Question: I love homegrown tomatoes and I want to grow as many as possible all summer long. How do I make that happen? Answer: Tomato starts have been available in stores and farmers markets since ...

Whether you start your tomatoes from seed or buy tomato seedlings, as you get ready to plant them, keep in mind proper spacing is essential for successful growing. As a rule of thumb, allow 2 to 3 ...

The Penn State Extension of Berks County Master Gardeners will be featuring questions and answers to inquiries received through their Garden Hotline. Q: I’m new to buying tomato seeds but I’d like to ...

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables for gardeners, being easy to grow in containers or in the ground. Home-grown tomatoes can offer superb flavor and texture since they don’t have to ...

Determinate tomatoes grow to a fixed size, produce fruit all at once, and are ideal for canning and compact spaces like containers. Indeterminate tomatoes grow continuously, need strong support, and ...

Tomatoes are a staple in many vegetable gardens, but they often require quite a bit of space to grow. So for those with limited square footage, it can often be difficult to know which variety to plant ...

Discovered some new information about tomatoes the other day that I didn’t realize before. We have always heard of determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. This information says there are also two ...

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A reader and I recently compared notes about tomato varieties we are growing this season and some we’ve grown in the past. It seems we like some of the same varieties, including Early Girl, an early ...

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association “At the end of the day, you can’t compete with Mother Nature. If you’ve got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all ...