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 ...

The best results in preserving come when fruits, herbs and vegetables are harvested at their peak. Toss or compost any that ...

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 ...

On harvest days at Three Creeks Farm and Forest in the Missouri River valley, farm owner Emily Wright and her staff collect ...

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

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 ...

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

Plants and other organisms evolve naturally over time. When random changes to their DNA, called mutations, enhance survival, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. We have received some much needed rain over the past few days here in the Valley ...

Gardening enthusiasts often debate the best approach to kick-start their growing season: direct seeding or transplanting.

Hybrid breeding may lead to a revolution in potato farming, creating new varieties resistant to disease and drought.

Learn which companion plants help pumpkins thrive and which to avoid for a healthier, more productive crop. Here are the best ...