Q: When do you cut back summer tomato plants to get a second crop in the early fall? I need to know this and any special treatment needed, such as fertilizing, to promote new growth. A: The concept ...

Tomatoes are the rock stars of the summer harvest and this is the time of the growing season when many tomato growers are counting down the days until they harvest lots of ripe fruit. This is also the ...

Properly spaced tomatoes are not only healthier, but they produce a much larger harvest than those that are overcrowded, as well as those that are spread too widely! Spacing your tomato plants ...

If you don't have a lot of outdoor space for a garden, or you just don't feel like staking, weeding, and otherwise spending a lot of time in the dirt, you can grow tomatoes upside down with just a few ...

Dear Helen: After reading about pruning tomato plants, I realize that I should have been pruning my small-growing tomatoes in pots on the patio. Is it too late to prune them? If you grow patio ...

Tomatoes are the easiest fruit to grow and have the biggest return on your investment. The plants are easy to grow from seed and can produce hundreds of flowers. They readily self-seed, so many ...

14:01, Fri, Jul 19, 2024 Updated: 14:09, Fri, Jul 19, 2024 Tomatoes tend to start producing fruit towards the end of July, meaning many gardeners will already be preparing for a good harvest. However, ...

March in Central Texas means wildflowers, South by Southwest, spring break and tomatoes. As soon as the temperatures start to warm up, all the garden centers are stocked with tomato transplants, and ...