by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 14, 2012 | tomatoes
Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable to grow in the United States. They are not difficult to grow from transplants, and can even be grown from seed with a little extra effort. Buying transplants from your local nursery, or just about anywhere garden products are...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Jun 6, 2011 | tomatoes
Blossom end rot, a common tomato disease, can become a problem if there’s insufficient calcium in the soil. Photo by Lynn Ketchum. I am getting a lot of calls about tomatoes that are big and beautiful, but get a black spot. That black spot starts on the blossom end...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 30, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard As I mentioned in my last post, Territorial Seed Company is now selling grafted tomatoes. According to research being done by Ohio State University, tomatoes that are good to eat can be grafted onto rootstock that is disease...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 28, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard When I first heard of grated tomatoes, I thought it was a marketing ploy. Why graft a plant that only lives one season then dies? It turns out, though, that grafted tomatoes address real problems that market farmers have. ...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 4, 2011 | tomatoes
Tomatoes can get a large group of diseases. In my area of Texas, tomato plants that are sold as transplants have the letters VFN on their tags. That stands for fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, and nematodes. Plants that have VFN on their tags are resistant to...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Sep 21, 2010 | tomatoes
Photo by http://www.flickr.com/people/mrbendy/ Tomato hornworms (Manduca quinquemaculata) attack tomatoes and sometimes pepper, eggplant, and potato plants. They chew up the leaves and fruit and can destroy the crop if not controlled. This is devastating for the...
