For gardeners who start their own tomato plants, March is time to get busy. There are several good reasons for starting tomatoes from seed: Economy: You can grow a lot more tomatoes from seed for the ...

Why does anyone start their own tomato plants from seed when they can be easily purchased from garden centers? Not being a golfer, I often wonder why golf people go through their exotic ritual instead ...

Tomatoes grow on small plants in areas with direct sunlight. As seeds, they germinate best in warm temperatures. Within 2 months, they fully mature and start producing fruit until the weather becomes ...

The fourth of week of March is full of spring flowering bulbs, early blooming azaleas and rhododendrons, and more than a few lawn and garden weeds. This is a good time to plant the seeds of cool ...

Growing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) indoors may sound easy, but many gardeners find it to be a difficult undertaking because of the different growing conditions and extra maintenance. Soil ...

Gardening experts share advice to make sure your tomatoes thrive where you plant them. Westend61 / Getty Images While tomatoes are a summer garden staple, the amount of fretting and fear involved in ...

The weather took a wintry turn, but the calendar says it’s spring and that means gardening time has returned. You may have questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer ...

As impressive as it is that a tiny seed can become a whole plant, that's not the only way new plants are born. And for gardeners, it's not always necessarily the best way, either. In some cases, the ...

I continue to enjoy your gardening questions. QMy sedum, which I thought was fall-flowering, is already budding. In past years, they have been quite leggy. Should I pinch them, and if so, how far back ...

Not all gardeners want to be patient, especially when they're growing colorful flowers and verdant vegetables. The best solution for these eager horticulturists is to select fast-growing plants that ...