Aphids, whiteflies, and spider mites can curl tomato leaves before you realize pests are the problem. This review explains why Safer insecticidal soap works on contact, where to spray, when to avoid heat, and why hornworms need a different treatment.
A small pot can leave a full-size tomato plant sulking, drying out and producing only a few sad fruits. Match the container to the variety, with at least 5 gallons for bush types and 10 gallons or more for vining tomatoes.
Every week of the tomato growing season looks different — and knowing what your plant is doing changes everything. Here is what to expect at each stage and exactly what to do.
Tomatoes in pots often need feeding every week or 10 days because watering washes nutrients away. This guide explains how to read NPK numbers, when calcium and iron matter, and why liquid fertilizer can beat granular in containers.
Learn to identify the most common tomato plant diseases — early blight, late blight, fusarium wilt, bacterial spot and more — with exact fixes for each one.
Your tomato looked perfectly ripe until you sliced it. Find out what causes hard white flesh and whether the rest is worth eating.
Tomatoes benefit from the extra root room and heat retention of a deep galvanized metal bed, while peppers, lettuce and herbs fit comfortably alongside them. See why this sturdy, rust-resistant setup is a practical step up from grow bags.
Late blight can destroy tomatoes fast. Spot the warning signs, confirm the damage and act before it reaches nearby plants.
Tomato plants flowering but no fruit? Here are the 9 most common reasons tomato plants stop producing — and exactly what to do about each one.
Starting a tomato garden does not have to feel like a second job. Here is the practical, mistake-tested way to choose varieties, prepare soil, water, support plants, and enjoy a better harvest.
Hand-picking hornworms works until their numbers overwhelm your tomato plants. Sevin Insect Killer Concentrate offers a faster option for heavy infestations and also targets several other garden pests without ruining the tomato crop.
Clean bites, hoof prints and overnight damage point to deer, not hornworms or rabbits. Learn which barriers, repellents and companion plants protect tomato vines, plus how to help a partly damaged plant recover.
