My tomato plants have produced dozens of flowers, but very few fruits have set. I have even shaken the flowers to make sure they were pollinated. Can you tell me what is wrong? Your shaking of the ...

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Although the time for tomato harvest is upon us, the plants are not yet done throwing challenges our way. With scorching summer temperatures, fruit set and color may both be hindered. While ...

Considering the number of questions that have been emailed over the last few weeks, gardening activities are picking up. In today’s column are two Q&A from Lubbock A-J readers. Q. Lubbock A-J reader ...

We got about an inch of rain the other day in Fulton, before that it was hot and dry. David Trinklein, University of Missouri Plant Science & Technology, had an article about the effects of heat on ...

Complaints about tomato fruit-set failures have been common this year. Gardeners who haven’t experienced fruit-set problems should feel fortunate. Next year may be different. Gardening can be a ...

Here are gardening questions I tackled this week at the Springs Preserve. Fall tomatoes: Last week, I mentioned planting tomatoes this fall. I dug into the National Weather Service records for the ...

HOT TOMATOES: By now, most tomatoes have already set their main crop. High temperatures (days in the 90s and nights in the 70s) interfere with pollination, and the plants are less inclined to set more ...

Tomatoes are the rock stars of the summer harvest and this is the time of the growing season when many tomato growers are counting down the days until they harvest lots of ripe fruit. This is also the ...