From tiny red orbs to enormous fruits the size of a fist or bigger, tomatoes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and colors (yes, colors). If you haven't explored tomato varieties beyond standard ...

Pick tomato varieties suited to your space and climate for a successful harvest. Create well-draining, sunny soil for optimal growth; raised beds or containers can help. Plant tomatoes deep, water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) are beloved by gardeners, with over 10,000 possible types to grow. These leafy annuals grow ...

Despite being summer’s most misunderstood fruit, tomatoes are enjoying their time under the produce spotlight. The bulbous cultivars are a common sight at local farmer’s markets, outdoor vendors and ...

As prime tomato-transplanting time arrives, you may be in search of seedlings. Or maybe you started your tomatoes from seed, or have young plants (homegrown or store-bought) already in the ground, or ...

Sometimes plants do a little too well for their own good and that’s especially true with tomatoes. You do everything right early in the summer to get them to bloom and fruit, only to watch them topple ...

Tomatoes are the easiest fruit to grow and have the biggest return on your investment. The plants are easy to grow from seed and can produce hundreds of flowers. They readily self-seed, so many ...

Learn about proper tomato plant spacing for determinate and indeterminate tomatoes and other spacing mistakes to avoid in ...