Tomato greenhouses are becoming test beds for a new kind of farm worker, one that does not just grab every red fruit in sight ...

Knowing when to pick tomatoes is simple. All you have to do is wait until the fruits are fully red (or purple, or yellow, or whatever color tomatoes you’re growing). Right? Well, maybe not. Here’s ...

A tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) can be an attractive addition to any home garden. Both container and ground plants produce interesting green foliage of varying shapes, as well as pretty yellow ...

Somehow it’s almost fall (in case those of you in the sweltering heat didn’t notice, or, like me in Ventura, are still waiting for summer...), and I have a long list of plant-related activities and ...

This time every year gardeners rush to the garden centers to pick vegetables for their spring and summer gardens. Perhaps no other vegetable receives more attention from eager gardeners than the ...

Tomatoes are an important vegetable crop worldwide, but their picking operations have long relied on manual labor, facing ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I was wondering what variety of tomatoes I should plant. Which types do the ...

BOSTON - Tomato lovers can rejoice! The challenging weather that has wreaked havoc this year on Massachusetts, freezing peach blossoms, flooding farmlands and washing away acres of crops, hasn’t ...

Editor’s note: Ted Griess is on vacation. This column was first published Aug. 30, 2014, in the Kearney Hub. After anxiously tending to our tomato plants for the past several months, we finally are ...

Tomato infected by tomato brown rugose fruit virus with brown rugose on fruits (top) and mottle mosaic on leaves (bottom). Researchers from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and their ...

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in ...