Tomatoes are America’s favorite garden “vegetable” to grow. Botanically a fruit, the tomato was classified as a vegetable by the U.S. tariff law of 1887 because it’s served with dinner, not as dessert ...

Tomatoes are a favorite in Kansas gardens, and gardeners are always looking for ways to get the earliest, largest and best-tasting fruit while fighting the weather and at least a dozen common pests.

Question. We have several plantings of the common impatiens that have grown lanky. What will happen if I give them a light pruning? Answer. After a number of years without the common impatiens due to ...

You've probably heard a lot about the benefits of pruning your tomato plants: bigger harvests, healthier vines, fewer diseases. But if you've tried it before and didn't see much difference, there's a ...

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 ...

A great many tomatoes are available to home gardeners, either as seeds or seedlings. We are already well into the growing season, so if you enjoy growing tomatoes you are well past the stages of ...

Learning how to grow cherry tomatoes should be at the top of your to-do list if you have a balcony, tiny garden or just a ...

They say that tomatoes are nature’s candy, and there’s no easier candy to pop in your mouth than a delicious cherry tomato. The great thing about cherry tomatoes is that you don’t need a lot of space ...

Question: I have a six-foot talk cherry tomato plant that grew from kitchen discards and produced all summer but is starting to die at the bottom. Should I leave it to grow more top and flower or ...