Companion planting is one of those garden topics where brilliant science and pure superstition sit side by side, often on
One tall stake, a handful of soft ties, and a few minutes every week. That’s the whole staking method, and
That flimsy cone shaped cage stacked by the dozen at every garden center in spring? It’s the single biggest waste
Leave a tomato plant to its own devices and it does exactly one thing: flop over and sprawl across the
Ask ten gardeners what to do with tomato suckers and you’ll get about fifteen answers. Some pinch off every last
Most people get tomato pruning wrong in one of two directions. Either they never touch the plant and let it
A tomato gets moved more than almost any other plant you grow. It starts life in a tiny seed cell
Get planting day right and your tomatoes are halfway to a great harvest before they’ve grown an inch. Get it
Garden centers sell maybe a dozen tomato varieties in spring. Start your own from seed and you’ve got thousands to
There’s no magic number of days for watering tomatoes, and anyone who hands you one is guessing. How often you