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Here are four things to keep in mind if you want to grow great tomatoes in containers: Here’s a simple exercise to get you ...
Beautiful, ripe tomatoes growing off of a vine. - HiTecherZ/Shutterstock Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are certainly one of the more popular plants for gardeners, and with all of the tips and hacks ...
Photo Credit: Digital Light Source/UIG via Getty Images. Summer is here and many of us are getting excited for fresh fruits and veggies. A great beginner plant for many, especially for container ...
Containers are better for deterring pests, while plants in the ground will need less frequent watering. Tomatoes are a staple in nearly every vegetable garden: they’re easy to grow, provide bountiful ...
Q: The tomatoes I grow in pots never do as well as the ones I grow in the garden. Can you offer any tips for better success? A: Next to herbs, growing tomatoes in pots is the most popular choice for ...
The weather may not agree, but the gardening season is well underway. For answers to your questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension ...
Tomatoes are a staple in many vegetable gardens, but they often require quite a bit of space to grow. So for those with limited square footage, it can often be difficult to know which variety to plant ...
Growing tomatoes in your garden can be immensely rewarding as long as you keep away those pests that will threaten your crop ...
If you crave the taste of luscious, homegrown tomatoes but don’t have the space to manage a full-sized garden, then container gardening might be just the thing for you. Tomatoes are the home ...
Properly spaced tomatoes are not only healthier, but they produce a much larger harvest than those that are overcrowded, as well as those that are spread too widely! Spacing your tomato plants ...
If you are like me, you are scrambling to obtain the right tomato selections to plant in the garden or in containers to ride out this heat and produce fruit before cold weather arrives. If the cold ...
Q: I love it when gardeners send me inspirational photos and we can all use an uplift after the long winter. Joan Zettel recently shared a photo of a magnificent daylily blooming in last year’s flower ...