Picking Tomatoes – Know When to Pick Tomatoes

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

After all the hard work you put into your tomato garden, the last thing you want to do is either pick tomatoes too soon or to leave them on the vine too long. Here are some tips on how to know when to pick tomatoes in your garden.
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Brandywine Tomatoes – A Popular Heirloom Tomato

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

There is a a lot of attention these days by tomato gardeners on heirloom tomatoes. Many consider them to have superior taste to some of the more recent hybrids, and one of the most popular heirloom Read more on Brandywine Tomatoes – A Popular Heirloom Tomato…

Tomato Pests and Diseases – Preventing and Diagnosing Problems

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

At some point we all run into problems with our tomatoes. The key to dealing with them is often taking a proactive stance and making sure we don't encourage the conditions that bring on disease and tomato pests. But if we do get tomato problems, if we aren't careful to diagnose them properly, we may find the solution we prefer is ineffective until we come up with the proper diagnosis. This article goes into more detail on the diagnosis of tomato problems and pests like fungus and spider mites.
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