Grow Epic Tomatoes, with Joe Lamp'l and Craig LeHoullier

The Best Way to Grow Tomatoes

There’s more than one way to slice a tomato; there’s more than one way to grow a tomato.

Growing tomatoes is like many things in life…there are lots of ways you can tackle it. 

Do you have a favourite way? Or a tomato-growing tip handed down in your family?

Different Strokes, Different Folks

In this episode, we take a deep-dive into growing tomatoes with two experts who have very different approaches to growing tomatoes.

• Garden expert, author, and broadcaster Joe Lamp’l loves growing tomatoes. He’s met lots of gardeners using a wide range of tomato-growing techniques through his work as the host and producer of the Growing a Greener World television series, and through his podcast, The joe gardener Show. 
• World-renowned tomato grower Craig LeHoullier co-leads the Dwarf Tomato Breeding project, has named and popularized many well-known tomato varieties such as ‘Cherokee Purple,’ and is an expert on straw-bale gardening. He’s the author of the book Epic Tomatoes.

Tomato Talk

Lamp’l and LeHoullier talk about:

• The tomato-growing methods they use in their own gardens
• How their gardens differ
• Tomato-growing ideas they’ve learned from each other
• Favourite tomato varieties
• Tomato-growing techniques they’ve seen in other gardens

They also share tips for new gardeners. “Don’t get hung up on the destination, but learn to love the journey,” says LeHoullier.

Growing Epic Tomatoes

Lamp’l and LeHoullier bring together their tomato-growing experience in an online course called Growing Epic Tomatoes. Registration is open now.