A wire or wood cage for each plant is a good idea, especially for tomato varieties that produce large, heavy fruit. For some ...

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Keep your tomato plants in good condition this summer by watching out for these 7 causes of wilting ... consider shading the area with a cloth or blanket to add sun protection. 7. Over-pruning ...

Tomatoes are warm-season plants. We all know that when we jump the gun with early planting to try to hasten that very first harvest, a cool night or two can turn a vigorous young transplant into a ...

I’ve tried hosing off the plants in the morning, but I think this has been causing blossom end rot on the tomatoes. I don’t want to spray anything that will harm the Monarch butterflies.

If your tomatoes get full sun (10-14 hours a day), that’s ideal. If not, they may do better in large pots than in the ground. Give each plant a pot that holds 2-3 cubic feet of potting soil.

I want to plant tomatoes, peppers, basil, squash, beans and eggplant in the ground on a 65-degree. partly cloudy day with steady nights above 55 and a slow warming trend ahead. Lately, it’s ...