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Calling all tomato lovers: It’s Tomatomania! time

Seasonally popular Tomatomania! sales are scheduled for Southern California.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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You forgot to save seeds from last year’s yummy Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato plant? There wasn’t time to sow Yellow Brandywine seeds on your windowsill?

No problem. Tomatomania! — the annual spring pop-up sale of tomato seedlings — is returning to Los Angeles for spring.

The traveling series will feature hundreds of heirloom and hybrid tomato varieties as well as such accessories as pots, fertilizer and plant stakes.

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If you want to take your time and explore the different plant varieties, organizer Scott Daigre recommends arriving in early afternoon when things are a little quieter. That way, backyard gardeners can “take their time to look through the selection and talk intently with the Tomatomaniacs on staff,” Daigre said.

Tomatomania! plant sales:

March 30: Surfas Culinary District, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., 8777 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City

April 1-3: Descanso Gardens, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada-Flintridge

April 2: Ojai Valley School, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 723 El Paseo Road, Ojai

April 6: Los Angeles Arboretum class and sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia

April 8 and 9: Otto & Sons, 9 a.m. -5 p.m., 1835 E. Guiberson Road, Fillmore

Info: Tomatomania!

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