From containers to expansive garden plots, growing tomatoes is a popular and relatively easy way to harvest at least some of your own produce. In fact, tasty and easy-to-grow tomatoes are the most ...

Grocery store tomatoes can’t hold a candle to a sun-warmed, freshly-picked, homegrown ripe tomato, but growing your own tomatoes isn’t always as easy as we might like. Many diseases can affect ...

It can be difficult to determine what disease is affecting the veggies in your garden, but if you look closely, you can tell ...

Water stress, plant disease, and proximity to walnut trees can all cause tomatoes to wilt. Learn how to manage this common problem. Nothing quite compares to the flavor of a homegrown, vine-ripened ...

This news comes to us from Thomas A. Zitter, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University. Late blight is a serious disease affecting mainly tomato and potato throughout the world. It is a common ...

I have several tomato plants in my home garden. They were all doing great, but then two of them just turned brown and died. I know it’s not a watering issue because they all get the same amount of ...

Q: When I buy a tomato plant, how can I tell if it is disease resistant? A: Capital letters listed with the name of a tomato variety indicate its resistance to a disease or pest. The letter “V” is for ...

Tomatoes are often the staple of any home vegetable garden and there are ample reasons why. The fruit (often mistakenly considered a vegetable) is tasty, relatively easy to grow and is a versatile ...

One of the joys of gardening at this time of the year is harvesting vine-ripened tomatoes from backyard gardens. Tomatoes planted at the proper time from March to mid-April begin to ripen fruit in May ...

Scientists have identified the virus that causes great damage in tomato cultivation in Mexico where the disease is known as 'Marchitez', which means 'withered'. The name of the new virus is tomato ...

It can be hard to judge exactly when to pull tomatoes out of the garden in fall, especially if your plants still have a few green tomatoes left on the vine. However, disposing of old tomato plants ...