At the Santa Monica farmer's market yesterday, several vendors were offering tomato plants.
One guy had them for $3 in short 4-5" pots. He had pineapple, san marzano redorta, some sungolds, and a few others. He had some $8 1-gallon sizes.
Another crew had them for $4-5 each, all heirlooms. I saw long tom and aunt ginny's purple specifically.
Tomatoes that were ripe and available for sale ranged from $3-6 a pound. Some were lemon boys, persimmons, black krims. There were some unlabeled "ugly" striped heirloom with lots of lobes and splits at about $5/pound.
I'm going to go back next week for a long tom... because 24 varieties in my tiny place just isn't enough...
