If you want tomatoes this fall, now is the time to plant them. According to the Dallas County Master Gardeners, fall tomatoes grow during the heat of the summer but they won’t really produce tomatoes until the temperature at night is below 90 degrees. Since they will produce tomatoes until the first hard freeze, you might have fresh tomatoes all winter if the weather is mild enough.
Tomato Tips
- Don’t plant fall tomatoes in the same place where spring tomatoes grew. Planting them in the same area lets diseases and pests get a head start.
- Spread about an inch of compost on the area and mix it in the top two to three inches of soil to start your tomatoes off right.
- Give the tomatoes an inch of water twice a week. Don’t get the foliage wet when watering as that can lead to diseases.
- Don’t fertilize your tomatoes until you see small fruits beginning to grow.
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