ʻO ka'ōmato he huaʻai nona ka manawa piha mai Mei a hoʻomauʻia, no kekahiʻano a hiki iʻOkakopa, ma mua o ka hau mua. No laila ʻo Iulai ka manawa kūpono e leʻaleʻa ai i nā tōmato ʻono āu e koho ai i ka momona a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo e like me kou makemake. Pono e mālama ʻia kahi ʻōmato maikaʻi e like me ka hiki. No laila, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe laki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā tōmato i kāu māla, e koho i nā tōmato mai ka mahiʻai kūlohelohe a i ʻole ka mahiʻai hoʻomau. E koho i nā tōmato e mau ana ko lākou mau ʻōpuʻu e like me ka cluster tomato a i ʻole ko lākou kumu. He hōʻailona kēia hōʻailona o ka hou a he mea nui ia no ka mea, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, hoʻomau nā hua i ʻohi ʻia i ka ikehu e pono ai lākou. E koho pono i nā ʻōmato ʻulaʻula loa, me ka ʻole o ka ʻeleʻele, me ka ʻole o nā bangs a me nā ʻokiʻoki.

He hua ʻala a ʻono ka ʻōmato, pono e ʻai koke ʻia ma hope o kona ʻohi ʻana i mea e pōmaikaʻi ai i kāna mau huaora, minerala a me nā anti-oxidants. ʻO ke kūpono, e kau i kāu mau tōmato i loko o ka hīnaʻi a i ʻole ka hīnaʻi huaʻai a mālama iā lākou no 3 a 4 mau lā ma ke ana wela. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohui i ka ʻupena ma luna e pale ai i ka nahu ʻana o nā pepeke iā lākou. He hua palupalu naʻe. No laila, e makaʻala ʻaʻole e ʻomi pono i nā tōmato a i ʻole me nā huaʻai a i ʻole nā ​​​​huaʻai ʻē aʻe.