Heirloom tomatoes are only recommended for spring planting (mid-March to early April). They lack the heat tolerance needed to make a fall planting successful. The LSU AgCenter recommended tomato ...

Carroll County Master Gardeners celebrate heirloom tomatoes — grown from seeds passed down through generations — next month ...

Q: We were given 'Yellow Pear' tomato seeds from tasty, low-acid fruit. When and how do I plant them? — M.T., Houston A: Seed from hybrid tomatoes do not come true, but heirloom tomatoes such as ...

By Lauren David Published August 22, 2023 12:01PM (EDT) Heirloom tomato salad (Anjelika Gretskaia/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Heirloom vegetables are irresistible, not just for the poetry in the names, but because these titles stand for real stories. Vegetables acquire histories when they are saved as seeds for many ...

See About archive blog posts. The online seed store Tomato Fest is extending its annual heirloom tomato sale, which had been scheduled to end Jan. 11 but is now running through Jan. 18.

Sybil Gorby first planted a handful of heirloom tomato seeds in 1965. Every spring since, Gorby, 92, has planted seeds from that same lineage in her garden in Tyler County, W.Va. By late June ...

Suzanne Walton, of Eldersburg, holds the bags of heirloom seeds she collected to take home at the Master Gardeners’ 16th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival at the Carroll County Farmer’s Market.

Q. How can I preserve seeds from my heirloom tomato plants? — Tom McClow, Winfield A. Select ripened tomatoes from the most vigorous plants with the best-tasting fruit. Scoop out seeds and th… ...