Students test tomato-growing techniques

Jeremy Pattison, a scientist with the the N.C. Research Campus, speaks to South Rowan High School students in front of tomato plants in the greenhouse. Four high schools in the county are learning to test different methods of growing winter tomatoes. Photo by Karissa Minn, Salisbury Post.

South Rowan High School students Brianna Hampton, center, and Jonathan Lee, right, sort newly harvested tomatoes by size as part of a greenhouse experiment.

A South Rowan student harvests a golden tomato.

From left, South Rowan High School teacher David Overcash shows students Byron James, Brandon Moore and Trevor Hall how to weigh their newly-harvested tomatoes as part of a greenhouse experiment. Photo by Karissa Minn, Salisbury Post.

Jeremy Pattison, left, a scientist with the the N.C. Research Campus, speaks to students in the greenhouse at South Rowan High School. Four high schools in the county are learning to test different methods of growing winter tomatoes. Photo by Karissa Minn, Salisbury Post.