It’s not easy waiting for your green tomatoes to ripen. Sometimes, the weather or the growing conditions can make it even tougher to the point when green tomatoes simply refuse to turn color. Are you half way through the tomato growing season and wondering how long do tomatoes take to ripen? You may even be …
You planted tomatoes, watered them, fed them and watched the plants grow. Now you’re wondering when exactly you will see ripe tomatoes on the vines. How long does it take tomatoes to produce fruit anyway? After all, you’ve invested time and energy to enjoy a healthy, homegrown harvest. It’s natural to want to know when …
Tomatoes are a common crop for vegetable gardens around the world. Other than the bright red tomatoes you usually see, there’s a sea of colors, shapes, sizes and unique flavors you can explore. Tomato gardeners are always on the lookout for new varieties to plant and bring versatility to their dinner table. Heirloom tomatoes are …
The last thing you would want is to watch your tomato crop being eaten away by pests. Yet, tomatoes are particularly attractive to many pests. The good thing about red bugs is that you’ll easily spot them as soon as the infestation starts. Their contrasting color to the environment gives you a chance to control …
There aren’t many things that are as satisfying as picking red, juicy tomatoes off the vines in your home vegetable garden. If you’re ever tried homegrown tomatoes, you’ll know that the unsurpassed flavors aren’t something you’ll find on the racks of grocery stores. As summers reach its peak, gardeners often start becoming impatient, since it …
As much as tomatoes are loved across the world, they are also susceptible to a number of problems. Though they are commonly grown in many vegetable gardens, achieving those plump, juicy red fruits, free from blemishes, isn’t easy. Just when you start thinking those tiny green tomatoes will grow into beautiful red fruits you can …
It’s heartbreaking to see tomato plants that started out as perfectly healthy seedlings beginning to wilt just when it’s time to grow vigorously and set a hefty crop. If you see drooping leaves and a limp structure of the tomato plants, it may seem like they’re too far gone, but in most cases that’s not …
Late blight is a devastating disease that affects potatoes and tomatoes. The disease acts fast to kill off the foliage and rot fruits before you can pick those desirable, unblemished tomatoes. At this point, you may wonder if you could salvage some tomatoes and bring them to use. Can you eat tomatoes affected by blight? …
Green zebra is as pleasing to the mouth as it is to the eye. The striking combination of yellow background and green stripes makes it an exotic fruit. It brightens up your dishes and brings a sweet and tangy taste that chefs crave for. When growing green zebra tomatoes for the first time, it’s common …
If you’ve been growing tomatoes, there are high chances that you’ve encountered tomato hornworms. Tomato hornworms, often confused with tobacco hornworms, are green caterpillars that can devastate your tomato crop. Other than tomatoes, they also feed on other plants from the nightshade family, including eggplant, pepper, potatoes and tobacco. Amidst the frustration and schemes to …
