Why You Should Wait to Plant Tomatoes
Yes, it feels like summer already.
Yes, I know your tomato seedlings are burning a hole in your pocket.
No, it’s not a good idea to plant yet.
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Can Eating Tomatoes Help Prevent Weight Gain? New Study Says Yes
As if I needed another reason to love tomatoes. New research presented at the 2025 American Physiology Summit held in April just gave me one: it turns out that lycopene—the antioxidant compound that gives tomatoes and watermelons their gorgeous red color—may play a powerful role in supporting liver health and even preventing weight gain.
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Early Tomato Planting: Smart Strategy or Risky Mistake?
Tomatoes are extremely frost sensitive. Even if frost doesn’t kill them, it can severely damage foliage. Planting early is very risky.
Yet, there are people who recommend planting tomato seedlings in North Texas as early as the third week of February in order to give them a headstart. Is planting tomatoes early a smart strategy or risky mistake?
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6 Must-Have Fertilizers for Texas-Sized Tomatoes
If I had to grow only one thing for the rest of my life it would be big, juicy, heirloom tomatoes. There is just nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato, and it’s literally something that you can’t buy.
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Tomatoes Harvested At First Blush Just As Good As Left On The Vine
There are two things that let me know it’s summertime in Dallas: the smell of fresh cut grass and the…
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Why Is The Cherokee Purple Tomato So Popular?
Craig LeHoullier, reknowned tomato expert and author of “Epic Tomatoes”, named the Cherokee Purple tomato in 1990 after receiving a surprise gift of seeds from a John D. Green in Tennesee. Green explained that the seeds came from his neighbor who claimed that the seeds were given to his family by Cherokee Indians a hundred years prior.
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Propagating Fall Tomatoes From Cuttings: Part 1
Though your first tomatoes of the year are barely ripening, it’s already time to start thinking ahead to the second…
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Caring For Your New Tomato Plants
The weather is warming, the birds are chirping, and spring is here. You purchased your tomato seedlings, planted them with…
