In this retrospective, small tomato plants are those that don’t exceed 48-inches in height. Most of these tomato varieties are determinate. The plants with spreading habit are considered semi-indeterminate in plant catalogs. Here are the small tomato plants I grew in 2019 with a summary of my experiences and thoughts about each variety. Atlas –…
Author: K3
I am a mechanical and structural engineer by training. My interests are anime, manga, consumer electronics, cooking and gardening.
Tomatoes at Ten Weeks
These are the tomatoes that I started on January 1st of this year. The plants that are in the beds are between 12 – 24-in tall and most are starting to flower. Most of these first round tomatoes are paste tomatoes. I would like to make sauce with each to see if any rival or…
Garden Tour Videos
Here is a three-part video tour of my backyard garden. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Dwarf Cherry Tomato Plants
While diving deeply into online tomato seed catalogs, I stumbled into dwarf tomato hybrid plants. I had a hard time believing the claims of tomato plants that could be grown in 6-in pots, with some varieties growing less than a foot tall. I decided to give three varieties a try for fun. The three varieties…
Yard Long Beans
Yard Long Beans are an excellent choice for an inland Southern California garden.
Sunflowers Seeds
I cut the heads off some of my sunflowers to collect the seeds.
Eating My Yard 