OrganicGardening.com
August 13, 2012
Cherry Tomatoes: The Easiest Plant You’ll Ever Grow
Growing cherry tomatoes is the best way for newbies to ease into gardening.
Love the idea of
growing your own food, but daunted by a brown thumb? Grab a pot and a cherry tomato seedling, and you'll never again wonder how easy it is to garden. Cherry tomato plants are great because, even if you grow just one plant, it will bear a steady crop of bite-size fruits.
You'll Need:
- 1 cherry tomato plant (find an organic variety at a farmer's market or nursery)
- 1 tomato cage, the largest size your retailer carries
- 1 20-quart bag of organic potting mix; we like Organic Mechanics
- 1 bottle or bag of organic tomato food; try Terracycle's Tomato Plant Food (a general-purpose organic will do if you can't find tomato food)
- 1 5-gallon plastic food bucket