Tomatoes reign king over the vegetable garden. Even those who don't raise vegetables will find a place in the landscape for a couple of tomato plants.
By following a number of simple rules even those of you with the brownest of thumbs can have beautiful fresh tomatoes for the table. The location is critical. Select a site that gets as much sun as possible. Six to eight hours of full, direct sunlight is a minimum. If you have experienced low yields, tall, spindly plants with very few fruit, it is probably due to a lack of sunlight. Your soil is important as well, but soil is something we can fix so if you have a choice between poor soil with lots of sun or good soil with no sun, go for the sun.
Most vegetables require rich, fertile, well drained soils. If you don't have this and most of us don�t there are some things you can do to improve your soil. To improve soil drainage you can add sand and organic matter. The beds should be built up at least eight to twelve inches. This can be done by pulling up rows about three to four feet apart or by building boxes out of treated lumber, cinder blocks or something similar. The use of raised bed box gardens is definitely the way to go.
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