Those Heart Shaped Tomatoes!  

Hi Grandpa Bob, I am in fact growing the Patio Tomato myself at the moment in a large tub and it has many fruits on it all very green at the moment but hopefully it won't be long now before they ripen. My daughter can't wait as she eats tomatoes like apples. Ellie :D

Yes I have grown some vegies in containers. I have grown brocolli, green peppers, tomatoes, amoung other things. Lots of people use containers, things grow good in them. The one thing you have to watch for is the watering. The soil tends to dry out quicker.

The Patio tomato has been around for many years because it is mopre compact then regular tomatoes and is very easy to grow in containers. It also produces very good tasting tomatoes. They have just the right amount of sweet and tart. I like them better then the big beef steak tomatoes that have a blander flavor.

Hi GRANDPA BOB! That looks so great tasting. I think that they look like the tomatoes that we had before in our garden. They have thick skin and I like that in my tomatoes. However, nowadays I am just buying my tomatoes in the local grocer. Our garden is not in top shape now because of the rainy season although, we do have still our eggplants and chili peppers, lemon in the garden.
Take care always..God Bless!

The only plant that I could remember having in a container was the money tree Grandpa Bob. They say it was goodluck and would draw attract a lot of money. He he he! So there I was, buying a very expensive money tree complete with fertilizers and placed it just outside our door to welcome all the luck. It did thrive for some months and it even had a flower or two. But it just died, to my immense despair. I was not always at home at that time because my job required me to travel and I guess, the people at home are just not so concerned with my goodluck plant.

I've never tried container gardening but may do a little of it next year just to try it. You certainly have a green thumb!

I love tomatos and they are my favorite vegetable but I have never grown any of my own. I have thought of sending off for those tomato plants you see advertised in the paper all the time and just wonder if they do grow great big tomatos like they say they do? I think it is wonderful that you have such a great garden and what a plus it is that you can do this with all the scare going around about tanted vegetables out of state!

Wow! That is a beautiful tomato! I bet it will be quite tasty! I just love to read your stories about all your vegetables that you have grown! That is so wonderful! We don't have a back yard, but do grow some vegetables in containers. We have grown the long skinny green peppers, radishes, green onions, baby carrots, and herbs such as rosemary, peppermint, basil, and parsley etc. We used to have a yard and it was so much fun to grow corn, tomatoes, green beans, carrots, green onions, and even asparagus! The asparagus takes a long time to grow but we had ones as thin as pencils ... still delicious though. I grew an avocado tree from a seed (we lived in San Diego) and after many years it was a beautiful shade tree! We grafted it and we were able have avocados!

Pickles are good but what up with the tomato? do it taste good? or its just the looks? is there something different with this tomato? But i think heart shaped tomato is good for advertisings! How come that it shapes like heart? dose it grows up like that? for real? its better for valentines i think!!

hi Grandpa Bob oddly I bought some fair sized tomatos
from Vons that were labeled grown in Irvine ca and they were'
named patio tomatoes. boy were they good, I am such a tomato
'nut I just made a tomato sandwidh with one and boy that
tasted really good. still have some left too. next summer I swear I am going to have some in containers no matter what. lol