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Nothing beats the taste of a juicy, ripe tomato pulled right from your own garden..  A little bit of salt and a big bite…Yum!  Who cares if the juice runs down your chin! I’ll bet you’re thinking about growing garden tomatoes now! But what if you have less than perfect soil?  Should you give up on the wonderful tomato, which the Aztecs called “fruit of the gods?”  Not by a long shot.  Tomatoes can be grown in containers, and they will do just fine with just a small amount of loving care.

If acid is a problem, but you like a real tomato, you will love Park’s “Razzleberry Hybrid,” which is mild and sweet, promising to melt in your mouth with delicious flavor and good disease resistance.  Park’s “Early Challenge Hybrid” is true to its name, giving you an early delicious tomato that has good yields and great disease resistance.

Some tomato varieties have been developed specially to grow in containers.  If you like cherry tomatoes, why not try Gurney’s “Baby Girls,” which ripen in large bunches of bite-sized real tomato flavor.  Or maybe Thompson and Morgan’s “Tomato Gartenperle,” which cascade from hanging baskets in a bountiful crop of delicious rosy, cherry sized fruits.  These yummie types will flourish in 8in. pots on a sunny patio.