Tomatoes are a curious plant. Once you are comfortable with what you are doing, they are easy to grow. They can climb to impressive heights, and it's rewarding seeing the tomatoes gain size and ...

A tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) can be an attractive addition to any home garden. Both container and ground plants produce interesting green foliage of varying shapes, as well as pretty yellow ...

There is intense satisfaction in picking your own tomatoes and immediately using them in your cooking. They will be much juicier and fuller in flavor than what you will buy from a store. However, you ...

Cherry tomatoes will reach maturity and be ready to harvest about 50 to 65 days after they've been planted. Larger tomatoes will take slightly longer—about 75 days before they're fully mature. Full, ...

Farmhand Amelia Bincham leans trellissed tomatoes so they grow diagonally in a greenhouse on Aug. 14 at Sungrounded Farm near Terrebonne, Ore. (Kyle Odegard/Capital Press) TERREBONNE — Tomatoes are ...

Tomatoes are one of the most commonly grown vegetables in home gardens. While tomatoes are relatively easy to grow, there are a few diseases to keep in mind. Three of the most common diseases people ...

Pulling out your tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) by the roots at the end of the season might feel like a proper cleanup. But it could be the number one mistake you can make in your garden. This ...

The leaves of some of my coneflowers and black-eyed Susans have white spots and holes. Is this mildew? If so, how can I treat it? Although it’s hard to tell without a photo, I would guess this is not ...

The summer is nearly over, and I still haven’t picked any of the large tomatoes that I painstakingly started indoors and nurtured in the early spring. Meanwhile, the “wild” cherry tomatoes that reseed ...