Tag: Tomato

The best way to get a head start on growing tomatoes is to start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last spring frost date in your region. Whether you’re growing cherry tomatoes or hot peppers, visit your local garden center to pick up supplies and seeds. Do tomato seeds have to be started indoors? Starting […]

Small, determinate tomatoes and wild tomatoes, on the one hand, can be wintered well as a whole plant. When moving them into their winter home, cut about half of the plant back, to adjust it to the lower evaporation and light requirements of the darker, cooler winter season. Can tomato plants be saved over winter? […]

Pruning back or topping the plant prevents upward growth and diverts the plant’s energy into producing fuller lateral stems. This leads to a more productive plant that can produce more fruit as well as fuller fruit and one that is easier to support. What happens when you top a tomato plant? Called “topping,” this type […]

And you can get a head start on your summer crop by starting seeds in the house. Planting seeds from fresh tomatoes is no harder than planting store-bought seeds. Remove the seeds from a ripe tomato and soak them for 14 hours in tepid water. Dry them on a paper towel and plan to plant […]

22 – 39 days: Stake tomato plants when they’re young. It will help them grow upright and bear the weight of their fruit later on. 40 – 60 days: You’ll start to notice yellow flowers on your plant. How do I get my tomato plants to flower? How To Increase Flowers On Tomato Plants? If […]

When a flowering plant has seeds with two cotyledons, it is called a dicotyledon, or dicot for short. Tomato plants are dicotyledons (See Figure 2). Which part of tomato is tomato seed? The female reproductive organ is the ovary. It is located at the base of the pistil. The ovary contains ovules . Once the […]

The shoot system of the tomato plant is made up of branching stems. A stem has a terminal bud at the tip or apex that is responsible for the increase in length of the stem. Branches grow out from axilary/lateral buds. What type of stem does a tomato plant have? branching stemsTomato plants are dicots, […]

In a tomato, the outermost part of the pericarp is the exocarp, the middle is the mesocarp, and the very inside is the endocarp. The endocarp is difficult to distinguish in a tomato, but the exocarp is clearly the skin and the mesocarp makes up most of the fruit wall. What is the fleshy part […]

One of the advantages of propagating tomato plants by stem cuttings is that it can take tomato seedlings (started from seed) 6 to 8 weeks before they reach transplanting size. If you keep tomato cuttings warm, the transplanting time frame is cut down to a mere 10 – 14 days. Is tomato a plant or […]

Above ground, they form tiny nubs or nodules, also called root initials, adventitious roots, or tomato stem primordial. They are the earliest stage of development of a tomato’s roots and they are not harmful to plants. What are the parts of a tomato plant called? Flower Structure The ovary within the flower develops into a […]

There is an important caveat about tomato seedlings and mini-greenhouses: If you’re covering your seeds to keep them warm, you must remove the cover as soon as they start to germinate. Otherwise, they may succumb to damping off disease, a fungal infection that proliferates in still, moist air. Do tomato seeds need to be covered? […]

between 2 and 3 feet. The ideal depth would be greater than 2 feet (60 cm) because, in general, tomato roots can grow anywhere between 2 and 3 feet, even though around 2 feet is more common. How deep should a tomato planter box be? Typical planter boxes tend to be extremely wide, but not […]

Tomatoes are self-pollinating, meaning they have flowers that contain both the male and female parts, so more than one plant is not needed for reproduction. Why does my tomato plant have flowers but no fruit? Insufficient light – A lack of adequate light is one of the main reasons for non-fruiting, as the plants require […]

An imbalance of calcium and other soil nutrients leads to this common problem, characterized by a sunken, leathery, dark spot at the blossom end of the fruit. More rarely, a tomato may puff up like a green pepper, with a hollow inside. This can result from applying too much nitrogen fertilizer. What happens if tomato […]

Once fertilized, the flowers develop into tomatoes, signalled by small green globes that become visible at the base of the blossoms and that eventually become mature tomatoes. Tomato growth begins just above the sepals, which supports the fruit as it enlarges and keeps it attached to the vine. How do tomato plants grow? Tomatoes need […]

Hi,Yes they do. My first experience with Tamarillo. How can you tell when a tamarillo is ripe? Quality and ripeness Once ripe, tamarillos feels soft. Unripe specimens are orange-yellow, once ripened the fruit turns red-brown. Unripe fruits can complete their ripening process at room temperature. How long do tamarillos take to ripen? If you are […]

The name of the variety is Vjerino Paradajiz Sjeme. and many folks translated the middle word so they called it paradise and not tomato, as it should have been translated. Actually the translation is Vera’s Tomato Seeds. Why is tomato called apple of love? The French called the tomato the pomme d’amour, or the Love […]

Commonly known as tree tomatoes, tamarillo is a sweet fruit used to make chutneys, compotes and is a great addition to your salad. Benefits Of Tamarillo Vitamins. Aids Weight Loss. Good For Skin. Helps Control Diabetes. Soothes Inflamed Tonsils: Lowers High Blood Pressure. Good For Heart. Good For The Eyes. What is a tree tomato […]

It literally means “apple of gold” (pomo d’oro) in Italian, a reference to the colour of the tomato before it becomes fully ripe. Where does the Italian word pomodoro come from? From Italian pomodoro (“tomato”). The time interval comes from the Pomodoro kitchen timer, which is in the shape of a tomato. Why is it […]

Determinate tomatoes keep a compact bushy size so they don’t need cages or staking the way the determinate varieties do. How do you manage determinate tomatoes? Determinate tomatoes need no pruning other than removing all suckers below the first flower cluster because pruning won’t affect their fruit size or plant vigor. If you do any […]