Determinate tomato plants are more compact, require less staking, and produce their crop all at once—a real advantage for canning purposes. Most grow to 3 or 4 feet tall, although some patio varieties ...

Tomatoes are the best thing about late spring and early summer markets. Seeing large heirlooms in multiple colors lining stands is exciting for customers and farmers alike. Tomatoes should be started ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me as he puts supermarket tomatoes head-to-head with his own homegrown Scorpio and Tropic ...

Growing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) indoors may sound easy, but many gardeners find it to be a difficult undertaking because of the different growing conditions and extra maintenance. Soil ...

You aren't alone if you've been disappointed by your tomato crop in Alameda. Margie Siegal shares tips to help overcome our less-than-ideal climate, and get that perfectly fresh and juicy summer ...

Seek out reputable sources like a local cooperative extension service for tomato growing advice. Standard store-bought tomato cages are often too small for most traditional tomato varieties. When ...

We're all for locally grown foods, and you can't get much more local than growing tomatoes right outside your door—what's tastier than reaching out and grabbing the perfect garnish or key ingredient ...

Have you ever bit into a store-bought tomato and tasted…nothing? Some remedies: buy tomatoes at the farmer’s market (which can get expensive) or grow your own. Sure, there are a lot of excuses people ...

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Enjoy the fresh-from-the-garden flavor of homegrown tomatoes. Grow one or more in a container, a dedicated vegetable garden or plant them in garden beds.