Bill Hall: In Search Of The 1st Tomato

This is the time of year when I keep a close eye on our tomato plants. But I didn’t know until now that the tomato plants may be keeping an eye on me. Daniel Chamovitz, author of the book “What a Plant Knows,” makes a convincing case for the premise that plants can see. Maybe that sounds like a joke, or perhaps still another writer with insane ideas stretched into a theory. But, depending on how you define “seeing,” Chamovitz makes persuasive point. “A plant sees what we see,” he says. “A plant sees light. So if you take someone who’s completely blind and by surgery in some way giving them a camera, allow them to see just shadows, would we say that person now has rudimentary sight?” Bear in mind, this is a time of year when home tomato growers are going after bragging rights for the first ripe tomato in the neighborhood. My wife and I are among the contenders here on the bank of the Snake River less than a mile from the lowest and therefore warmest spot in Idaho/ Bill Hall , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: How are your tomatoes doing?