It's about showing up, season after season, and learning as you go.There's something deeply satisfying about growing your own ...

Fruit type. Many of the determinate tomato varieties produce fruits that are more appropriate for sauces and canning, as they can be "meatier" and have fewer seeds.

Tomatoes can come in a wide range of colors, sizes, and flavors. Look at any catalog, website, or nursery and you will be faced with a huge selection of varieties to choose from. Every grower has ...

Tomatomania began in Pasadena 25 years ago and now features more than 180 varieties. The search for the ideal tomato is "like racehorse breeding," said Scott Daigre, the owner of Tomatomania.

Nearly 12,000 heirloom tomato varieties are listed in the annual Seed Savers Exchange yearbook, a staggering choice for gardeners, who can choose among hundreds of hybrids for the right tomatoes ...

And on March 22-23, Jo Anne and Alex Trigo are reopening Two Dog Organic Nursery just for the weekend to sell 44 tomato varieties — 12 more than last year — at their Mid-Wilshire home-based ...