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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

The Dwarf Tomato Project

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Today we're talking about an awesome dwarf tomato breeding program that Craig started and has grown to 500 volunteers around the country and world! Learn More:  Craig's Website The Dwarf Tomato Project Buy Craig's Book, Epic Tomatoe email Craig! Keep Growing, Kevin Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere: YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Twitter   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Kevin from Epic Gardening here.

0:15.6

We are continuing on with the best of weeks here on the podcast.

0:20.2

Hope you enjoy.

0:23.5

We are back ladies and gentlemen in the garden with Greg Louis-Lier, the NC Tomato Man,

0:28.9

and we are going to talk about something that is extremely interesting today.

0:32.8

At least to me, and I hope to you as well, and it's called the Dwarf Tomato Project.

0:36.8

Now, the name probably gives away what we're talking about here, but really, I want you

0:41.1

to guys to listen to the mechanism by which he conducted this project, because I think

0:45.6

it's pretty fascinating, and at the end of the episode, I'm going to talk about why.

0:49.4

So let's tune in to the Dwarf Tomato Project with Greg, and I'll see you at the end of

0:53.1

the episode.

0:56.1

All right, we are going to talk about the Dwarf Tomato Project on today's episode.

1:01.7

So first of all, what is that?

1:03.3

I obviously know what Dwarf Tomatoes are, but this sounds like some serious effort, so

1:07.0

I definitely want to learn about it.

1:08.7

Sure.

1:09.7

So, we've been selling seedlings for my driveway in the farmer's market for about 20 years,

1:14.6

and one of the questions that I kept getting asked, what have you got that really tastes

1:18.9

good and grows well in a pot, or isn't one of these wild and determinate tomatoes that

1:24.0

takes over my garden?

1:25.0

You know, I've got a patio, I've got a deck, like me, I've got a driveway.

1:28.8

What have you got?

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