"You cannot grow the varieties you once grew in a friendlier climate, and also expect tomatoes . . . That's for certain!

The growing method is different and you need more heat tolerant varieties.

Our goal is to make it possible for you, and us, to have a bountiful tomato harvest, even in the desert heat. We do this through our tomato trials. We trial various varieties of seeds, products and different combinations of growing methods in our desert garden.

Our tomato trials confirmed that we cannot grow the varieties we grew in a friendlier climate and expect tomatoes. That's for certain! About 99% lack the 'right' gene. But, after years of searching we found a delicious variety that can produce lots of huge tomatoes, throughout the hot desert summer, and this is the variety we grow for our own table.

The tomato trials have shown us what needs to be done differently to the plants and soil during the hot growing season. We have also developed a good method for keeping the plants almost totally insect free, more disease resistant and healthier using products we trialed.

The new growing method we have applied to our tomato trials is different than you have been using. It's not more difficult, in fact it is easier, in that you will have healthier plants and less disease and insects. In fact, you may experience the benefits of 160 pounds of delicious tomatoes like we picked from two test plants, with no disease or insect damage.

"If you live in a hot climate, this new method combined with this tomato variety may very well work for you."

Many of our gardener friends have already switched to our variety recommendations and our growing methods and experienced big tomatoes for the first time in the desert, during the heat of summer.

I have written about the method we use in my second book on tomatoes, "The New Book, Growing The Tomato In Las Vegas In Terrible Dirt And Desert Heat." I describe exactly what we did that enabled us to pick 160 pounds of big tomatoes from only 2 plants. We are also making the products that work for us available to you. We use this money to help fund our tomato trials and we appreciate your support.

LESLIE DOYLE

Master Gardener

Read more about Leslie's book "Growing the Tomato in Las Vegas in Terrible Dirt and Desert Heat", or purchase it from our Products section!