The recommendation is to grow as many as 10 plants per person to produce enough for cooking sauces. To have fresh tomatoes ...

I was recently trolled on social media for a “too-perfect” photo of Sasha’s Altai heirloom tomatoes. Given their origins in ...

Bob Zeni, the Chicago Tomato Man, joins Wendy Snyder (in for Bob Sirott) to talk about the perfect time to plant tomatoes and the definition of a true “heirloom” tomato. He also ...

“It’s a great option for those who want that heirloom tomato quality ... produces a more traditional red, plum-shaped tomato with very few seeds. Because of its small size, it doesn’t ...

Skip buying the seed packet next year. Transport yourself back to the beginning of summer. You planted a few tomato plants in the hopes you'd have a summer full of tomato sandwiches, tomato pies ...

All seed packets should denote if the tomatoes are determinate, indeterminate, or semi-determinate. Q: My second question is, what’s the difference between Hybrid and Heirloom tomato varieties?

Not all tomatoes are ideal for seed saving, so it's important to start with the best fruit possible. Heirloom or open-pollinated varieties are the best choices, as they produce seeds that will ...

we can take comfort in the tomato's continuing, explosive diversity: the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a library of 5,000 seed varieties, and heirloom and hybrid seed producers promote ...