Close-up photo of tomatoes on the vine with mold and tomato blight - Irina Starikova1811/Shutterstock If you've started to notice dark spots, brown leaves, or yellow ...

Tomatoes are usually the best part of many backyard gardens, but if you’ve ever tried growing them, you know they come with their own challenges. One of the biggest headaches for growers is early ...

There is something wonderful about fresh, homegrown tomatoes. They always taste so much better than those bought at the store, and they have this delicious smell to them. So, it is always hard to see ...

One heavy rain or a single round with the hose could be the thing that ruins your tomato crop. Any amount of water that falls directly onto the plant's leaves can carry fungal spores that could lead ...

Tomatoes are renowned for their ease of cultivation and low-maintenance nature, but growers should keep a vigilant watch on their foliage. April's characteristic warm yet rainy climate sets the stage ...

Alternaria solani is one of the most notorious fungal pathogens that causes the destructive early blight (EB) disease of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Direct application of pesticide is a perilous ...

With our recent rainy weather and storms, I am not surprised that we diagnosed late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in the University of Vermont Plant Diagnostic Clinic in late August. So far, it has ...

It can be hard to judge exactly when to pull tomatoes out of the garden in fall, especially if your plants still have a few green tomatoes left on the vine. However, disposing of old tomato plants ...