For the first time this season, my tomato plant finally has some blossoms.  I am hope-hope-hoping that these blossoms set and bear fruit.  I can’t believe we haven’t had any fresh tomatoes this year!  The blasted heat is putting such a damper on this year’s fresh-from-the-container-garden salads.  There are times that I just want to pick up and move to a state that’s cooler year round.  It would be so great to garden in a place that isn’t hot as Hades eleven months out of the year, like South Texas …

A healthy tomato plant has bright green leaves.   Every once in a while, though, a tomato plant’s leaves will change colors.   Yellow tomato plant leaves can be caused by a number of things.  Tomato plant leaves can go yellow for a number of reasons, ranging from easily-fixed benign problems to problems that will require treatment.
Yellow Tomato Plant Leaves Caused by Normal Growth
Sometimes the leaves at the bottom of a tomato plant will turn yellow and become wilted.  This is perfectly normal, and you shouldn’t worry about it at all.   If …

Juliet tomatoes are considered grape tomatoes. They are smallish (sort of like cherry tomatoes), but are more oblong in shape. They look like someone used a shrink ray on a Roma tomato.
Juliet tomatoes are known to be prolific growers and fruit bearers, so I used the biggest container I could find. I am using a large 30 gallon plastic tote, to give her all the room she needs for roots. I put several 6′ stakes around the seedling, and wrapped twine around them. (Why didn’t I go with …

In South Texas, we’re lucky enough to have two growing seasons.  This summer, though, the weather has been particularly brutal.  I lost most of my seeds and seedlings to three days of torrential (but much-needed) rains in late May.   The few plants that did survive have been struggling to stay alive.  I am outside watering them four or five times a day, and they still seem to be wilting from the extreme heat.  I’ve tried moving them shady areas (under large mesquite trees, and in the covered patio).   There’s really …

You probably know that the word “heirloom” means something that is passed down from generation to generation. So what does the word “heirloom” mean to the world of tomatoes?
An heirloom tomato is a type of tomato that has existed–without genetic modification or hybridization–since approximately 1940. Some heirloom tomatoes, heirloom tomato seeds, and heirloom tomato plants are commercially-available, which means that you can purchase them from heirloom tomato suppliers. Another definition of heirloom tomatoes means that a particular type of tomato seeds are passed down through the generations. This involves Grandma …