As heat, humidity, rains, diseases and insects increase during summer months, tomato production naturally declines. Entire plants may begin to die — but it is possible to start new tomato plants from ...

Question: My tomatoes got a late start and grew quite tall but did not produce many fruits. Can I take cuttings to produce transplants to set in the garden during August or September? Answer: ...

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

After nearly 40 years of Florida gardening, 77-year-old Tony Vellucci still experiments with plants and learns new skills. Recycling may be new to young gardeners, but it's old stuff to him. His ...

Q. Somewhere I read you can make cuttings from tomato plants. Does it work and how are the cuttings made? A. Tomatoes are ready-to-root plants. You may notice little bumps along the stems. These are ...

Everything alive strives to reproduce itself, but few do it as gleefully as the tomato. Its self-pollinating flowers generate fruits bursting with seeds well-known for their longevity. Stored in a dry ...

Occasionally, we here at Ars like to nerd out about things that aren’t smartphones, processors, or dark matter. For a few of us on staff, one of those nerdy pastimes involves the plant biology that is ...