Person sprinkling granulated fertilizer around small tomato plant - encierro/Shutterstock Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, ...

Bob Zeni, the Chicago Tomato Man, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Bob Sirott, to inform listeners on how often they should fertilize their tomatoes, the recommended distance to keep between plants, and the ...

The best fertilizer for tomato plants contains a mix of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, or what’s known as NPK. These macronutrients are listed on every fertilizer container, usually in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you want to start plants from seed for your vegetable garden, sooner is better than later. But if you look at it from a strictly financial perspective, you might be better off not ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. You can germinate seeds indoors now so that seedlings will be ready for planting with the arrival of March. Use a sterile, soilless potting mix. The ...

Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, lots of sunshine, and properly formulated (and applied) fertilizer. To set the stage for ...