Tips for Growing Tomatoes*

The taste of home-grown, vine-ripened fruits makes the tomato America’s favorite garden vegetable. Join the Clackamas County Master Gardener Association's "Let's Grow Together" webinar series, as research-based information will be shared to enhance your tomato growing and harvest.

We will discuss

• Considerations for selecting the varieties you grow
• Attributes of optimum garden locations
• A checklist for when to plant into the garden
• Soil preparation
• Planting practice
• Tips for growing in containers
• Effective ways to support tomato plants
• Cultural practices including mulching, pruning, watering and fertilizing
• Pest and disease management using Integrated Pest Management

This webinar will be led by Priscilla Robinson, an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. Priscilla gained extensive gardening experience in raised beds when she downsized to a townhouse. Priscilla actively participates in “Grow an Extra Row,” a program of the Clackamas County Master Gardener Association. Team members annually grow and donate several thousand pounds of fresh produce to food banks.

*Counts as one hour metro area Master Gardener continuing garden education credit.