Tomatoes are a staple of the home vegetable garden. These tasty fruits (yes, fruits!) are generally easy to grow, but tomato diseases can cause major consternation to gardeners. When left untreated, ...

Selecting disease-resistant varieties, spacing tomato plants properly, using mulch, and watering at least 1 inch per week are some of the most important actions to keep your tomato plants disease-free ...

Key Takeaways Baking soda can sweeten tomatoes and deter pests, but must be used sparingly to avoid harming plants.A light sprinkle around the base wards off slugs, ants, and aphids, and a diluted ...

Grocery store tomatoes can’t hold a candle to a sun-warmed, freshly-picked, homegrown ripe tomato, but growing your own tomatoes isn’t always as easy as we might like. Many diseases can affect ...

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Tomatoes represent a $1.9 billion annual crop, nationwide. They’re planted on 330,000 acres across 18 states, but diseases such as bacterial spot can ravage the popular crop.

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

In addition to watering, fertilizing, and weeding, pruning your tomato plants is key to a bountiful harvest.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red tomatoes up close growing on a tomato plant Tomatoes are a fantastic crop to grow in pots and are massively popular with ...