Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Tomatoes are one of the most versatile and popular plants for backyard gardens, but they can be affected by a variety ...

Often considered the crown jewel of the home vegetable garden, tomatoes face a number of disorders that can hinder their growth and performance and disappoint even the most dedicated grower. Insects ...

With warm-season vegetables in peak production this time of year, inquiries about blossom end rot have been abundant. Prevalent in tomatoes but also found in peppers, squash, cucumber, eggplant and ...

Blossom-end rot occurs when a tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plant cannot deliver enough calcium to the fruit. It shows up on the end of the tomato opposite the stem, where the blossom was, in the form ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hanging tomato fruit shows signs of blossom end rot. - Dan Gabriel Atanasie/Shutterstock There's nothing more frustrating for a ...

Blossom-end rot is a physiological disorder, not a disease prevalent in tomato, squash, pepper, and all other fruiting vegetables. It is easily identified as a brown, leathery rot developing on or ...

Finally, I’m not writing about pests this week, but I am writing about a different plant problem in my garden. I’ve been waiting to harvest zucchinis for weeks. Everyone knows that zucchinis grow ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Blossom-end rot is a physiological disorder, not a disease prevalent in tomato, squash, pepper, and all other fruiting ...