1. Plant a patio or bush tomato variety. Small tomato plants, known as patio or bush varieties, grow and fruit best in containers. Don't be fooled by the size of a plant—a small tomato plant can still ...

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Tomato plants have a reputation for being garden favorites, but they can be surprisingly dramatic behind the scenes. One day ...

Tomatoes have different needs than most garden plants, and treating them the same as your flowers or peppers often causes ...

Not all tomatoes are the same, boss! From Cherry and Desi to Roma and Hybrid, each has its own special quality. So, which one ...

Every summer, UK gardeners watch promising tomato clusters stall into hard green beads by September. What changes when you ...

By Barbara Brown, Master Gardener Gardening Grandma says… “You must remove suckers from your tomato plants. Suckers steal the plant’s energy, and you get fewer tomatoes.” Truth or myth? Let’s find out ...

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Sometimes planting a garden is easy, but actually getting a crop to grow properly and yield fruits, vegetables, pretty flowers or aromatic herbs? Now that can be a totally different story. That's why ...

The leaves of my tomato plant are being eaten by something. Some of the stems are completely bare of leaves. Is there anything I can do to protect my plants? I suspect you have a tomato hornworm or ...