Picking tomatoes is a gardener’s delight: ripe tomatoes smell amazing and can be so inviting that you won’t be able to resist taking a bite from one straight off the vine. If you live in a warm ...

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in odd angles. Leaves hide what you need to see. For farmers facing labor ...

A tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) can be an attractive addition to any home garden. Both container and ground plants produce interesting green foliage of varying shapes, as well as pretty yellow ...

It is common practice for gardeners to pick tomatoes while still green and then allow them to ripen indoors. This is done for a variety of reasons. Some gardeners pick their tomatoes early because ...

Somehow it’s almost fall (in case those of you in the sweltering heat didn’t notice, or, like me in Ventura, are still waiting for summer...), and I have a long list of plant-related activities and ...

This time every year gardeners rush to the garden centers to pick vegetables for their spring and summer gardens. Perhaps no other vegetable receives more attention from eager gardeners than the ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I was wondering what variety of tomatoes I should plant. Which types do the ...

Well, let's be real: July gets plenty of tomato-flavored action, as do the warmer months of spring and early summer. We can see this when we look at the busy schedule for "Tomatomania!," the ...

BOSTON - Tomato lovers can rejoice! The challenging weather that has wreaked havoc this year on Massachusetts, freezing peach blossoms, flooding farmlands and washing away acres of crops, hasn’t ...