vegetable · warm-season
Tomatoes
The whole reason a summer garden exists. Nothing from a store tastes like a tomato picked ripe off the vine.
Maturity75 days
SunFull sun
WaterModerate
Spacing24 in
↳ See the planting calendar for sow & harvest timing in your zone.
Care
Stake or cage early — tomatoes get heavy fast, and sprawling plants rot on wet soil. Pinch suckers on indeterminate varieties to keep growth manageable. Water deeply and consistently; irregular watering is the main cause of split fruit and blossom end rot.
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