It can be confusing if you see that your tomato plants are flowering but not fruiting. The usual suspect for this issue is blossom drop, where the blooms fall off tomato plants before they are ...

“Two years ago we only had one genome and now we have more than 300!” said Harry Klee, a horticultural scientist at the University of Florida who studies tomatoes and was not involved in the current ...

To reproduce, most flowering plants depend on a third party to transfer pollen between their male and female parts. Some require extra encouragement to give up that golden dust. The tomato flower ...

Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? This question makes me smile because it is both. The same can be said of cucumbers, ...

It's time to start the first early-season garden plants from seed inside -- and gather the rest of the season's seeds while ...

Hybrid tomato plants are the result of cross-pollination of two parent plants chosen for a specific desirable quality, such ...

Q. I have a space of about 200 square feet that I want to plant with annual plants that are useful for food and cuttings, or ...

For best flower formation, Spring Welcome should ... directly into the finished pot or pack. If seeded April 1, tomato plants will be just the right size for transplanting into the garden during ...