Know how to tell when your tomatoes are ready to pick Tomatoes are the most popular crop grown in home gardens, but harvesting your homegrown tomatoes at the right time is key—making the difference ...

Picking tomatoes is a gardener’s delight: ripe tomatoes smell amazing and can be so inviting that you won’t be able to resist taking a bite from one straight off the vine. If you live in a warm ...

Knowing when to pick tomatoes is simple. All you have to do is wait until the fruits are fully red (or purple, or yellow, or whatever color tomatoes you’re growing). Right? Well, maybe not. Here’s ...

From heirloom to more common varieties, tomatoes taste wonderful and offer plenty of vitamins and nutrients. If you’re thinking about growing tomatoes in your garden, it’s important to understand ...

How do you know when to pick tomatoes and peppers? Let’s start with tomatoes. When fruits are the expected size and color, and a gentle stem pops them off, it’s perfect picking time. Recently, due to ...

Some vegetable gardens still have fruits to harvest prior to frost. The fruit of all plants is the part that has seed. It ...

Tomatoes should be left on the plant right up until they’re ready to eat. Tomatoes are a staple in many summer vegetable gardens, but they don’t always reach their full potential. To ensure you have a ...

Cherry tomatoes will reach maturity and be ready to harvest about 50 to 65 days after they've been planted. Larger tomatoes will take slightly longer—about 75 days before they're fully mature. Full, ...

Last week I had the opportunity to talk with Pete Flynn, well-known in the West Chester area for the fabulous vegetables and fruits he sold for over two decades at his market stand, “Pete’s Produce ...

Plump, juicy tomatoes are always a favorite at harvest time during the height of summer through the early fall. When growing tomatoes in your vegetable garden, you have a choice of starting them from ...