Beautiful, ripe tomatoes growing off of a vine. - HiTecherZ/Shutterstock Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are certainly one of the more popular plants for gardeners, and with all of the tips and hacks ...

There's nothing like the taste of a freshly picked tomato, whether you're enjoying them as a snack or using them to whip up a homemade pasta sauce. They're relatively easy to care for, making them a ...

A. While there are many benefits to growing in containers, the biggest drawback is water retention. A tomato planted in the ground, or even in a raised bed, has the luxury of spreading its roots far ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about tomatoes, amaryllis, poinsettias, palms, vegetables and ...

Q. I’m hoping to grow tomatoes in containers on my sunny balcony. What are my chances? A. Your chances are very good, says Alana Mezo, a senior horticulturist at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Although ...

Homegrown tomatoes warm the hearts of folks with land or without. Those of us with limited real estate for cultivating often plant in pots and may believe we are limited in the varieties that take to ...

Spring is imminent, so it is time to be planning your summer garden. Napa County Master Gardeners will be offering a large variety of organic tomato seedlings for ...

You should start tomatoes indoors five to eight weeks before planting in the ground, which should be after the last frost. Consult your USDA growing zone to find out when your last frost date is, as ...

Every gardener has likely had a fail of some sort when growing tomatoes. These abundant growing vegetables (or fruit?) produce at such rapid speeds that planting them too close together is asking for ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Here are 4 common problems with tomatoes during the ...

Q: My tomato plants grew very nicely. But when the tomatoes started to ripen, only half turned red, and the top half was a dull yellow. If I left them on the bush longer, they started to rot. Someone ...