Have you ever grown tomatoes?

Hi moneymommy...I do love to grow tomatoes. My favourite ones are the beefsteak..THey grow well here where I live with out short growing season. THe first year I planted them, I wasnt sure how many to plant. I had a few rows of them and guess what? YUP! I had enough to feed all of Canada and then some I had tomatoes coming out the ying yang and I quickly found recipes on how to make salsa and different types of tomato sauce. In the end , I was glad I did, as I had a long supply of tomato sauce which I use a lot of anyways.

I planted some tomato plants last year and they did really well. I don;t remember what kind they were though. Each of the 5 plants produced about 40-50 tomatoes each. It was a LOT of tomatoes.

I have raised tomatoes in the past and plan to again this year. I will be getting the Romas since I like them best. It depends on what you want to do with them. They are the easiest to de-seed and have the most flesh. There are some tomatoes that have less acid than others and some are bigger so it really depends on what you want to do with them.

Whenever we grow tomatoes my husband is the one who always buys the tomatoe plants. The one variety that he likes to buy are the hothouse tomatoes.

the best tomatoes in my opinion are the beefsteak tomatoes... we have grown them every year and even here in Michigan they grow well. We get a good amount for one plant...since that is all we plant. We have a small back yard and can only put in so much. another type to grow and we have always got alot of are either the cherry tomatoes or the early girls.... those are very good too!! good luck with your garden and whatever you choose to grow!!

I always make salsa to can every year from my garden, and i also put up some tomato juice and some sauce. so i put in some Roma tomatoes, and then i put in a number of the different varieties, just to have a few different tastes.

Beefsteak tomatos are considered the "prime rib" of tomatos

Yes, I have grown all different sort of tomatoes and grew them without chemicals so they were organic. It took a bit of work getting rid of the aphids, but we grew some nettles and some fennel nearby that attracted ladybirds and hover-flies which fed on the aphids. They tasted so much better than the ones you buy in the stores.. - Derek

Hi moneymommy...Have you seen commercials for the hanging tomatoes. My husband and I were thinking of getting those and trying them. What do you think?