Avoiding tomato pests

Looking for ways to stop nematodes from damaging your tomatoes this year – and keep them from ruining future crops as well? Most people are familiar with common tomato pests like aphids, tomato hornworms, whiteflies, and even tomato fruitworms. But there is also a hidden parasitic pest that can lurk beneath the soil’s surface and …

Did you know that the best way to ripen tomatoes is actually off the vine – and not by leaving it on the plant? It’s true! Although those bright red, juicy tomatoes look beautiful growing on your tomato plants, as it turns out, leaving tomatoes on your plants to fully ripen can cause all kinds …