A light-skinned hand touches a tomato plant sucker. - KieferPix/Shutterstock If you've savored a garden tomato that's warm from the sun, pause to recall its taste and texture. Your teeth pop through ...

Tomato suckers is a term that is often thrown around by experienced gardeners but can leave a relatively new gardener scratching their head. Maybe someone told you to get rid of them ASAP. Or maybe ...

New tomato gardeners often hear about the dreaded tomato suckers but have no idea what that means or how to get rid of them. In this video I show how to identify them and remove them so you can get ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Removing the suckers, or side shoots, from a tomato plant’s stem is one effective way that you can help your kitchen garden to ...

IT’S MID-JUNE and many vegetable gardeners have already moved on to pruning their tomato plants, instead of transplanting them. It’s far too late in the year to plant more tomato seedlings. Or is it?

Q: I live in the Green Valley area and my cherry tomato plants are 4 feet tall and somewhat scraggly. Some blooms and a few fruit. My question: Is it too early to prune back and how much to prune, ...

Master Gardeners spent last winter and spring growing an array of annual flowers, perennials, herbs and vegetables for their annual plant sale. On opening day, a line of early birds snaked around the ...

As heat, humidity, rains, diseases and insects increase during summer months, tomato production naturally declines. Entire plants may begin to die — but it is possible to start new tomato plants from ...

Jul. 25—The best way make a tomato plant thrive, whether beef steak or cherry, is to have consistency. "Tomatoes do like the summer months," said Elephant Rock Garden Supply Co. CFO and Product ...

Mid-July is a good time to evaluate tomato plant progress and make adjustments. Prune excess foliage and remove lower leaves to improve air circulation and reduce disease. Monitor plants for pests and ...