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How to Prevent Fungus on Vegetables in Pots & Containers

It's a real bummer to find fungus on your vegetables. You spend months nurturing them, ensuring they get plenty of sunshine, water, fresh air, and the Netflix password. Then one …

Troubleshooting Tomatoes with Confidence

Even after everything you’ve learned—about soil, water, pruning, pests, flavor, and timing—there will be moments when a tomato plant looks at you and says, “Something’s not right.” That doesn’t mean you’ve …

A Full-Year Tomato Growing Roadmap

Every great tomato season actually begins months before a single seed touches soil. It begins in winter—when catalogs arrive, plans take shape, and gardeners convince themselves that this will be the …

Tomatoes for Salads, Sandwiches, and Snacking

Some tomatoes are destined for jars and freezers. Others never make it past the garden gate. These are the tomatoes that get eaten standing up, juice running down your wrist, before you’ve …

Tomato Diseases and Disorders

If pests feel like uninvited guests, diseases and disorders feel more personal. They show up quietly. They look alarming. And they often send gardeners spiraling toward worst-case conclusions. Here’s the reassuring truth: Most tomato “diseases” …

Watering Tomatoes Without Worry

If there’s one part of tomato growing that causes more second-guessing than any other, it’s watering. Am I watering too much? Not enough? Too often? Not often enough? And if you garden in a windy …

Growing Tomatoes Indoors with Soil and Grow Lights

Let’s begin with a little honesty, because tomatoes deserve it—and so do you. Growing tomatoes indoors with soil and grow lights can work. It can be deeply satisfying. It can even be productive. But …

Anatomy of a Tomato Plant

I’ve long been convinced that tomatoes behave much better once you understand how they’re put together. Before we talk about varieties, fertilizers, pruning strategies, or heroic harvest stories, we need to …