Person sprinkling granulated fertilizer around small tomato plant - encierro/Shutterstock Successfully cultivating homegrown tomato plants requires healthy servings of good soil, sufficient water, ...

Sweet, juicy, homegrown tomatoes are the epitome of backyard gardening produce, and they don’t happen by accident. It takes a combination of diligence, patience, sunshine, and soil fertility to grow ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bob Zeni, the Chicago Tomato Man, joins ...

NPK fertilizers are on every garden store's shelves, and they're often essential for plants' health. But what does NPK stand ...

Give tomatoes planted in the ground a deep watering once or twice a week in the morning. This will give the roots enough time ...

Bob Zeni, the Chicago Tomato Man, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Bob Sirott, to inform listeners on how often they should fertilize their tomatoes, the recommended distance to keep between plants, and the ...

We are in the heart of our short Michigan growing season. All things green and growing can use fertilizer now. We have to remember that plants eat too. Right now most plants are as hungry as they will ...

Last week I described the basic fertilizers that I use. This week I will add information about when and how often to fertilize different kinds of plants. Lawns: Frequent fertilization is needed to ...