Greenhouse Tomatoes: A Few Online Resources for You

By Leanne Pundt, UConn Extension, 2015

2016, latest revision July 2024

Figure 1: Greenhouse Tomatoes, Photos by L. Pundt
Figure 1: Greenhouse Tomatoes, Photos by L. Pundt

Greenhouse tomatoes are the most widely grown greenhouse vegetable because of the strong consumer demand for the high-quality fruits. They can be grown in grow bags using soilless media.

UConn The Greenhouse Channel on You Tube

UConn Greenhouse Tomato Workshop March 2020.

Greenhouse Tomatiology Dr. Richard Snyder, Mississippi State University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGAy2Z_gLtQ

Tomato Abiotic Disorders: Identification and Control: Dr. Richard Snyder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scp2MoQdpc

Managing the Environment to Increase Yields Dr. Richard McAvoy, UConn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOgBjgvvunI

Fact sheets, proceedings

McAvoy, R. 2018. Maximizing Vine Crop Production with Proper Environmental Control. North East Greenhouse Conference and Expo.
https://www.negreenhouse.org/uploads/9/4/8/2/94821076/rmcavoy_maximizing_vine_crop_production_nov._2018.pdf

Grubinger, V. 2010. Organic Greenhouse Tomato Nutrition.
http://www.uvm.edu/vtvegandberry/factsheets/OrganicGreenhouseTomatoNutrition.pdf

Snyder, R. 2017. Basics of Greenhouse Tomato Production
http://jhawkins54.typepad.com/files/basics-of-greenhouse-tomato-production---snyder.pdf

Pests, Diseases and Disorders

eGro (Electronic Grower Resources Online-Edible Alerts A collaborative effort of greenhouse specialists to create a clearing house for alerts about disease, insect, environmental, physiological, and nutritional disorders. http://www.egro.org/alerts.php#EDIBLE

Douglas, S. 2009. Tomatoes in Greenhouses and High Tunnels: Disease Identification and Management
https://ag.umass.edu/sites/agcenter/files/pdf-doc-ppt/ghtomatodiseases_SharonD.pdf

Tomato MD App - American Phytopathological Society (APS)
https://www.apsnet.org/about/newsroom/releases/Pages/TomatoApp.aspx

Reference books and Manuals

New England Vegetable Management Guide
https://nevegetable.org/
Look under crops and then greenhouse and high tunnel tomatoes

Growing Greenhouse Vegetables in Ontario. Publication 0836E Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. https://www.publications.gov.on.ca/browsecatalogues/livestock/horticultural-crops/greenhouse-crops-general/growing-greenhousevegetables-in-ontario


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