Put down the paintbrush and step away from the cotton swab, because everything you thought you knew about hand-pollinating tomatoes is about to change. If you need to pollinate dozens and dozens of ...

When everything in nature aligns as it should, plants form flowers, then bees and other pollinators drop in to grab the pollen from those flowers, and as they flit from one blossom to the next, they ...

One of the greatest benefits of having a backyard garden is the ability to grow any plants you want. However, without some precautions, a small tomato garden can turn into a genetics experiment, with ...

When your tomato plants aren't flowering, here's how to solve the problem so you can get fruit before summer's end. Both cold and hot temperature extremes can cause a lack of tomato flowers. Pruning, ...

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. Out in a field, tomato plants are pollinated ...