tomatoes

Pumpkin patch in Bryan, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

It’s science: Why a pumpkin is actually a fruit

People typically consider something as either a fruit or a vegetable based on how they eat it rather than how it grows. Read More

Learn what to look for and how to maintain backyard gardens, porch plants, and landscapes during the summer months. (Photo by Ken Johnson, Illinois Extension)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Tips for getting landscape plants through summer

Ripe tomatoes in garden ready to harvest. (Adobe Stock │ #139074198 - Dusan Kostic)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Tomato Talk: Stake plants to keep fruit off ground, reduce risk of disease



Fresh red organic vine ripened cherry tomatoes growing on an arched cattle panel trellis. (iStock │ #1384983524 - eurobanks)

Maximize garden space by growing vertically

Crop rotation matters in the vegetable garden 

A child in a garden with tomatoes. (Adobe Stock │ #338325350 - yanadjan)

Tomato: how to grow it

Soil thermometer in soil of farm field. (iStock │ #2148452446 - JJ Gouin)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden

Tomatoes (Photo courtesy of ARS News Service.)

It’s February: Are you thinking about tomatoes… yet?

Visitors can sample tomatoes, peppers, salsas and related products Sept. 5 at the MU Tomato Festival in Columbia. (MU file photo)

MU Tomato Festival is Sept. 5, 2024

The Kansas Value Added Foods Lab is hosting a two-day online class to help food operators and manufacturers learn the correct procedures for producing thermally processed acidified foods. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

K-State food scientist outlines steps to canning frozen food safely

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Tomatoes picked too soon will not ripen, but can be used for fried green tomatoes. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

How to store tomatoes