Craig LeHoullier is widely regarded as the godfather of tomato growing. known as NC Tomatoman, he is responsible for the cultivation and preservation of thousands of tomato varieties, and is the man who actually named the Cherokee Purple variety in 1990. he is the author of "Epic Tomatoes" and "Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales", he's the cohost of Tomatopalooza, a coleader of the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, and much more. Learn all about tomatoes from the Tomatoman himself!

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
03:28 Why Tomato?
06:45 Online Tomato Course
10:05 Bigeest Difference This Year?
12:27 Dwarf Tomato
21:20 Tomato on Container or Straw Bales
21:40 Straw Bales 101
31:13 Favorite Container & Fertilization
39:05 Tyranny of the Harvest
39:28 How To Get The Best Tomatoes
51:50 The Best To Grow In My Area
52:00 Tomato Flavor
59:03 Correlation of Tomato Color to Flavor

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