Have you ever bought a tomato plant at your local nursery, only to have it go into a tailspin as the summer heat cranks up? Maybe the leaves start to yellow, or look dried out and develop spots. So many things can go awry if you aren’t familiar with pruning and feeding your plant—but how and when should you step in with shears and fertilizer? While tomato growing may seem like a cakewalk when you’ve purchased a starter plant, the summer produce staple can be tricky to maintain until you master a few best practices.
So, to learn how to grow the best tomato plants at home, I visited Brooklyn Grange, New York City’s largest network of rooftop farms. Visible from my desk, Brooklyn Grange’s farm in the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the envy of our office, and seeing it in person momentarily made me consider changing professions in favor of being one with the plants (as if I could handle the unrelenting sun!).
