Fresh tomatoes year-round? It's possible! We asked a tomato expert for tips on growing tomatoes indoors, no matter how much ...

The roots of your tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants need plenty of room to grow, but compacted soil can limit their ability to produce healthy fruit and also promote pathogens. When tomato plants ...

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 ...

Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size, produce fruit all at once, and are ideal for canning and compact spaces like containers. Indeterminate tomatoes grow continuously, need strong support, and ...

One of my favorite summer memories growing up in the Midwest is eating delicious vine-ripened tomatoes. Absolutely delightful! I assumed everyone could easily enjoy this treat every summer. Then my ...

No, it’s not your imagination. There is something going on with tomatoes this year, and it all has to do with the weather. Tomatoes have been ripening very slowly, staying green and not turning red.

There's nothing more satisfying than a bountiful harvest of summer tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) from your garden. But if you've had a particularly wet few days, you may notice that some of those ...

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 ...