Growing Tomatoes in Indiana: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Indiana’s tomato transplant window, from NOAA’s Indianapolis frost data, plus variety picks, companion planting and pest management for the growing season.
Saving Tomato Seeds: Fermenting, Drying and Which Varieties Come True
How to ferment, rinse, dry and store tomato seeds so they germinate well and grow true, plus which varieties will and won’t.
Storing Tomatoes: Why the Fridge Ruins Them, and What to Do Instead
Cold storage damages tomato flesh permanently. Here’s why the fridge fails tomatoes and the counter method that actually keeps them good.
Harvesting Tomatoes: When to Pick, and Ripening the Rest Indoors
Learn the exact signs a tomato is ready to pick, plus how to ripen green tomatoes indoors before the first frost hits.
Tomato Diseases: Reading the Symptoms and Preventing the Common Ones
Learn to read tomato leaf spots, wilting patterns and fruit rot so you can identify the disease early and stop it before it spreads.
Yellow Leaves on Tomato Plants: What the Pattern Tells You
Yellow tomato leaves have several distinct causes. Learn to read the pattern so you treat the right problem instead of guessing.
Tomato Plants Not Setting Fruit: Temperature, Pollination and Too Much Nitrogen
Tomato flowers that bloom and drop without setting fruit point to heat, cold, poor pollination or too much nitrogen, not disease.
Curling Tomato Leaves: Telling Stress Apart From Herbicide Damage and Virus
Learn to tell heat-stressed tomato leaves from herbicide drift and viral curling, and know which one still lets you save the plant and its fruit.
Tomato Pests: How to Identify Them and Stop the Ones That Do Real Damage
Learn to identify the tomato pests that actually threaten your harvest, from hornworms to whiteflies, and the specific fix for each.
Extending the Tomato Season: Getting Weeks More at Both Ends
This page explains how to use row covers, cold frames and frost dates to add productive weeks to your tomato harvest each spring and fall.