Those green sprouts curling inside an overripe tomato are called vivipary, and they usually mean the seed’s dormancy hormones have faded. If the fruit is still firm and fresh, you can eat around the sprouts or plant them for an unexpected tomato-growing experiment.
Tiny black spots can spread across tomato leaves and fruit. Here is how I identify bacterial spot and protect the rest of my plants.
Tomato seedlings need gentle feeding at the right time. Here is when I begin fertilizing, how much I use and how I avoid burning young roots.
Roots that circle, drown, or overheat can quietly stunt container tomatoes before anything looks wrong above the soil. These 5-gallon fabric grow bags improve airflow, drainage, and root space while staying easy to move, clean, and reuse.
Cheap garden tools can turn ordinary digging and weeding into a fight with bent metal and sore hands. This heavy-duty GROWIT set covers planting, soil prep, weeding, pruning, and cleanup, with ergonomic handles and a storage bag to keep everything together.
Start tomato seedlings indoors with the right timing, soil, light, warmth and watering so they grow sturdy instead of tall and weak.
Both overwatering and underwatering make tomato plants wilt — but the fixes are opposite. Here is how to diagnose the problem in 30 seconds and what to do next.
Yellow leaves do not always mean your tomato needs food. Soggy soil, too much nitrogen, thirsty roots, pests, and too little sun can look surprisingly similar. Use the leaf and soil clues here to identify the problem before reaching for fertilizer.
Your tomato looked perfectly ripe until you sliced it. Find out what causes hard white flesh and whether the rest is worth eating.
Wilting does not always mean a tomato plant needs water. If the soil is still wet, limp leaves, yellowing from the bottom up, mushy stems, and a funky smell point to overwatering, with practical steps to help the roots recover.
One fat hornworm can strip a tomato branch overnight, hiding in plain sight while leaving black frass behind. Evening flashlight checks, attention to chewed leaves, and reapplication after rain form the practical routine this gardener uses to stop an invasion.
It is the most important thing on the plant tag and most gardeners never notice it. Here is what determinate and indeterminate actually means — and why it changes everything about how you grow.
