QUESTION: Should I water the leaves of my tomato plants? … [Read more...]

QUESTION: Should I pinch off tomato flowers? ANSWER: Many gardeners recommend pinching off the first set of flowers a tomato plant produces in late spring, before the plant has been transplanted into the garden. If you wish to do this, it’s important to understand why the … [Read more...]

QUESTION: Should I cut off yellow leaves on tomato plants? ANSWER: Once your tomato plants are around 12 to 18 inches tall, you may notice that some of the leaves below the first set of flowers have begun to turn yellow or die. With all varieties of tomatoes, you may remove … [Read more...]

QUESTION: How many tomatoes do you get from one plant? ANSWER: With determinate tomato plants that blossom and set fruit all at one time, you can count the blossoms to find out how many tomatoes that plant will produce (assuming that all the blossoms are pollinated). Different … [Read more...]