This time of year, gardeners everywhere are deciding what to do about all the end-of-season tomatoes that aren't ready to be ...
Recently, I was visiting my sister at Wrightsville Beach and we were invited to a tomato ... citrus plants. This method of grafting annuals was something that intrigued and fascinated me.
Growing plants in containers is great if you have limited space and/or crummy soil, but the downside is that you have to be ...
I can barely hear Esther Ngumbi over the roar of greenhouse fans as she shows me around her rooftop laboratory in Morrill Hall. The benches are full of tomato plants, and the tomatoes don't look good.
skills to investigate when it all goes wrong. I realized early on that the tomato plants were simply not growing the way they usually did. I asked around and others seemed to have similar issues.
Tomato plants are nearing the end of their growing season and there will be lots of ripe fruit ready to be harvested, but there is one simple job which can result in bigger crop yields.
Tomatoes are a hit with home gardeners for their ease of growing, but the trick to harvesting plumper and more succulent tomatoes lies in using the right fertiliser. Potassium is the magic ...
Tomatoes need about an inch of water each week, so it is important to water the plants every two to three days when it ...
some cheap imported tomatoes are grown under polytunnels, picked under-ripe, then artificially ripened with ethylene gas, a plant hormone. Sun-warmed tomatoes picked straight from the vine are ...
Q. We are growing tomato plants in pots and have a plant that is not looking good at all. The stems are turning a dark grey color and the leaf veins are turning grey as well. After a while ...
Growing tomatoes is the ultimate act of garden long term love. The amount of time it takes to choose the variety, germinate it, nurture it through the seedling process, plant it correctly ...