Whether you start your tomatoes from seed or buy tomato seedlings, as you get ready to plant them, keep in mind proper spacing is essential for successful growing. As a rule of thumb, allow 2 to 3 ...

Closeup of someone picking a ripe tomato off a tomato plant - Oliver Rossi/Getty Images Do you dream of a bountiful tomato harvest with plump fruit that weighs down the healthy vines? The secret to ...

Q. I am growing tomatoes this year and considering pruning the branches. Last year I grew one, and with all the rain, it grew 6 feet tall. This year I started my tomato plant in a cage and last week I ...

Tomatoes are among the easiest plants to grow. Whether they're planted indoors or outdoors, the fruit can thrive when grown at the right time of year and supported by the appropriate temperature and ...

After proper variety selection and in the absence of a resistant variety (see last week’s column), cultural practices are crucial to avoiding tomato diseases. Although these control methods are ...

How are you doing on your fall vegetable garden? The soil should have been prepared by incorporating 2 inches of compost and 10 cups of slow release 19-05-09 fertilizer into each 100-square feet ...

Every gardener has likely had a fail of some sort when growing tomatoes. These abundant growing vegetables (or fruit?) produce at such rapid speeds that planting them too close together is asking for ...