Chewed fruit, nubby stems, and spotty leaves can be a gardener’s nightmare. So much time and effort in growing tomatoes, peppers, eggplants can all be lost over the course of a few short weeks. The scene of the crime is an innocent, leafy green garden. The culprit—a large, meaty, … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Grow Delicious Tomatoes In Containers
Craving garden fresh tomatoes, but don’t have the space for a garden? Consider growing your tomatoes in containers! You may have heard that getting a good crop off your container grown tomatoes can be difficult. Sometimes the plants won’t produce many tomatoes, and the ones … [Read more...]
How to Plant Tomatoes for a Stronger, Healthier Plant
If you grow tomatoes and start with starter plants instead of seeds, there are several good tricks to help grow healthier tomato plants. … [Read more...]
Easy Ways to Magnify the Cancer-Fighting Potency of Your Tomatoes
Most of us know people that had or have cancer. It's a disease that can have many causes and can affect any area of the body. Two of my grandparents had cancer, along with a friend and the mother of another friend. It's a scary disease and one that has harsh conventional … [Read more...]
How to Can Your Own Marinara Sauce
by Macy Marie I had never canned a thing in my life! I actually didn’t know people actually still did this. So believe me, when I went home to visit my parents one weekend last summer I was shocked that my mom was just about to begin the process. … [Read more...]
How To Freeze Tomatoes: The Go-To Guide to Freezing Your Tomato Harvest
Frozen tomatoes retain their color and a large proportion of their nutrients. However, their texture becomes mushy, though they can still be used in cooking. Here's what you need to know to freeze tomatoes: Selecting Tomatoes to Freeze Only use tomatoes in peak condition. … [Read more...]
The 7 Deadly Sins of Tomato-Growing & How to Avoid Them
By Jodie Perry One of the most satisfying feelings of home gardening is to harvest a bumper crop of beautiful tomatoes at the end of the season. Tomatoes are one of the most popular plants grown by home gardeners because they are relatively easy to grow and they produce a … [Read more...]
How to Grow Tomatoes from Cuttings
Did you know that a new tomato plant can be grown from just a snip off of a mature tomato plant? The cells within the stems of tomato plants are capable of developing roots. Amazing, right? This is exciting news for you tomato lovers out there who have wished you could make … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Build Your Own Tomato Cages
Although a near-necessity for growing tomatoes, tomato cages can be as fancy, homemade, or as economical as you’d like. If you have some spare materials, you can avoid making a trip to the store prior to making your own tomato cages. Then again, if you are looking to upgrade your … [Read more...]
How to Grow Extra Tomato Plants from Cuttings
If you are lucky enough to live in an area with a long growing season, you may be able to fit in two growth cycles for your tomato plants. Wouldn’t it be nice not to start from seed the second time around? Or, if your growing season is nearly over, you barely have to plan ahead … [Read more...]
The Complete Guide to Growing Tomatoes in Containers
Ever wondered how you can enjoy delicious, homegrown tomatoes without a sprawling garden? The unruly nature of tomato bushes and vines might seem hard to contain. But they can be contained. In fact, tomatoes grow quite successfully in just about any kind of large container you … [Read more...]
Tomato Growing Problems From Improper Watering
Probably the single most common mistake made by gardeners growing tomatoes involves watering them. Sometimes it's too much, other times it's not enough, and occasionally it's how it's done that causes the problem. Tomatoes are particularly sensitive to water issues, so the good … [Read more...]
Classifying Tomato Varieties
There are many varieties of tomato you can grow. Being the most popular food plant in the garden, tomatoes have seen a lot of experimentation and change over time. Literally thousands of types have been bred and cultivated around the world. If you've read our other post, … [Read more...]
Intro to Growing Tomatoes in Containers
By far the most popular food plant grown in hobby gardens in America is tomatoes. Tomatoes grow in gardens, on porches, patios, and even flower beds. Growing tomatoes is easy, fun, and tasty. Container growing is a little different than in-ground growing; however, so many are … [Read more...]
How to Prune Tomatoes
By Julie Christensen More has probably been written on how to prune tomatoes than almost any other vegetable gardening task. Unfortunately, advice on pruning tomatoes is usually vague, conflicting or downright confusing. The truth is, tomatoes don’t absolutely have to be pruned. … [Read more...]
Great Roma Tomato Recipes
by Julie Christensen You’ll find fresh Roma tomatoes in the store year-round, but in most parts of the country they’re at their best from late July to October, when you can find vine-ripened, local tomatoes. Roma tomatoes have a meaty texture and few seeds, making them an … [Read more...]
Roma Tomatoes: Calories and Nutritional Information
by Julie Christensen Tomatoes are ranked as Americans’ third favorite veggie (after potatoes and lettuce) and most of the tomatoes we consume are in the form of cooked tomato products, such as ketchup, tomato paste, marinara sauce and salsa. Roma tomatoes, also known as … [Read more...]
Preserving Roma Tomatoes: Canning and Freezing
Roma tomatoes are also known as Italian or plum tomatoes. With their prolific yields of meaty, sweet fruit, they make the ideal tomato for sauces, canning and freezing. And unlike many vegetables, tomatoes are actually more nutritious cooked than raw. If you’ve never preserved … [Read more...]
Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Pots: Best Varieties
If you’re dreaming of home-grown tomatoes, but have limited space, growing them in pots is the ideal solution. Cherry tomatoes, with their compact growth, small fruit and early harvest times are a perfect variety to try. Read on to learn everything you need to know about growing … [Read more...]
Transplanting Tomatoes in Pots
Exotic, luxurious tomatoes are native to Central and South America and thrive in warm, moist conditions. To grow them from seed requires at least 110 days of sunny, hot weather — a luxury we don’t have in North America. Instead, northern gardeners have long used transplants to … [Read more...]
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