One minute you're growing your own tomatoes from store-bought plants, and the next you're flipping them over to find they've been ruined by bottom rot. Also known as "blossom end rot," this issue ...

Some of my tomatoes are showing signs of blossom end rot. What can I do to stop this? Blossom end rot is a physiological condition where tissue in the blossom end of the fruit breaks down and starts ...

One of the current issues plaguing the home gardener right now is blossom-end rot on tomatoes. Often mistaken for a disease, it is primarily a physiological problem. No bacteria or pest causes blossom ...

Q : Attached is a picture of wildflowers that are along ditch banks and pond levies (see reader's photo). I was wondering what they are and if they are commercially available. A : The wildflower in ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

Last year I planted nearly my entire garden with San Marzano tomatoes and was lucky to escape any disease or pests. The only problem I had was powdery mildew on my pumpkins and cucumber, I wrote an ...

The roots of your tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants need plenty of room to grow, but compacted soil can limit their ability to produce healthy fruit and also promote pathogens. When tomato plants ...