Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables to grow, if not THE most popular. And yes, I know they’re technically a fruit, but I’m a vehement ‘tomatoes are vegetables’ person. They’re simple ...
Should You Compost Tomato Plants? What To Do With Spent Plants
Composting is an important habit that many home gardeners should take up. It enriches your soil and reduces the need for chemical fertilizers. Keeping a compost heap even lowers your carbon ...
3 Ways To Maximize Your Late Season Tomato Harvest (& What To Do At The End Of The Season)
Winter is a wonderful time of year. Nothing comes close to seeing the first strings of Christmas lights hanging outside frosted homes and around whitened trees. And nothing is cozier than popping on ...
The Reason Your Tomatoes Are Splitting (& How To Stop It)
If you’ve grown tomatoes for a long time, chances are you’re no stranger to split or cracked tomatoes. But, if you’re a newbie, cracks or splits can be scary. They look intimidating and, even ...
Tomato Catfacing: How To Identify, Treat & Prevent It
One of the profound joys of homegrown tomatoes is that we can grow a wide variety of tomato types with unique colors, flavors, shapes, and sizes. We are no longer confined to the often bland, ...
8 Tips To Protect Tomato Plants From Extreme Heat
No one likes to be outdoors in the scorching sun and blistering heat during summer. While you can shelter inside away from the harsh weather on these hot days, your poor tomatoes can’t. And ...
3 Ways Baking Soda Helps Tomato Plants (& 3 Ways It Doesn’t)
Growing tomatoes is an exciting gateway into vegetable gardening. But, you may face a few hiccups along the way. There are many life hacks out there suggesting cure-alls for your tomato problems, ...
Why Are My Tomato Flowers Dropping? 7 Causes & How To Fix Them
Growing tomatoes is fun, addictive and so rewarding. But there are several hurdles you could face when growing tomatoes at home. From diseases to pests to something as simple as sun-scald. One ...
4 Wood Ash Uses For Tomato Plants (& 4 Uses Elsewhere)
It may be summer now, but perhaps some of us have had a bonfire recently? Or possibly cooked a delicious barbeque over a wood fire? Maybe you’re even thinking ahead, preparing to save up your wood ...
10 Ways to Stop Birds Eating Your Tomatoes That Goes Beyond Netting
There are so many things to consider when growing your tomatoes. From diseases like early blight and Septoria leaf spot to a plethora of pests, including dreaded aphids - the potential concerns may ...
8 Bugs You Want To See On Your Tomato Plants
Gardeners often focus on the damaging pests that attack and kill tomatoes. Understandably so, as they can destroy not just tomatoes, but your entire garden. However, not all bugs are bad. ...
3 Things Aspirin Does For Tomato Plants (& 3 Things It Won’t Do)
Problems with your tomato plants giving you a headache? Aspirin may be the cure for your headache problems, and your tomato plant problems too. This may be one of the lesser-known common gardening ...
How To Get Rid of Aphids on Tomato Plants
Ah, aphids. We all know them, and we all dread them. These tiny bugs can cause massive damage to many garden plants – especially tomatoes. Tomato blooms attract aphids to your garden, and they even ...
How & When To Pick Tomatoes (Probably Not When You Think)
You’ve overcome several obstacles facing your tomato plant. Warded off pests, controlled diseases, ensured a steady supply of water, pruned correctly, fertilized, supported and much more. Now, ...
7 Secrets To Get More Tomatoes From Every Single Plant
You know that veggie gardener who is overwhelmed with massive quantities of tomatoes throughout the summer? Their hands are slightly stained. Not only do they smell delicious, like an old favorite ...
Tomato Plant Not Flowering? 5 Causes & How To Fix It
Your tomatoes are planted. You have cared for them for weeks, months on end. Now, you can’t wait to pick the delicious red fruits from your masterpiece. But, the flowers you were waiting so ...
Black Spots On Tomato Leaves – Dealing With Septoria Leaf Spot
One of the most common (and destructive) fungal diseases that affect tomatoes is the dreaded Septoria leaf spot. Beginning on leaves closest to the ground, the first sign – evident in the name – ...
4 Ways To Get More Of Your Tomato Flowers To Set Fruit
Peeking out of the leaves of your bushy tomato plant, you notice a tiny yellow flower. The excitement sets in. So you wait for your first fruit. And keep waiting. But those tiny yellow blossoms ...
4 Reasons Your Tomatoes Aren’t Ripening & What To Do About It
The effort you put into tomato growing over the season – planting, feeding, mulching, watering – all lead up to one moment: picking your first tomato. When you see the first green fruits form ...
5 Common Tomato Stem Problems & How To Fix Them
The unfortunate fact of tomato growing is that most gardeners will face a tomato plant problem at some point in the season. Problems are normally identified by the look of the plant – wilting ...
Green Shoulders – Why Won’t The Tops Of My Tomatoes Ripen?
There is nothing more frustrating than waiting in anticipation for your tomato harvest, only to be faced with a daunting green or yellow crown that stubbornly refuses to ripen. This greenish or ...
10 Tomato Pests That Will Destroy Your Tomato Plants
Pests and diseases are tough challenges every home gardener faces. Unfortunately for tomato growers, tomatoes are susceptible to a large variety of both. When it comes to pests, matters are only ...
Tomato Suckers: What Should You Really Do With Them?
To prune, or not to prune? That is the question. Like many gardening tips on the internet, there is a heated debate around tomato suckers. Should you keep them? Should you get rid of them? What ...
How To Fertilize Tomato Plants For Your Best Harvest Ever
Ask any gardener what their secret to great tomatoes is, and many will say fertilizing. Not just any old fertilizing routine. A routine that gives the plants exactly what they need at the right ...