When you are going to buy tomato seeds or plants you may find some special letters alphabet in the seed packet or plant level. These are the diseases resistant codes for that specific tomato variety. You may also find these tomato disease-resistant codes when searching for different garden blogs or e-commerce sites. If you are […]
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Heat-Tolerant Tomato Varieties: Survive in Hot Dry Climates
Tomatoes are warm loving plants and they perform better if the temperature remains between 65°-85° F. But it will be difficult for you to grow tomatoes if you live in the southern part of the United States or other warm and dry regions where the temperature goes above 86°F. Your tomatoes may face sunscalding; blight […]
Best Mulch for Tomatoes: When and How to Mulch Tomato Plants
Your tomatoes will be healthier, vigorous in color and fresh while you apply mulch for tomatoes. People get higher yield when they mulch their tomato plants. Mulching is the most essential part, especially for tomatoes. Your tomato plants produce more branches and best utilize the mineral nutrients than plants not mulched. So, keep continuing reading […]
How to Trellis Tomato Plants the Ultimate Guide
Tomato trellis is another great way to support your plants like staking and caging. Besides trellis for tomato plants can also help to keep your plants off the ground and save from some unexpected diseases. Different tomato varieties need different types of trellising systems. In addition, your personal interest, plant demand, and trellis design also […]
20 Helpful Tips for Pruning Tomato Plants
Do I need pruning my tomato plants or not? This is a very common question that comes from beginner tomato growers. My answer to this question is YES, of course, if you have a plan to grow indeterminate tomatoes. And a big fat NO if you want to grow determinate tomatoes. Here I discuss the […]
How to use tomato cages effectively
Tomato plants grow upwards easily when they get support. Besides, after holding some matured fruit cluster on the plants they become heavier. Tomato cages provide great support to set them upwards and save them from unexpected soil-borne diseases. When should I put cages on my tomato plants? Cage your tomato plants after transplanting them outdoor. […]
4 Secret Tips of Staking Tomato Plants
Staking tomato plants is an art. Perfect staking for your garden tomatoes show your expertise in this filed as well as ensure you a healthy harvest. There are plenty of ways and design to stake tomato plants but concentrating on the following factors help you to get the best output. Tips# 1: Staking your tomato […]
How to Support Tomato Plants the Ultimate Guide
Tomato plants become bendy by nature when they grow taller due to their soft stems and growth habit. A matured indeterminate type tomato plants are unable to stand strong without taking any support to take the extra load of plant leaves and fruits. As well as determinate type tomatoes also perform better when getting support […]
How to Prune Tomatoes Step by Step Guidelines
Pruning is a common part of tomato plant care. The right time and proper way of pruning tomato plants can bring you the ultimate success in the harvest. If you are a beginner gardener you should always concern and regularly monitor your tomato plants if they need pruning and other assistance to produce healthy fruits. […]
5 Common Tomato Root Problems and Solutions
Tomato root rot problems are different from other tomato plant problems. So, this is a little bit difficult to find out the actual reason behind the problems because the symptoms are often not directly visible. Due to root problems tomato plants may stop growing, wilting, turning brown or yellow color or some lesions may appear […]