As heat, humidity, rains, diseases and insects increase during summer months, tomato production naturally declines. Entire plants may begin to die — but it is possible to start new tomato plants from ...

Hands pressing a tomato seedling into the soil - Cavan-Images/Shutterstock If you're hoping for a bigger tomato harvest this year, there's a surprisingly easy trick ...

IT’S MID-JUNE and many vegetable gardeners have already moved on to pruning their tomato plants, instead of transplanting them. It’s far too late in the year to plant more tomato seedlings. Or is it?

It will soon be time to set out tomato plants, an act one performs when the weather has settled. That means warm soil, night temperatures of at least 45 degrees and no risk of a sudden reversion to ...

Each summer I used to grow a couple of dozen tomato plants. I now rarely have more than eight plants in my garden, but of those there may be seven different varieties. Sometimes I have participated in ...

Tomatoes are incredibly popular in the vegetable garden. These tropicals grow great as annuals in our summer heat. We love everything about them from the smell of the vines to the fruit we consume.

If you've savored a garden tomato that's warm from the sun, pause to recall its taste and texture. Your teeth pop through the skin, and the fruit bursts in your mouth, sweet and sour at the same time, ...

After nearly 40 years of Florida gardening, 77-year-old Tony Vellucci still experiments with plants and learns new skills. Recycling may be new to young gardeners, but it's old stuff to him. His ...

Freezing temperatures means the end of tomato growing outdoors, but doesn’t necessarily have to mean the end of your tomato plants. By taking cuttings from your existing tomato plants, you can ...

In these days when convenience is king, we sometimes forget where our food comes from. When the economy started to sink, however, backyard gardening took root and began to flourish. "Victory gardens" ...

Everything alive strives to reproduce itself, but few do it as gleefully as the tomato. Its self-pollinating flowers generate fruits bursting with seeds well-known for their longevity. Stored in a dry ...