Growing tomatoes is incredibly rewarding. Except when you have problems with weather, insects, soil, or disease. Then they’re a highly disappointing crop for your garden. Those of us who’ve ...

Few things can compare to the taste of biting into a juicy summer tomato. So when the weather cools down, there's a sense of despair at having to wait until next year for more. But that problem ...

Growing tomatoes from seed is easy and there's a huge range of delicious varieties to choose from. Follow our easy care guide and sow during late February and March for a good summer crop.

John Kariuki Thiaka at his tomato farm in Karia, Kirinyaga central sub-county on. He quit his teaching job to concentrate on tomato farming and he is doing well. PHOTO: JOSEPH MUCHIRI/STANDARD ...

Fruit fly and wet humid weather (which causes disease) makes growing tomatoes more difficult in ... levels of organic matter to help resist pest problems, such as root-knot nematode.

He studied different cultivars of tomato plants known for their ability to produce fruit in exceptionally hot growing seasons. The tomato varieties in the study were native to the Philippines ...