Tomato plants are awfully climb-y plants, the vines of which often become heavy-laden with the burden of the fruit on the plant's limbs. That's where tomato supports come in, and while there are all ...

For a plant that has broken off completely, the chances of survival depend largely on the break’s location and the time of ...

Tomato plants are incredibly resilient. However, it's a worrying sight when you accidentally snap a single stem. Don't panic – it happens to the best of us, and thankfully, it doesn't mean the end of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- My ongoing quest to devise the ultimate tomato plant support saw some progress this summer as I tinkered with last year’s set-up. The ultimate goal is a tomato support system that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grape tomatoes grow with the support of a tomato cage - Jay Gao/Shutterstock Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) may start as ...

For the past several years, I have been trying tomato cages for supporting my tomatoes, but these efforts have usually ended in failure. Last year, windy weather caused all my cages and plants to blow ...

It can be hard to know how to start your backyard garden — how to tend to the fruits, vegetables, herbs and more. Beyond gloves or tools like trowels and shovels, one of the gardening gadgets you’re ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Our vegetable gardens have gotten a crash course in Northeast Ohio summer weather the past couple of weeks—high winds, even higher temperatures, and relative drought have all ...

You’ve sowed your tomato seeds, and now the seedlings stand like little green soldiers in your window, patiently waiting to be liberated from their pots and plunked into a warm bed of earth. What they ...