It's no surprise that tomatoes are a popular edible plant— so popular, in fact, that they're the one of the most consumed vegetables in the world, second only to potatoes. Growing them yourself comes ...

The roots of your tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants need plenty of room to grow, but compacted soil can limit their ability to produce healthy fruit and also promote pathogens. When tomato plants ...

What’s wrong with my tomato? This seems to be the most popular question asked of the WSU Master Gardeners in the past couple of weeks. Usually the question comes attached to a handful of almost-ripe ...

RECENT observations on the brown root rot complex of tomatoes caused Last and Ebben 1 to support the view of Termohlen 2 that a fungus which produces a grey sterile mycelium in culture is responsible ...

Q: We had some blossom end rot on our tomatoes last year, which I thought was due to calcium deficiency and uneven soil moisture. But I just read that soil acidity can be a problem. I'm guessing we ...

Blossom end rot, seen here, might be one of the most confusing and common problems gardeners see on tomatoes and squash. Spaces are still available in the Fall 2012 Master Gardener training class, ...

Warm, wet weather encourages the growth of most tomato diseases. They spread slowly in spring and early summer, and often go undetected at first. Then suddenly, by mid-July, your tomato plants look ...

Question: The leaves on some of our tomato plants got weird, then the bottom half of all the fruits on the plant turned ugly brown and inedible. What is happening? Is there anything we can do to cure ...

For nearly 11 months out of the year we buy tomatoes, squeezing them for ripeness, cringing at the cost and with the first bite telling ourselves "these definitely aren't homegrown." Finally, it's ...

Gardening season is full steam ahead and you may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...

A dark leathery lesion on the underside of tomatoes indicates blossom end rot. It’s not a fungal condition alone, but a location of calcium deficiency that allows rot to develop. Typically, BER occurs ...