Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ripe tomatoes on the plant There are few crops more satisfying to harvest than fresh homegrown tomatoes; it is one of the reasons ...

Tomato leaves curling signal stressors that could impact your harvest – and kill plants. Find out which cause is behind your ...

Growing a vegetable garden is plenty of work on its own without worrying that your efforts will be ruined by hungry pests. One of the crops where this is the biggest concern is tomatoes, which attract ...

No matter how hard you try to avoid them, pests in the garden are inevitable. One area where they can be a major nuisance is in your tomato patch. These juicy, fragrant fruits can attract harmful ...

Q: We have 17 very healthy-looking tomato plants that have a total of 93 tomatoes on them so far. However, we are seeing little red spiders on the undersides of the leaves. Perhaps they are spider ...

Q: For the past two years I have fought either spider mites or whiteflies on my tomato plants. I have tried home remedies and everything the nursery has recommended, including neem oil. They end up ...

You may have heard that planting basil near your tomatoes can boost flavor or that marigolds help keep pests at bay. That’s no garden myth—it’s part of a time-tested practice called companion planting ...

A pest known for damaging tomato plants and other crops has been detected in New Zealand for the first time. Biosecurity New Zealand said two populations of the tomato red spider mite (Tetranychus ...