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Boutique Tomatoes · June 11, 2012

I grow them and quite a few others in the same family. You have to start them inside 12-16 weeks before you can put them outside, and they won't tolerate evening temps below 50. I personally grow in a bark based mix in black grow bags or black nursery pots to try and keep them as warm as possible.

You can get decent production out of them as an annual this way. I dragged 60 dead plants out of my basement again this year, aphids got me again. I'm unlikely to try overwintering again unless I try by barerooting some. Of course that's now, come the fall I may change my mind again...

June 11, 2012	#2
Boutique Tomatoes Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Northeast Wisconsin, Zone 5a Posts: 1,109	I grow them and quite a few others in the same family. You have to start them inside 12-16 weeks before you can put them outside, and they won't tolerate evening temps below 50. I personally grow in a bark based mix in black grow bags or black nursery pots to try and keep them as warm as possible. You can get decent production out of them as an annual this way. I dragged 60 dead plants out of my basement again this year, aphids got me again. I'm unlikely to try overwintering again unless I try by barerooting some. Of course that's now, come the fall I may change my mind again...