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

You’ll want to look at determinate versus indeterminate varieties. Determinate tomatoes grow quickly but stop their vertical growth at a specific height, generally around four feet tall. They tend to ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Managing all the squirrels around your garden is tough, but some plants might just help to keep them from causing trouble.