A tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) can be an attractive addition to any home garden. Both container and ground plants produce interesting green foliage of varying shapes, as well as pretty yellow ...

Picking tomatoes is a gardener’s delight: ripe tomatoes smell amazing and can be so inviting that you won’t be able to resist taking a bite from one straight off the vine. If you live in a warm ...

If you are new to growing cherry tomatoes and are unsure about how and when to harvest them, watch this quick video. It's ...

Plump, juicy tomatoes are always a favorite at harvest time during the height of summer through the early fall. When growing tomatoes in your vegetable garden, you have a choice of starting them from ...

Pests are an inevitable part of gardening, with the potential to ruin carefully planted flowers, shrubs and crops. Juicy tomatoes can be particularly alluring to pests due to their high nutritional ...

The left image shows the tomato-picking robot and camera. The right image shows a ‘robot-eye view’ of the tomatoes. Red represents mature fruits, green indicates immature fruits, and blue indicates ...

Roasting tomatoes concentrates their flavors, taking in-season fruit from good to great, and out-of-season produce from just OK to pretty darn good. Once roasted, toss them with pasta, serve alongside ...

Home vegetable gardeners put a lot of effort into growing their crops. It’s a shame when they are not harvested properly to get the best flavor. Harvesting at the right stage is important to the ...