Wallace Thomas

Hybrids are usually more productive and vigorous than OPs and heirlooms. They sometimes have disease resistance bred into them, and their growth and fruiting habits… Read More »Are Heirloom Or Hybrid Seeds Better?

Certified organic tomatoes are synthetic pesticide and fertilizer free. While non-organic tomato growers can use synthetic pesticides for pests, organic growers cannot. Is organic tomatoes… Read More »Do Organic Tomatoes Have Pesticides?

Do you use pesticides? Rarely. All our growers follow an integrated pest management program that relies primarily on biological controls such as ladybugs and wasps… Read More »Do Hot House Tomatoes Have Pesticides?

Organic items worth buying as often as possible: Apples, baby food, bell peppers, celery, cherries, dairy, eggs, imported grapes, meat, nectarines, peaches, pears, poultry, potatoes,… Read More »What Foods Are Worth Buying Organic?

indeterminate. The original Champion tomato is a 5-foot-tall indeterminate variety that bears medium-sized 7-ounce red fruit in about 65 days from transplanting, according to University… Read More »Is Champion Tomato Determinate Or Indeterminate?

While the term “heirloom” is often associated with tomatoes, the word may also be applied to any open-pollinated fruits, vegetables and flowers that were introduced… Read More »What Makes An Heirloom An Heirloom?

Expect abundant harvests of 3 to 4-oz., round, slicing tomatoes on the less than 2-ft. tall mounded, determinate plants. Are Little Sicily tomatoes good? Abundant,… Read More »How Big Are Little Sicily Tomatoes?

The possibility of seeds germinating and growing in the stomach is zero. While there have been rare cases of plants growing in the lungs, the… Read More »Can A Seed Grow In Your Intestines?

Tomatoes That’s because they raise levels of uric acid. Elevated uric acid can trigger gout, a form of arthritis that targets the joints of the… Read More »Why Do My Joints Hurt After Eating Tomatoes?