In this video, I show how I prune and train young tomato plants including several tomato growing tips to prevent disease and get the best crop of tomatoes possible! Self Sufficient Me is based on our ...

As the winter blues hit, the hope for bright colors and sunny skies urges gardeners to plan for the upcoming growing season.

Picture it: you’re inside, cozy and ready for the holidays. Outside, it’s chilly (maybe – it is South Carolina), the trees are bare and the clouds are gray. But you have a little bit of summer ...

More often than not, gardeners treat their tomato plants as annuals. Tomatoes are a warm-season crop that thrives on plenty of sunshine, and they won't develop fruit well once nighttime temperatures ...

This column is written by the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UC Master Gardener – Yolo County Help Desk. Question: ...

Tomato plants possess a sophisticated system to protect themselves against herbivores: the signaling peptide Systemin triggers a cascade of plant defense responses. A research team from the University ...

Pennsylvania’s No. 1 home-garden vegetable crop‚ tomatoes, should be hitting peak form this week and churning out trusses full of juicy, ripe fruits. However, this long-time summer pleasure is being ...

A fateful meeting between ancestors of tomatoes and potatoes allowed for the growth of tubers, the edible part of potatoes today, according to a new study. Yuxin Jia and Pei Wang Ketchup and fries ...

An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests. By Alexa Robles-Gil As a foodstuff, the potato can be baked, boiled, mashed, smashed, ...

One of the best indoor houseplants, aloe vera is known for being an easy going, low-maintenance succulent plant. But there’s more to aloe vera plant care than plopping it atop a windowsill and hoping ...

Note: This article was previously published in 2018. We are rerunning it because we are noticing this happening in many gardens right now. Client's Request: Why no tomatoes? Starting to get lots of ...