How you fertilize your tomato plants during the summer months can play a critical role in just how many tomatoes your plants produce – and even more – for how long they will continue to produce late into the summer and fall. Tomato plants are one of the heaviest feeding vegetable plants a gardener can …
Looking for a few great ways to quickly and easily find the tomato hornworms attacking your tomato plants – and save them before it’s too late? Tomato and tobacco hornworms are notorious for consuming the foliage, stems and even the fruit of tomato plants. As summer hits full stride, the big green worms with little …
Looking for the best way to fertilize the tomato plants you have growing in pots, containers, grow bags or 5 gallon buckets? Growing tomatoes in containers is becoming more popular than ever. Whether it’s planting a mini cherry tomato plant in a small pot on your back patio to enjoy for salads or snacking, growing …
Are you looking for a few huge, show-stopping tomato varieties to plant this year to grow bigger than life tomatoes? There is something so special about seeing a massive tomato growing in your garden. Watching a large, green globe begin to take shape on a plant can be quite exciting. Perhaps it’s the wonder of …
One of the easiest and most efficient ways to preserve your tomato harvest is to make and can delicious homemade tomato juice! It is hard to beat the incredible taste of homemade tomato juice. Especially when it’s made from the tomatoes straight from your garden, or from fresh tomatoes from a neighbor or local farmer’s …
When it comes to growing great tomatoes in containers on your porch, deck or patio, big success starts with selecting the best, most flavorful varieties for small space growing! Whether you have a backyard garden or not, raising a couple of potted tomatoes on your patio is a great way to keep tomatoes close at …
If there is one topic that seems to confuse gardeners the most when it comes to growing tomatoes, it is knowing the difference between determinate vs. indeterminate tomatoes, and which one is the best to grow for their garden. It usually leads to a whole slew of questions. Is a determinate better to grow than …
When it comes to growing healthy, productive and delicious tomatoes in your garden naturally, there is no better way to power your tomato plants than to fertilize them with compost. You simply can’t get more organic and natural than compost. Created from the remnants of once living plants and organic material, it is both safe …
Believe it or not, one of the best ways to help your tomato plants grow healthy and strong is to give them the best support possible – right from the first day you plant your crop! Tomato plants are certainly one of the vegetable plants in a garden that need good support. They are a …
If you are looking for the best tomato to grow for making and preserving salsa, sauces, stewed tomatoes and more – look no further than the San Marzano tomato! One of the best things about growing your own delicious crop of tomatoes is all of the amazing foods you can create from them. Especially when …