Master Gardeners to offer tomato growing tips
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Learn how to grow tomatoes successfully in the Pacific Northwest from local gardening experts with the presentation “Growing Tomatoes in the Pacific Northwest,” held from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, May 21, at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
Part of the Digging Deeper Educational Series, the presentation includes Clallam County Master Gardeners Jan Bartron, Betsy Burlingame, Laurel Moulton, David Rambin, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Audreen Williams — aka the Tomato Dream Team — who will share tips on growing tomatoes successfully in our short, cool growing season.
Participants will learn what tomato varieties grow best in our area and how to plant tomatoes to optimize available heat. They will learn how to care for tomato plants through the growing season and about the benefits and challenges of growing tomatoes in a greenhouse or hoop house.
The workshop will include demonstrations and displays on planting and pruning tomato bushes, the use of season extenders and trellises and common tomato problems.
In addition to the presentation, a team of Master Gardeners will be available at the Demonstration Garden from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on May 21 to answer all gardening questions. Digging Deeper attendees are encouraged to bring samples of garden problems or pests for diagnosis by Master Gardeners who can recommend control measures.
The Master Gardener Digging Deeper educational series is free and open to the public and occurs on the first and third Saturdays of most months. Attendees will be asked to mask regardless of COVID vaccination status and maintain an appropriate distance from others. Community members should stay home if they are sick.
Physical presence at the Demonstration Garden will be considered an attestation that the attendee is symptom-free and has not had a recent known exposure to COVID.
Attendees can check the Clallam County Master Gardener online calendar for updates about the
location of the talk at extension.wsu.edu/clallam/master-gardener-calendar. For more information about “Growing Tomatoes in the Pacific Northwest” or the Digging Deeper series call 360-477-0116.
