Grow the best tomatoes ever! Discover expert tips on planting, pruning, and preventing common tomato problems. From seed to harvest, get ready for a bumper crop.
Verticillium wilt has no cure once it enters the xylem. The fungus plugs the water pipes from inside, so a maple wilts in moist soil and no spray reaches the blockage. 10 strategies below protect the plants around the sick…
Stemphylium gray leaf spot on tomato strips leaves while leaving fruit untouched. The fungus spots lower leaves first, then dries whole leaflets gray and crispy until they drop. 9 strategies below tell it apart from early blight and save the…
Cucumber mosaic virus has no cure once it infects a plant. Aphids spread cucumber mosaic virus in seconds, and one infected plant can seed a whole bed with virus before its leaves show a single mottle. The 10 strategies below…
Tomato spotted wilt virus has no cure once it enters a tomato plant. Thrips carry the virus from plant to plant, and a plant that tests positive stays infected for the rest of its life. The 10 strategies below protect…
Septoria leaf spot strips tomato leaves from the bottom up, and it rarely touches the fruit. The 10 strategies below hold the canopy by cutting splash, drying leaves fast, and spraying only when rain will not stop. Start at the…
White mold kills from the stem outward. The fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum rots stems, girdles them, and leaves cottony white growth studded with hard black sclerotia. The 10 strategies below separate this disease from two harmless look-alikes and keep it from…
Fusarium wilt has no cure once it reaches the xylem. The fungus blocks the water pipes from inside, so a tomato wilts in moist soil and no spray reaches the blockage. 11 no-spray strategies below save the crop around the…
Growing tomatoes can be a rewarding experience, but it often comes with challenges. One of the most common issues gardeners face is keeping their tomato plants upright and healthy. Without proper support, tomato plants can become unruly, leading to broken…
Key Takeaways – There are many tomato varieties that have funny, unusual, or creative names, such as Cow’s Tit, Drunken Woman Frizzy-Headed Lettuce, Sir Lycopene, The Great Tomato Escape, and Malakhitovaya Shkatulka. – These names are based on the appearance,…
