Tomatoes are one of the most popular crops for people to grow at home. Indeed they often represent one of the first edibles that people start their fruit and vegetable growing adventure with. But any ...

Tomato plants are a popular addition to vegetable gardens, but they can be a real challenge. From the moment tomato seeds sprout to the day you compost the plant at the end of the season, tomato ...

When your tomato plants aren't flowering, here's how to solve the problem so you can get fruit before summer's end. Both cold and hot temperature extremes can cause a lack of tomato flowers. Pruning, ...

Tomatoes are the quintessential summer garden crop, but they’re not always simple to grow. In fact, by this point in the growing season, even the most experienced gardener may be having problems.

Tomatoes are one of the most versatile and popular plants for backyard gardens, but they can be affected by a variety of unwelcome diseases, including blossom-end rot—which is inedible and ...

We got about an inch of rain the other day in Fulton, before that it was hot and dry. David Trinklein, University of Missouri Plant Science & Technology, had an article about the effects of heat on ...

Heat has a big effect on our tomato plants. Each year (usually a little later in the year), we get calls from people saying their tomato plant is producing flowers but no tomatoes. This is an issue we ...

Do you know what the two most common tomato problems are? Many gardeners assume that diseases or insects cause the most common problems. However, after a dozen years working for North Dakota State ...

Many gardeners know how rewarding it is to grow and harvest tomatoes. But just as deflating is seeing your hard work go to waste due to bugs dining on your fruits. Anyone with experience growing this ...

Tomatoes are one of the most planted garden crops in the U.S., with several common problems here in central Illinois that can be managed through fairly simple cultural practices. Tomatoes are one of ...

Is there ever a “normal” year for growing tomatoes here in North Central Texas? One spring it’s a late freeze. Another year it turns hot really early. And then there’s been this year, when the ...