PlanterTomato Vegetable Gardening Podcast

Best Containers for Starting Seeds (Podcast)

In this last of a series of three Podcasts, I describe the pros and cons of various seed starting containers and make my recommendations.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Monday, March 26, 2012:

PlanterTomato 3_26_2012 Seed Starting Containers

How To Successfully Start Vegetable Seeds (Podcast)

 In this Podcast, I cover the steps you should follow to successfully start vegetable seeds.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Saturday, March 24, 2012:

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Free Seed Starting Calculator (Podcast)

In this Podcast, I provide a free, down-loadable Excel spreadsheet that will automatically calculate the date to plant seeds for 45 vegetable types.  All you need to do, is enter one bit of information and the spreadsheet does the rest of the work.

Download -  Download PlanterTomato Seed Starting Calculator v2

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, March 18, 2012:

 

PlanterTomato 3_18_2012 Free Seed Starting Calculator

 

An Interview with Baker Creek Seed's Founder Jere Gettle (Podcast)

Jere Gettle is founder and owner of Baker Creek Seed Company. In this last of a series of interviews conducted at the EcoFarm conference in Pacific Grove, CA, I speak with Jere about his company and about the seed collection.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, February 7, 2012:

PlanterTomato 2_15_2012 Jere Gettle Baker Creek

 

Ten Interesting New Vegetable Varieties for 2012 (Podcast)

In this Podcast, I highlight some new varieties that caught my eye as I thumbed through the pages of the 2012 seed catalogs.  Some are new varieties, some are just new to me, and some are just plain wacky.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Wednesday, January 11, 2012:

 

PlanterTomato 1_11_2012 Ten New Vegetables for 2012

 

Best Vegetable Seed Companies (Podcast)

Over the course of the next several posts, I'll let you know what I believe is new or interesting in the 2012 seed catalogs and also share my 2012 garden plan with you. To get things rolling, I'm providing a list of twenty of my favorite seed companies from whom I've purchased over the years. 

PlanterTomato Podcast for Sunday, January 8, 2012:

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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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Seed Hunter: Saving The Planet's Genetic Heritage (Podcast)

As the world heats up due to global warming, drier weather is causing increased draught and crop failure.  In this posting, learn more about a man helping to find draught and salt resistant varieties which could help increase food production.  He is the Indian Jones of agriculture and he is the subject of a documentary film by an Australian independent film company.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Thursday, Sept 23, 2010:

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Taming the Savage Seed Packet

Here's a tip on how to store all those seed packets so that you can easily find them and seeds don't spill out of any open packages.

PlanterTomato Podcast for Friday, March 12, 2010:

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Review of Burpee's Ultimate Seed Starting System

PlanterTomato Podcast for Friday February 19. 2010

Burpee makes a seed starting kit.  Find out if it's right for you.

PlanterTomato 2_19_2010 Burpee Seed Growing Review