Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jillian Kramer If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with ...

Whether it’s too late depends on zone—northern gardens stop before frost, southern ones prune later. If frost is near, pinch flowers, remove diseased leaves, or pull and hang plants so tomatoes ripen ...

I almost conceded this year that pruning tomatoes might be a useful thing at times. But then I got real. I’ve long fought the battle against spending time pruning tomatoes. Commercial growers -- who ...

Staking your tomato plants has plenty of benefits, including a better harvest.

A popular ingredient to many dinnertime favorites, there’s nothing quite like a ripe, juicy tomato that’s been freshly plucked off the vine. Growing tomatoes at home can be a fun and exciting ...

March sits at the intersection of winter dormancy and spring growth. Plants are waking up, but they haven't fully committed ...

August isn’t the best time to do much pruning other than removing dead wood, but fall is even worse. So if anything really needs to be cut, consider doing it soon … or wait until next year. Most ...

Leggy, overcrowded tomato seedlings are more than an eyesore. They signal stress that can follow plants into the garden, ...