The only thing better than a fresh Jersey tomato in the summertime is one you can grow in your own backyard. Right now, Amazon has some juicy deals on square plant cages up to 30% off. So, if you’re ...

Caging your tomato plants provides support while improving plant health. A plump beefsteak tomato can weigh up to a pound—that’s a lot of weight for the flexible branches of a tomato plant to support.

Jun. 7—It's about time for home gardeners to transplant their tomato seedlings to garden beds in Maine. That means it's also time to provide some support for those growing plants. Shortly after you ...

It can be hard to know how to start your backyard garden — how to tend to the fruits, vegetables, herbs and more. Beyond gloves or tools like trowels and shovels, one of the gardening gadgets you’re ...

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Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) may start as tiny, well-behaved seedlings, but it doesn't take long for them to produce a multitude of disorderly vines — not to mention the dozens of pounds of ...

You can find political signs all over the place, and most of the time they’ve been left standing long after an election is over. If you want to get some use out of them, the wire supports can make for ...

Now's the time we're nurturing our tomatoes, not caging them. But that doesn't mean you can't make supports now to use next year. Why not? Then you'll be ready to go when spring planting comes around.

While “determinate” varieties such as Romas reach only 4 feet tall or so, “indeterminate” varieties – think ‘Better Boy’ and heirloom ‘German Johnson’ – tend to push well past 5 feet. And flimsy store ...

Q: I use 5-foot wire cages around my tomato plants, but the tomatoes grow up over the cages and bend them over until they break. Is there a way to correct this problem for next year? A: That's ...