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Tomatoes are a great crop if you're getting into home gardening and want some fresh produce out of it, but splitting skin is ...

Tomato plants thrive with the right mulch, and one budget-friendly option sitting in your yard can help improve soil and ...

Achieving success with tomatoes always starts with the soil.

Q: In your Aug. 16 column concerning tomatoes, you mentioned red plastic mulch. Is the mulch shredded or in sheets? If it's in sheets, how do you water the plants properly? A: Red plastic mulch for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're adding some tomatoes to your garden, you're in good company. Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables (well, ...

Summer heat can turn a thriving garden into a crispy disaster faster than a forgotten burger on a backyard grill. One blazing ...

Wondering which mulch won’t whither your wonderful tomatoes? WTOP Garden Editor Mike McGrath has answers for you. (Getty Images/ThinkStock) Anne in Falls Church, Virginia, writes: “My husband just ...

: I have two questions, but first I want to thank you for letting us know about the free mulch outside the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. For ...

Q: Do tomatoes need pruning? A: When we first plant our baby tomato plants outside, we will remove the bottom side shoots and dig a hole deep enough to cover several inches of the main stem. If you ...

Tomatoes are a core ingredient to dishes that add flavor to food, hence the need to grow them properly and in plenty for the insatiable market. One sure way to increase tomato yields in this adverse ...

Weeds are the bane of many plants — including your precious tomatoes. Instead of using chemical herbicides, however, you can ...