You don’t need a lot of space to enjoy homegrown tomatoes this summer

  • Christine Coker, LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist, says you can use pretty much any container for growing tomatoes. Even this 5-gallon bucket will work — just be sure to drill holes in the bottom for drainage. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
    Christine Coker, LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist, says you can use pretty much any container for growing tomatoes. Even this 5-gallon bucket will work — just be sure to drill holes in the bottom for drainage. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
  • Celano is a tomato variety that does well in hanging baskets. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
    Celano is a tomato variety that does well in hanging baskets. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
  • When planting tomatoes, bury them deeper than you would other vegetable transplants. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
    When planting tomatoes, bury them deeper than you would other vegetable transplants. Photo by Olivia McClure/LSU AgCenter
    Fresh, homegrown tomatoes are as much a symbol of summertime as pool days, ice cream and backyard barbecues. If you don’t have a lot of space for gardening, you may have resigned yourself to missing out on the refreshing flavor of a ripe, just-picked tomato you grew yourself.But Christine Coker, LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist, said you don’t need a huge yard to successfully grow a...

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