Sweet, juicy, homegrown tomatoes are the epitome of backyard gardening produce, and they don’t happen by accident. It takes a combination of diligence, patience, sunshine, and soil fertility to grow ...

Person sprinkling granulated fertilizer around small tomato plant - encierro/Shutterstock Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, ...

The best fertilizer for tomato plants contains a mix of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, or what’s known as NPK. These macronutrients are listed on every fertilizer container, usually in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bob Zeni, the Chicago Tomato Man, joins ...

The next time you crack an egg in the kitchen, save the shell. Eggshells contain important nutrients that can enrich your compost pile or feed plants, including tomatoes. Using eggshells on tomatoes ...

We are in the heart of our short Michigan growing season. All things green and growing can use fertilizer now. We have to remember that plants eat too. Right now most plants are as hungry as they will ...

Tomato plants are increasingly vulnerable to nitrate-induced stress caused by modern agricultural practices. A new study has identified the gene SlTrxh as a crucial defender against this challenge.