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This tip could save your tomato sandwich summer.

Key Points Tomatoes split when they’re watered inconsistently, especially with cycles of drought followed by heavy ...

Q: In your Aug. 16 column concerning tomatoes, you mentioned red plastic mulch. Is the mulch shredded or in sheets? If it's in sheets, how do you water the plants properly? A: Red plastic mulch for ...

Nonreflective plastic mulches have been shown to increase early and total yield in tomato, benefits most often attributed to increased soil temperatures that enhance roots' ability to assimilate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You're excited about your tomato garden and are determined to make it the best it's ever been this season. You know mulching your ...

Q: I keep hearing about using red plastic mulch to improve tomato production. Will it work under unstaked plants, which cover their mulch by midsummer? A: You are hearing about SRM-Red, a reflecting ...

Tomatoes are a core ingredient to dishes that add flavor to food, hence the need to grow them properly and in plenty for the insatiable market. One sure way to increase tomato yields in this adverse ...

There are few things that make gardeners groan more than finding their tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) cracked or splitting. Not only is it unsightly, but it can introduce disease and pests into the ...

Growing tomatoes can be tricky and slow, but it doesn’t have to be that way. It can be really easy to learn how to make your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're adding some tomatoes to your garden, you're in good company. Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables (well, ...