By Kira Hamman

So you’re going out of town.

Good for you! But… bad for your tomato plants, right?

Not necessarily.

There are steps you can take to make sure your babies stay happy and healthy while you’re away and go on to provide you with delicious tomatoes after you return.

1. Weed. Naturally weeds will appear in your absence, but if your garden is weed-free before you leave then you’re much less likely to return to an impenetrable jungle.

2. Prune. In fact, prune a little extra to make sure your plants are getting light and air as they grow while you’re not there to do daily checks. Read the rest of this entry »

By Kira Hamman

Growing tomato plants need about 2 inches of water each week to thrive.

In an ideal world, this would be provided by Mother Nature in the form of rainfall, and indeed it sometimes is.

But what happens when it’s not?

When your tomatoes are thirsty and Mama doesn’t deliver, you’ll probably need to provide each plant with several gallons of water every few days. The simplest way to do this is with a good, Read the rest of this entry »

By Michelle Fabio

We’ve talked about how seaweed can improve your tomato growth, yield, and flavor here, but did you know that simple seawater can also help your tomatoes?

Researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy have found that diluted seawater can not only be used to grow tomatoes but can even produce fruit with higher concentrations of cancer-fighting antioxidants.

Riccardo Izzo and his colleagues in Pisa used cherry tomatoes to determine Read the rest of this entry »