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Growing healthy tomatoes isn't a one-and-done type of job - it requires specific care for each stage of growth, including ...
There's no one-size-fits-all approach to growing tomatoes. Here's how to figure out whether containers or in-ground beds are ...
Want your home-grown tomatoes to look like they're fresh from the farmers' market? Use these gardening tips to grow the most ...
Pruning tomato plants incorrectly can tank yields, trigger sunscald, and spread disease. Pave the way for a bumper crop by ...
Tomatoes are the easiest fruit to grow and have the biggest return on your investment. The plants are easy to grow from seed ...
New work by Alex Cantó-Pastor (left) and Professor Siobhan Brady, Department of Plant Biology, shows how tomato plants protect themselves from drought by waterproofing their roots. The findings could ...
Tomatoes are fantastic at growing roots—so much so that when you plant tomatoes, you bury as much of the stem as possible, because roots will form anywhere off the stem.
When water supplies are low, tomato roots produce suberin—the molecule that gives wine corks and waxy potato skins their water-repellent qualities—to control water flow.
Tomatoes are the quintessential summer garden crop, but they’re not always simple to grow. In fact, by this point in the growing season, even the most experienced gardener may be having problems.
Structural equation model linking siderophore production, siderophore-mediated interactions, and biomass with pathogen ...
Tomato roots will only grow once the soil temperatures reach around 65 to 70 degrees, usually occurring naturally in mid-May. Remember, it is the root development that drives the top growth.
Tomato plants can have determinate or indeterminate growth patterns. Learn the difference between determinate and ...