The first thing that you need to know about pruning tomato plants is this: determinate and indeterminate tomato plants have different pruning needs. To find out what kind of plant you have, check your seed packet, or the small plastic stake that came with your tomato seedling. Before you move on to the tomato pruning guide, learn more about determinate and indeterminate tomato plants.
Once you’ve determined (no pun intended) that you need to prune your tomato plant, here are some basic pointers:

Remove all of the suckers from your tomato plant …

Tomatoes come in two basic types: determinate tomato plants, and indeterminate tomato plants. What’s the difference between the two?
Determinate Tomatoes
Determinate tomato plants are genetically engineered plants that will grow to have a pre-determined height,  predetermined number of stems, and a predetermined number of leaves. They only bear fruit for a short time during the growing season. Once the tomatoes are harvested, the plant will not bear any more fruit, and it will eventually die down.
Indeterminate Tomatoes
Indeterminate tomato plants grow naturally. Each plant is slightly different from the others, on the …

A reader name Sarah sent me an email the other day telling me that she is having an issue with her herbs grown in containers. Here’s her letter (and my response below):
Cindy,
I have been trying to grow herbs on my window sill for a couple of months now. They all started to grow for a while, but now they just stopped. For a while they looked okay, but now they look kind of like skinny and droopy or wilted. Could it be that I used bad seeds?  They are in …