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The tomato originated in the Andean Mountains of South America, but the Inca people living in the area did not cultivate it. The tomato traveled over 2,000 miles north of […]

We asked what vegetable crops you like to grow, recommended varieties and seed companies, and what tricks you use to grow them. Here are your replies: Tomatoes are versatile, abundant, […]

As anyone who has ever bitten into a summer morning's glistening tomato right off the vine can testify, 'love apples' are the royalty of the vegetable kingdom. Rulers of all [...]

Big tomatoes can be grown from both heirloom and hybrid seeds. Heirloom beefsteaks have more flavor, but hybrids are more resistant to disease. All that is need to grow big tomatoes is patience, lots of water and a tolerance for fruit that is not perfectly smooth. Several varieties are described.

Cherry tomatoes are many a child's favorite vegetable, owing to their small size, sweet, acidic taste, and bright colors. Cherry tomatoes are an additional source in vitamin C. They are easy to cultivate at home.

Gardener Mel Bartholomew, author of 'Square Foot Gardening,' encourages other gardeners with limited space to grow tomatoes. They can be pruned to a single stem and placed one foot apart. These techniques help make larger tomatoes, even if the yield is lower.

The healthiest and tastiest tomatoes are started from seed. Lighting and temperature of seed-starting mixture are important to insure germination. Other growing tips are provided.

Some potato varieties can survive climate extremes. Tomato breeder James Baggett developed parthenocarpic tomatoes that can grow without pollination. They are usually seedless. Called Santiam and Oregon Spring, they have done well in both warm and cold growing climates.

SCIENTISTS HAVE RESURRECTED a version of a tomato that mid-century America fell in love with and that has been haunting our taste buds ever since. Introduced in 1934 by Lyman [...]

Byline: W. Akram, T. Anjum and B. Ali Abstract Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have gained worldwide importance and acceptance for agricultural benefits. By virtue of their rapid rhizosphere colonization [...]

Commercial tomato growers, for shipping purposes, breed tomatoes to be thick-walled and to have a low juice content. This results in virtually tasteless store tomatoes. Those who love tomato taste often resort to growing their own. Tomato-growing tips are presented.

Organic Gardening's machinery editor tested four kinds of lights in starting tomatoes indoors from seeds, and chronicled the growth stages. Plants grown with four-foot cool-white fluorescent tubes outgrew those under fluorescent Vita-lites and a 75-watt incandescent growlight.

THE SEEDLING If you've ever wondered what on earth it is that people get out of gardening, you may be tempted to put a seed in the ground and find [...]

A long winter night in Iceland is inhospitable to green growth. But with the help of automatic lighting and geothermal heat, the Frioheimar greenhouse in Reykholt, Iceland, manages to keep [...]

To minimize the likelihood of your tomatoes catching fungus disease, such as early blight, you'll want to maximize airflow around the plants' leaves. My V-shaped tomato trellises allow for plenty [...]

A reader tests 10 tips offered by Organic Gardening for growing better-tasting and more prolific tomatoes. He grew them from seed indoors, starting in January and gave the seedlings special care. He rates which varieties gave the best yield and which had the best tasting tomatoes.