Mention the word “garden” and the first picture to pop in most people’s mind is the – Tomato! Big juicy beefsteak tomatoes, small cherry tomatoes, plum, yellow, orange, heirloom and
Towards midsummer, it is common for tomatoes to fail to bloom or, if they do bloom, to drop their flowers. Often the erring plants are very healthy and unusually large,
The tomato is one of our most important garden vegetables. It is prepared in a greater variety of ways than any other vegetable we know. With many home gardeners, it
Tomatoes are a robust crop that not only makes for an attractive plant but provides a tasty controversy. However, whether you’re in the fruit (berry) or vegetable camp, one thing
The tomato requires a long warm sea sun to mature its fruit. Consequently, in the northern states, its early life must be lived “under glass.” That is to say, the
It may have been the year I stood over chili sauce for hours, boiling it down to the proper consistency. Or maybe the year I tried to make tomato juice
An old-fashioned name for the tomato is love apple. When used by gardeners today, however, it is much more probable that they are referring to a fruit that provides “food
When plant nutrients are in great excess or extreme deficiency, the symptoms on the foliage or in some other plant part generally reveal themselves to the naked eye. Such plants
You may be an “old hand” at raising tomatoes or an “eager beaver” who has set out his first plants this year. In either case, however, you will likely discover
When the tomato was first introduced into cultivation from South America, it was grown only as an ornamental in European and North American gardens under the name love apple. Belonging