Egg Shells and Tomatoes

After our below freezing weather last weekend, I was finally able to get my tomato plants in the ground! They spent the weekend in the garden shed under a heat lamp but now they're basking in the sunshine in my garden.

A tip for more productive tomato plants is putting a little something extra in the bottom of the hole before you put your tomato plant in.....the something extra being epsom salt and egg shells!

Simply pour about a tablespoon of epsom salt in your hand and sprinkle in the bottom of the hole. 

Next, crush an egg shell and add to the bottom of the hole.

Then plant your tomato plant on top of the epsom salt and crushed egg shells! Built in fertilizer!!

Personally,  I prefer using heirloom tomato plants over hybrid tomato plants.  Hybrids are created by crossing two selected varieties. Sometimes this can result in a vigorous plant that will yield more than heirlooms. However, heirlooms are old-time varieties, open-pollinated, and the seeds are saved and handed down. Heirloom vegetables have diverse colors, more flavor, and rich nutrition. A lot of the breeding programs for modern hybrids have sacrificed taste and nutrition. If you're going to all the trouble of growing your own garden, who wants to sacrifice taste and nutrition?

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