Tomato blight is a catch-all term for a group of serious fungal infections that affect the production and quality of fruit. The fungi attack tomatoes in different ways at different times, with ...

Tomatoes are perhaps among some of the most sought-after veggies for home gardens. You might even consider choosing some of the easiest varieties of tomatoes to grow, as some of them may be naturally ...

Q: My tomatoes were all affected by blight this season. Is there anything I can treat the soil with to kill the disease for following seasons? I know rotation of the site is best, but I have a limited ...

Tomatoes are a popular crop and relatively easy to cultivate, but they can be susceptible to blight. This fungal infection, which spreads through wind and water splash, typically appears from June to ...

Late blight in tomatoes is a common garden woe. Here’s how to identify, prevent, and control this typical tomato problem.

Q: I'm busy looking at seed catalogs to plan my garden, but remembered how blight took over my tomatoes this past summer. You answered a question for another person concerned with the same problem, ...

Q My tomato plants have been afflicted this summer with a fungus or wilt. Does the soil retain these diseases year to year or were the problems caused by this season's rain and humidity? A It might be ...

Another technique for late blight prevention Haynes uses is starting his tomatoes from seeds instead of transplanting stock bought through big box retailers where seedlings carrying the fungus’ spores ...

Late blight is the same fungus that caused the great potato famine in Ireland, and it's just as hard on tomatoes as it was on the Irish potatoes. The first thing you'll see is black streaking in the ...

Tomatoes were piled high at the New Morning Farm stand at the Dupont Circle farmers market. Just as they should be in mid-August. But for Jim Crawford, this is not the peak of tomato season; it is ...