My tomato plants have produced dozens of flowers, but very few fruits have set. I have even shaken the flowers to make sure they were pollinated. Can you tell me what is wrong? Your shaking of the ...
Red and yellow tomatoes on the vine with large brown splotches on the skin. - Dan Gabriel Atanasie/Shutterstock Blossom-end rot occurs when a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant cannot deliver enough ...
Abscisic acid treatments can prevent tomato blossom-end rot Date: January 16, 2015 Source: American Society for Horticultural Science Summary: Root and foliar spray abscisic acid applications were ...
Question: The leaves on some of our tomato plants got weird, then the bottom half of all the fruits on the plant turned ugly brown and inedible. What is happening? Is there anything we can do to cure ...
Late July has its own rewards, namely ripe, juicy tomatoes. Anticipation sets in as soon as fruit sets on plants and reaches a fever pitch until the first ripe tomato is plucked from the vine. Then ...
The only tomato that many visitors to Wichita’s largest farmers market saw recently was a young woman dressed as a tomato for Tomato Day at the Kansas Grown! Farmers’ Market. Dismayed gardeners across ...
Why are my tomatoes producing flowers that drop off instead of developing fruits? Blossom drop is caused most often by night temperatures below 55 º F or above 75º F. If temperature does not seem to ...
A watched pot never boils, and checking to see if your summer vegetable starts have hit puberty yet has the same results. Until now, your adorable little tomato, eggplant, and pepper starts have been ...
Cascades of bright yellow fluff balls once hanging from a mighty longleaf pine are now perched on the tree’s dead branches. Nothing is sadder in the garden than a 'Lady Banks' in full finery with no ...
Blossom-end rot occurs when a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant cannot deliver enough calcium to the fruit. It shows up on the end of the tomato opposite the stem, where the blossom was, in the form ...
If you’ve seen tomatoes like this lately, they’ve probably not been in your own garden. It’s been a challenging year for Wichita-area growers, but there’s hope for fall crops. TNS The only tomato that ...