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 ...

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 ...

If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with flavor and produces a vibrant color that store-bought tomatoes just don't measure up ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A listener wrote last week to ask about pruning tomatoes. The first thing to know is, you don't have to do it, it's up to you. Secondly, you probably only want to prune vining ...

To prune or not to prune—that always seems to be a question for tomato growers. While pruning is not a necessity, it can increase quality at the expense of quantity. To prune or not to prune—that ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Tomatoes are sometimes considered no-brainers to grow -- fruitful, ...

Tomatoes are often the staple of any home vegetable garden and there are ample reasons why. The fruit (often mistakenly considered a vegetable) is tasty, relatively easy to grow and is a versatile ...

Prune your tomato plants if they’re getting wild and wooly. With proper pruning, you will not only neaten up the appearance of the garden, but fight off soil-borne diseases, allow air to flow through ...

Should tomato plants be pruned or not? I answer this question about pruning tomatoes and more! Self Sufficient Me is based on ...