You can start tomatoes from seeds indoors about 6-8 weeks before the last frost date in your area. Use seed-starting trays ...

darker varieties. Cooking or processing tomatoes, such as in sauces or canned tomatoes, breaks down cell walls and makes lycopene easier for the body to absorb, boosting its health benefits even ...

It's almost impossible to get a great tomato in the dead of winter—unless, that is, you grow your own indoors. This year I'm ...

University of Illinois entomology professor Esther Ngumbi is purposely flooding tomatoes to see how they might respond to ...

Knowing how to prune tomato plants is worthwhile when growing these tasty fruits. However, the right approach depends on the ...

Tomato season is upon us with a tantalizing variety of easy to grow heirloom tomatoes in a range of colours, flavour, and ...

Growing tomatoes is fairly simple, and as there is such a range of tomato varieties available to grow there will be a type suited to any size of garden. Fertilizing tomato plants plays an important ...

There are varieties suited to growing indoors and ... Unless you're growing a bush tomato, the aim is to create a single-stemmed plant. To do this, snap out shoots that grow in leaf joints and ...

“It’s a continuous race against the evolution of new pathogens. We as humans want to eat a lot, but so do insects, birds, ...

Growing plants in containers is great if you have limited space and/or crummy soil, but the downside is that you have to be ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular food plants in the world, and as such, have undergone massive amounts of selective ...

Determinate (Bush) Tomatoes: These varieties have a more defined growth period. They grow to a certain height, set all their fruit within a short window (usually 4-6 weeks), and then stop producing.