That being said, some varieties are better suited to a small garden than others – and cherry tomatoes are considered some of the very best for the job. 'Cherry tomatoes are easy to grow and ideal for ...

"One of the easiest ways to tell if a cherry tomato is ready for harvesting is to keep track of how many days to maturity is ...

For most vegetable gardeners, tomatoes are the rock stars of the summer harvest, and late May and early June is the ideal time for planting these warm-season favorites. Whether you grow sun gold ...

Cherry tomatoes have been loved by vegetable gardeners since the beginning of the 20th century. This year, ... Of course, cherry tomatoes are at home in a vegetable garden, ...

Tomatoes need plenty of sunlight to produce fruit, but too much sun and heat can cause tomatoes to get sunscald. Here's how ...

Go into the garden in the middle of the day and put a cherry tomato in your mouth ... nothing tastes better than home-grown tomatoes. It's like taking a bite of sunshine.

Cherry tomatoes include Sweet 100, Sweet Million and Gardeners Delight. If you can find Santorini give it a try as well. Regular tomatoes to give a try include Early Girl, Champion, Celebrity, Jet ...

Space — or the lack of it — doesn’t have to stand between you and a fruitful garden. You just have to be creative.

Seed saving in hybrid tomatoes is not a good option. One suggestion to prolong the useful life of hybrid tomatoes is to root healthy tip cuttings of the tomato. Take cuttings that are 3-6 inches long.

Consistent soil moisture is critical. The water content of a ripe tomato is about 95%, which means that tomato plants will require a minimum of 1 and 1/2 inches of water each week, either from ...

Other vegetable plants in the same family (solanaceae, or nightshade) as tomato include eggplant, pepper, potato, tomatillo and ground cherry. Tomatoes are unique in that any portion of the stem ...