Keep your tomatoes off the ground. The more tomatoes your plant produces, the heavier the branches become. Since tomato plants grow tall, they need some help supporting their crop. Staking helps the ...

Find out if it's better to stake or cage your tomato plants to keep them standing tall through harvest. Tomato plants have a naturally sprawling growth habit that need support if you want to get ...

Once you learn how to stake tomatoes, you can give your plants the support they need for their rapid growth. While staking tomatoes takes time and effort, the results are worth it. Knowing how to ...

When a home gardener grows a vegetable, it’s more likely to be a tomato than any other choice. Lots of high-value and tasty tomato plants will be going in Harrisburg-area soil these next few weeks as ...

Late May and early June are an important period for one of home gardener’s favorite crops – tomatoes. Kansas State University horticultural expert Cynthia Domenghini said tomatoes need support to ...

It was probably the most disappointing sight I've ever seen in a garden. Several years ago, a friend's tomato plants - heavily loaded with fruit - collapsed to the ground after a summer thunderstorm.

They call it spring because that’s when plants spring forth and rocket skyward. In summer, if fruiting crops have put on more weight than they can support they will then sag their way into the equally ...