Is your tomato plant dropping flowers? If you’re wondering what on earth could be wrong, the good news is that tomato blossom drop is usually easy to fix. Most likely, your healthy tomato plant isn’t ...

This condition is aptly named "blossom drop." It has several possible causes, many related to the weather. For proper pollination and fruit development, most tomatoes need a temperature of less than ...

Most every home gardener grows tomatoes, so let’s talk a little bit about some environmental challenges we face with tomatoes. When I say environmental, I’m not talking about diseases or pests, just ...

Tomatoes are one of the most versatile and popular plants for backyard gardens, but they can be affected by a variety of unwelcome diseases, including blossom-end rot—which is inedible and ...

Blossom-end rot occurs when a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant cannot deliver enough calcium to the fruit. It shows up on the end of the tomato opposite the stem, where the blossom was, in the form ...