Heat Tolerant Tomato Plants – Tomato Growing Tips For South Central States

Vegetable gardeners in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana are quick to share their tomato growing tips they learned from the School of Hard Knocks. Experience teaches them which varieties are best in the heat, when to start tomato transplants, how often to water, when to fertilize and what to do about pests and diseases. Keep reading to learn more about tomato growing in southern regions like this. Southern Tomato Gardening Successful tomato growing in Southern regions depends a lot on the weather. They have a short season for growing tomatoes – from last frost to heat of summer. Once temperatures reach 85 degrees F. (29 C.) during the day and mid 70s (21 C.) at night, tomato plants will start aborting the flowers. To combat the short season, it’s recommended that gardeners start their seeds earlier than usual, at about 10 weeks before the last average frost date. Then as […]

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