Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three staked tomato plants in a garden that are wilting - Paul Maguire/Shutterstock It's no surprise that tomatoes are a popular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Closeup of ripening tomatoes on the vine. - Aire Images/Getty Images The roots of your tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants need ...

Can you remember a spring/summer with so much rain? Me either. Extra rain is great for some of our yard and garden plants, but not for most of them. Soil that stays saturated can easily start root rot ...

A plant can look vibrant, glossy, and full of life one week, then suddenly collapse like a deflated balloon the next. Leaves droop, stems soften, and that once-happy green color fades into something ...

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 ...

Root and foliar spray abscisic acid applications were studied to determine how ABA affects the incidence of blossom-end rot in distal tissue of tomato fruit. A combination of spray and root ABA ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Root and butt rot is one of the most common forms of tree disease affecting ...