Looking for a few simple solutions to keep tomato blight away and keep your tomato plants safe from damage – for good? There is little doubt that tomato blight can all but ruin a tomato harvest. Although there are several types and versions of the disease, blight is a fungal condition that can devastate and …
Looking for the easiest and best ways to use coffee grounds to power your tomato plants to a bigger and better harvest than ever this year? Coffee grounds have all kinds of uses when it comes to improving soil and helping plants grow. From fertilizing houseplants to heating up compost piles, powering potting soil and …
Did you know that planting and growing marigolds with your tomato plants can be one of the best ways to keep your tomatoes healthy, happy, and most of all, incredibly productive? Believe it or not, one of the best examples of companion planting is growing marigolds right by your tomato plants. Not only do these …
One of the best and easiest ways to power up and energize your tomato plants is with egg shells – but how, when and where you use them to help grow your tomatoes is the real key to powering healthy plants and an amazing harvest! There are certainly a lot of great pairings when it …
Did you know that you can enjoy growing and harvesting cherry tomatoes indoors all winter long? Cherry tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetable choices to grow for home gardeners. Not only can you get a huge harvest from just a few plants, they also produce much faster than their larger slicing counterparts. And are …
Looking for a simple method using your oven to make sun dried tomatoes from the fresh tomatoes growing in your garden this summer? Harvesting fresh, ripe tomatoes from your garden and turning them into sun-dried tomatoes has a certain magical quality. Being able to concentrate and save the fresh taste of summer the whole year …
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 …