right Tomato Stakes For Your Garden (Podcast)

In this Podcast, I cover the pros and cons of various tomato staking systems so you can choose what's best for you.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Saturday, April 14, 2012:

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Choosing Tomatoes: Heirloom, Hybrid and Open Pollinated Explained (Podcast)

There are thousands of known tomato varieties so it's not surprising that gardeners can be confused by the options that are open to them.  In this podcast, I explain the the terminology used in catalogs and seed packs to describe tomatoes so that it's easy for folks to sort through the various choices.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, February 19, 2012:

PlanterTomato 2_19_2012 Choosing Tomato Varieties

How to Can Tomatoes (Podcast)

In this posting, I'll show you how to can tomatoes using both the hot water bath method and with a pressure canner.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, September 5, 2011:

How to Can Tomatoes

 

A Bad Year For Tomatoes (Podcast)

Weather, aphids and wilt have made this year a bad one for tomatoes.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, August 10, 2011:

 

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Stupice: Early Seaon Tomato Review (Podcast)

Last week, we got our first tomato of the season.  A new variety for me this year, Stupice (pronounced stew-peach-ka) is an early season, heirloom, variety from Czechoslovakia.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, July 11, 2011:

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How To Grow Tomatoes If You Have No Space, No Time, and A Black Thumb (Podcast)

The most frequent questions I get about tomatoes, are from people interested in growing them but who have very limited space.  In addition, the same folks often express concern about their own gardening skills.  In this posting, I'll show you an almost fail-proof way to grow delicious tomatoes, even if you have almost no space and lack a green thumb. 

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, March 30, 2011:

 

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New Tomatoes For 2011 Part III (Podcast)

In my two prior postings, I covered the new tomatoes offered this year by Johnny's Selected Seed & Baker Creek.  In this third and final posting on the topic, I'll point out some of the more interesting new tomatoes from Territorial Seed, Burpee, Seeds of Change and Tomato Growers Supply Company.  I also provide you with a complete list of new tomatoes from each of the catalogs covered in these three postings.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Thursday, December 23, 2010:

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New Tomatoes For 2011 - Part II (Podcast)

In my last posting, I let you know about some of the new tomatoes being offered by Baker Creek Seeds.  In this posting, I cover those sold by Johnny's Selected Seeds.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Tuesday, December 21, 2010:

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Tomatoes in the order shown below: Five Star Grape, Massada and Defiant

New Tomatoes For 2011- Part I (Podcast)

As we close the year, the new seed catalogs are rolling in.  In this and the next several Podcasts, I'll discuss the new tomato offerings for 2011.  In this first of the series, I'll cover the new tomato varieties offered by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, December 19, 2010:

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Green Doctors, Black Elephant, Chocolate Stripe, Orange Icicle and Weissbehaarte tomatoes shown below.

Last Call: How To Save Tomato Seeds (Podcast)

Many gardeners are harvesting the last tomatoes of the year.  In this post, I explain which tomato seeds to save and how to properly condition and store them.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, October 3, 2010:

 

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Canning Tomatoes & A Quick Pasta Sauce Recipe (Podcast)

In this posting, I describe how to can tomatoes using a pressure caner and provide my wife's recipe for a quick, light pasta sauce you can make in about 25 minutes.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Friday, Sept 10, 2010:

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Snowberry Cherry Tomato Review (Podcast)

Review of an unusual yellow-white cherry tomato.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, August 16, 2010:

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Top Ten Ways To Use Tomatoes (Podcast)

Ten great ways to use your tomato harvest.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Thursday, July 22, 2010:

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Tomato Ratings: Which Are The Best & The Worst Tomatoes (Podcast)

Rate your favorite (and least favorite) tomatoes and help create a shared resource for tomato lovers everywhere.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, July 19, 2010:

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A Review of the Paul Robeson Tomato (Podcast)

A tomato with a cult following.  But is it deserved? Find out in this review.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Tuesday, July 13, 2010:

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Review: Oregon Spring Tomato (Podcast)

Review of this early-maturing, red, slicing tomato.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Saturday, July 10, 2010:

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Growing Tomatoes In Containers: Four Systems Compared Part II (Podcast)

A review of four container systems used to grow tomatoes.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Thursday, July 8, 2010: 

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Tomato & Fruit Tree Labels: Keeping Things Organized (Podcast)

Tips for Keeping Your Tomatoes And Fruit Trees Labeled So You Can Remember What's What.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, June 2, 2010:

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Grow More Tomatoes: A Product That Increases Yield (Podcast)

Bonide sells a product that offers the prospect of growing more tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and other veggies.  Find out if it really works in this posting.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, May 24, 2010:

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How To Make Tomato Cages: Big, Sturdy & Cheap (Podcast)

Learn how to make awesome tomato cages for 30% of the cost of those sold at the garden store.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, May 2, 2010:

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Growing Tomatoes In Containers: Four Systems Compared (Podcast Part 1)

If you grow vegetables in containers, here's a description of four very different systems you may want to consider.  This season, I'll track the effectiveness and report back periodically on how each is producing tomatoes. 

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, April 28, 2010:

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A Tip for Pollinating Peas & Tomatoes (Podcast)

Here's a tip for ensuring good pollination if you're growing peas or tomatoes in a greenhouse.

PlanterTomato podcast for Friday, March 19, 2010.

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Heirloom Tomato Ratings from Ohio State University

Ohio State University Rating of 10 Heirloom Tomato Varieties.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, March 14, 2010.

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Martha's Mess Up?

Planter Tomato Podcast for Thursday, February 18, 2010. 

Martha Stewart hosts a tomato tasting party.  Are these really the best tasting tomatoes?

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