Growing

Our tomato growing category offers tips to help you successfully raise bountiful tomato plants. Learn optimal planting techniques, spacing, staking methods to support vines, and using mulches. Discover solutions to conditions like blossom end rot. Find advice on watering, lighting, and feeding for healthy plant and fruit development so you know when to harvest tomatoes at peak ripeness. See signs of common problems like cracking. Get ideas for best tomato varieties to grow in your area plus how to start seeds indoors and outdoors. Peruse articles on transforming homegrown tomatoes into canned sauces, freezer batches, and more so you can enjoy their fresh flavor all year long.