How to Water Tomato Plants

Pruning Tomato Plants correctly not only boosts productivity but also helps them to stay healthy and disease free while making sure it speeds up the ripening process. Let’s learn everything in detail!

It should go without saying that water is vital for plant survival. Plants use water for photosynthesis, transporting water-soluble nutrients, and maintaining turgidity. Turgidity is the water pressure against the inside of a plant’s cell walls that keep plants upright and supple. When a plant lacks water, decreased turgor pressure causes the plant to wilt. During the spring, summer, and fall, wilted leaves indicate a plant lacks water, and experienced gardeners know supplemental water is necessary to ‘perk it up.’ But during the winter, when many plants lose their leaves or wilting leaves are harder to recognize, how do gardeners know when to water?

I’d first read of the tactic being used commercially, particularly in greenhouse growing, to improve yields from less-vigorous varieties like some heirlooms, and counter certain tough conditions or diseases. Now it’s available to the home gardener, too–and you don’t even need a razor blade or grafting clips of your own.The extensive article I wrote last January on tomato grafting explained all the steps, with help from a video from Ohio State.Our plants did fine; the grafts took easily, once the initial awkwardness of the slice-and-dice-and-reconnect motions were semi-mastered. Matching up rootstock (which you behead) with a scion (the top of another plant, the one you want the tomatoes from) was the

THE ANNUAL RITUAL BEGINS: At tax time in the Northeast, we start our tomato seeds indoors, though many of you may be putting your seedlings out in the garden already or otherwise way ahead of me.

Winter brings short days, fluctuating cold temperatures, low humidity, and limited sunlight, making it tough for indoor plants to grow. Here are some essential steps that you can take on toKeep Houseplants Alive in Winters.

Tickle Your Tomato Plant Like This for Bumper Harvest? This may sound absurd, but it is actually true. Keep on reading to find out!

Have a growing house plant collection and not sure about their care when you take off for vacation? The best way is to have a family or friend come over to help, but sometimes this may not be possible. Many indoor plants can survive a week without their parents' care, but you’ll want to consider some factors, such as lighting, and giving them a thorough watering before you leave. There are several tips and tricks to ensure your plants manage without you. We asked Southern horticulturists for their best plant care tips while you’re away

One of my all-time favorite herbs, stinging nettle has been grown and foraged for food, and used in textiles and medicine, for thousands of years across many parts of the world.You may be aware that you can harvest and

As tomatoes grow tall and the yellow flowers slowly turn into small round tomatoes, another unexpected creature may appear: the Tomato Hornworm. You'll have to look closely as this chartreuse caterpillar with a pattern of several white V-shapes along its body blends in well when roaming along the green stems of tomato plants. Once you've spotted this pest, you'll want to take action before it harms your plant. 

Looking for a new, versatile crop to enjoy? Why not try your hand at growing fenugreek?Not only does this herb make an attractive addition to

Astilbe, also known as “false spirea,” is a genus of flowering perennials that feature plumes of red, pink, or white flowers.You can easily grow them in con

Cumin, Cuminum cyminum, is probably my all time favorite culinary spice.Since I use it in just about everything that I cook, I am