05-23-2018, 03:48 PM
Everyone has told me you can only grow cherry tomatoes here. I have nothing against a sweet crunchy cherry but it's that big bite that I crave. I bought the three tomato varieties sold by UH Manoa to see if I could get a survivor. Started them inside in soil in March. Every seed sprouted within just a few days, then put them outside in the ground. They made it through all the rain and I haven't lost a single plant. Today I picked the first ripe fruit and it was wonderful. I had been expecting failure so I way over-planted and now can't find any of the tags to identify the plants but every plant is setting fruit and ripening. I just dug into red cinder, added plenty black cinder and mulch, fertilized regularly and sprayed with neem oil occasionally. What are the problems people have with growing tomatoes? Pests? Mold?
Certainty will be the death of us.