Tomato plants have a natural tendency to produces lots of leaves and relatively fewer fruits. However, it's easy to balance leaf and fruit production by doing a little tomato plant pruning. Not only ...

Many of us plant our tomatoes, cage them or tie them to a support structure, fertilize, water and sit back to wait for our plants to produce. Is there something else we should be doing to improve the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jillian Kramer If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with ...

To prune or not to prune—that always seems to be a question for tomato growers. While pruning is not a necessity, it can increase quality at the expense of quantity. To prune or not to prune—that ...

Several seasons back, Jeff McCormack, Ph.D., founder of Garden Medicinals and Culinaries and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, shared a tomato pruning method with me that delays the onset of early ...

Whether it’s too late depends on zone—northern gardens stop before frost, southern ones prune later. If frost is near, pinch flowers, remove diseased leaves, or pull and hang plants so tomatoes ripen ...

Among other topics, the course will cover selecting an ideal site; preparing soil for growing tomatoes; starting tomato seeds and transplanting seedlings ...

If your tomato plants look overgrown and crowded, now may be a good time to consider pruning them. Although pruning tomato plants is not required, it is a good practice to adopt during the growing ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Tomatoes are sometimes considered no-brainers to grow -- fruitful, ...

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 ...

Improve your tomato yield by pruning your plants throughout the season. If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have ...

If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with flavor and produces a vibrant color that store-bought tomatoes just don't measure up ...