For those interested in growing their own tomatoes, it's important to avoid this common pruning mistake that can make or ...

A light-skinned hand touches a tomato plant sucker. - KieferPix/Shutterstock If you've savored a garden tomato that's warm from the sun, pause to recall its taste and texture. Your teeth pop through ...

hands pruning tomato plant with garden shears - VH-studio/Shutterstock If you want to boost your tomato harvest, timing your pruning efforts is key. Pruning at the right stage helps plants channel ...

Some of our onions have bolted too early and the bulbs have stopped growing. What should I do to prevent this? Onion bulbs do stop growing once it has "bolted" (set seed), so it is good to deadhead ...

Whether it’s too late depends on zone—northern gardens stop before frost, southern ones prune later. If frost is near, pinch flowers, remove diseased leaves, or pull and hang plants so tomatoes ripen ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

On March 24, at the Siouxland Garden Show, Patrick O’Malley, a longtime Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Commercial Horticulture Field Specialist, will be talking about two diverse ...

If you want to boost your tomato harvest, timing your pruning efforts is key. Pruning at the right stage helps plants channel more energy into producing larger, tastier fruit rather than excessive ...