If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with flavor and produces a vibrant color that store-bought tomatoes just don't measure up ...

Pruning tomatoes is a habit that should be started early. Depending on the variety you're growing, there are some key tricks for pruning to get more fruit.

Despite being among the easiest plants to grow in a home garden, tomatoes have many rules-such as a pruning deadline. Here's how to tell if it's too late.

You've probably heard a lot about the benefits of pruning your tomato plants: bigger harvests, healthier vines, fewer diseases. But if you've tried it before and didn't see much difference, there's a ...

Whether it’s too late depends on zone—northern gardens stop before frost, southern ones prune later. If frost is near, pinch flowers, remove diseased leaves, or pull and hang plants so tomatoes ripen ...

The true measure of any home gardener is their first tomato. Not just any tomato, but one of those giant heirloom slicers, which they will display with smug self satisfaction over social media. The ...

Question. We have several plantings of the common impatiens that have grown lanky. What will happen if I give them a light pruning? Answer. After a number of years without the common impatiens due to ...

Tomatoes are the easiest fruit to grow and have the biggest return on your investment. The plants are easy to grow from seed and can produce hundreds of flowers. They readily self-seed, so many ...

As summer comes to an end, it's easy to assume that things in the garden will also start to wind down – but don't be too hasty to hang up your gardening gloves, as there are still plenty of important ...

hands pruning tomato plant with garden shears - VH-studio/Shutterstock If you want to boost your tomato harvest, timing your pruning efforts is key. Pruning at the right stage helps plants channel ...