Highlighting the Popular Tomato Plant

Consider the tomato plant; one of the most popular garden plants, ever - at least in the continental United States. Virtually any grocery store sells tomatoes and on many you will find a sticker labeled 'hydroponically grown'.

And did you ever take notice of how bland and tasteless these store-bought tomatoes have become?

This is not an accident. You did not just happen to pick a 'bad' tomato, they all taste equally bland. Why?

Large commercial ventures have developed their own genetic strains of tomato plants by selecting only those that produce excessive amounts of fruit, have a thick skin for less bruising during shipping and are a deep red in color. Unfortunately, taste is not a selection criteria and seems to have also been 'weeded out'.

This is all the more reason to grown your own plants and tomatoes do especially well in hydroponics growing systems. Seeds purchased from seed catalogs are from tried-and-true strains of tomatoes selected for taste along with disease resistance. I strongly recommend you grow your own...

And while you are at it consider growing some heritage or heirloom tomato varieties. These are older, different genetic strains of tomato that have fallen out of popularity and are in danger of disappearing forever.

You can find heritage tomato varieties of different tomato shapes, sizes, colors and taste. And as different as they all seem to be from one another they do have one factor in common; they all taste wonderful so 'give it a try'...

Oh...and I forgot to mention that large commercial tomato producers have now developed a strain of square tomatoes (yes, you read this correctly, 'square')...so more can be packed into a crate to enhance profit. Upon further research these large ventures decided that the 'square' shape would alienate too many buyers so there will be no square tomatoes in the grocery stores in the near future.

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