As heat, humidity, rains, diseases and insects increase during summer months, tomato production naturally declines. Entire plants may begin to die — but it is possible to start new tomato plants from ...

IT’S MID-JUNE and many vegetable gardeners have already moved on to pruning their tomato plants, instead of transplanting them. It’s far too late in the year to plant more tomato seedlings. Or is it?

Hands pressing a tomato seedling into the soil - Cavan-Images/Shutterstock If you're hoping for a bigger tomato harvest this year, there's a surprisingly easy trick ...

Tomatoes are incredibly popular in the vegetable garden. These tropicals grow great as annuals in our summer heat. We love everything about them from the smell of the vines to the fruit we consume.

It will soon be time to set out tomato plants, an act one performs when the weather has settled. That means warm soil, night temperatures of at least 45 degrees and no risk of a sudden reversion to ...

If you've savored a garden tomato that's warm from the sun, pause to recall its taste and texture. Your teeth pop through the skin, and the fruit bursts in your mouth, sweet and sour at the same time, ...