Vegetables

Ever notice how some tomato plants quit in July while the neighbor’s keep loading up until the first frost? The

Why does one backyard gardener swear Epsom salt rescued a sad, yellow tomato patch, while the neighbor saw nothing happen

Why can one tomato taste like candy while a store-bought one tastes like wet cardboard? It comes down to variety,

Ever pick a perfect-looking tomato and find a black, leathery patch hiding on the bottom? That ugly spot is no

Ever wonder why some backyard tomato plants stand tall and loaded with fruit while others flop over by July and

Why does one balcony tomato plant drip with fruit while another in a big backyard bed gives a sad handful?

Here’s something that surprises most gardeners: the same tomato plant can need a full gallon on Tuesday and nothing on

Most gardeners grab the fertilizer the second they see tomato leaves turning yellow, and that one move kills more plants

Ever notice some tomato beds look healthy all summer while the one next door gets chewed up by aphids and

Ever noticed that the leafiest tomato plant in the yard is often the one with the fewest tomatoes? All that

Same seeds, same sun, same watering, yet one backyard bed gives bowls of tomatoes while the next gives tall green

Here’s something that surprises most backyard gardeners: a tomato planted two weeks early often ripens later than one planted on