Category Archives: tomatoes

And the winner is

Posted on July 28, 2019 by carolee

  “Polbig!”  Yes, for the 4th year, the hands-down best full-sized early tomato is “Polbig.”  The first to ripen was a beautiful 10.5 oz perfect tomato.  It’s on the right in the photo, shown with the ripest of the contender … Continue reading →

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Early Tomato Comparison-2018

Posted on August 29, 2018 by carolee

It’s time for the potager’s early tomato comparison featuring this year’s competitors:   last year’s winning “Polbig” and this year’s challenger, “Siletz.”  Both were seeded and handled identically, and planted out the same dates, same number of plants (8), etc.   … Continue reading →

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Early Tomato Comparison

Posted on August 11, 2017 by carolee

After an exciting Garden Writers of America conference, I’m back at the helm.  Needless to say, there has been lots of picking and preserving after a week’s absence, and now the deadheading needs completing but I wanted to get this … Continue reading →

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