Tomatoes can be a tricky vegetable to grow, but are among the most popular when it comes to home gardeners. Pruning is an ...

Nothing tastes better than a juicy tomato straight from your garden. Here's how to prune your plants to thrive and produce ...

If you have a vegetable garden, chances are you have tomatoes growing in it. When home-grown, the fruit bursts with flavor and produces a vibrant color that store-bought tomatoes just don't measure up ...

Tomatoes growing on the ground are susceptible to pests and disease. Whether you have one plant or a whole crop, here's how ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

Winter is the prime season for planting and pruning fruit trees, and a little thoughtful work now pays off in healthier trees and better fruit later. When pruning mature trees, the goals are simple: ...

A thinning cut removes the branch at its junction with the trunk or limb. This type of cut is demonstrated on a tree in early spring at the University of Maine Agriculture and Forest Experiment ...