Just when I thought my volunteer cherry tomato plant would continue to thrive into its second year, it became infested with spider mites and had to be removed. Last September, it had sprouted in the ...

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

Early blight in tomato plants can be a major problem for gardeners. Here’s how to keep plants healthy and growing strong. Domestic violence victim uses hand signals to ask for help, suspect arrested: ...

This column is written by the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UC Master Gardener – Yolo County Help Desk. Question: ...

Tomato plants possess a sophisticated system to protect themselves against herbivores: the signaling peptide Systemin triggers a cascade of plant defense responses. A research team from the University ...

Pennsylvania’s No. 1 home-garden vegetable crop‚ tomatoes, should be hitting peak form this week and churning out trusses full of juicy, ripe fruits. However, this long-time summer pleasure is being ...

A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a low-cost, non-invasive method to estimate total leaf area in dwarf tomato plants using 3D reconstruction from standard video footage. The ...

Random mating between wild tomato plants and potato-like species 8 million to 9 million years ago may have given rise to one of our favorite carbs: the potato. Together with 107 extant, wild potato ...

Tomatoes are the quintessential summer garden crop, but they’re not always simple to grow. In fact, by this point in the growing season, even the most experienced gardener may be having problems.

Tomato plant issues range from pests like deer and raccoons to environmental factors. Over-fertilization and insufficient watering are common cultivation mistakes affecting tomato growth. Extreme heat ...