What can growers do now to prevent tomato spotted wilt virus from taking a bite out of their crops? Researchers provide ...

Tomato plants wilt for many reasons—like lack of water or insects—so quick diagnosis is key to saving your garden. Most causes like fungal wilt, viruses, and black walnut toxicity have no cure, so ...

Many of you have heard stories or read about the great potato famine which occurred in Ireland during 1840’s and 50s. But did you know it originated in Mexico? In 2009, there was a major outbreak of ...

Person holding tomato plant with ripe and unripe tomatoes - Kateryna Dziavoruk/Getty Images Tomato plants don't hide their problems. Leggy plants are getting too much nitrogen, cracked fruit indicates ...

The Clemson Extension office has been a busy place, and diagnosing tomato plant problems has been a big part of business lately. A common diagnosis for many has been ìbacterial wilt.î If you are a ...

Warm, wet weather encourages the growth of most tomato diseases. They spread slowly in spring and early summer, and often go undetected at first. Then suddenly, by mid-July, your tomato plants look ...

A few years ago in August, I walked in a garden of a friend from church who also reads my column. My friend had a beautiful garden; weeds were under control, most of the plants looked healthy and he ...

The tomato on the right is wilting while the others next to them look fine. Could it be a nearby walnut tree? Q: I live along the Conodoguinet Creek and have a small vegetable garden. My tomatoes seem ...

PARKERSBURG – We all remember the commercial “Time to Make the Donuts.” Well, it is “Time to Plant the tomatoes.” Gardening enthusiasts across the Mid-Ohio Valley are setting out plants for the garden ...

As the weather warms and daylight hours lengthen, it is time to turn our attention to the vegetable garden. In my decades as a professional gardener, I've come to know that many common veggies may be ...