It's tomato time. At least it is for my garden and it is for many of yours as well.

And if you don't have ripe tomatoes on your tomato plants yet, it's coming.

So I thought that this would be a great time to talk about some common tomato problems that you're likely to see in your tomato patch this year.

These are problems that I deal with in mine

every year, but they're problems that I just know come with growing tomatoes. Who said

tomato growing is easy? I don't think anybody did, except the people who just grow cherry tomatoes,

maybe that. But overall, these are very common problems, but they're also misunderstood problems.

What will happen is that you'll see symptoms of what we're going to be talking about today.

And then if you're a beginner, you may do your own research and you start going on Google.

This happens all the time. And you're really at the mercy of Google's algorithm.

Sometimes you'll find good information and sometimes

you'll find bad information, but most often what you'll find is part right. So what I want to talk to you

about today is what I would say is the three most common problem areas that I see, that I hear from beginning gardeners,

and I'm also going to share with you what to know about these problems and what you can do

about it or in many cases what you don't have to do about it that you may have read that you do,

if that makes sense. All right, so if you're a tomato grower, you're definitely

going to want to listen to this one. And I hope that you not only learn a lot, but you also

leave this episode with an idea that you probably have to intervene less than you think.

Welcome, I'm Jill, and 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom

looking to cut grocery costs and grow my own food. Over the years, with many failures and successes,

I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener. And six years ago, I started this podcast to help

others grow their own food as well. By tuning in each Tuesday, I hope that you leave

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