July 13, 2026
Your tomato plants looked great at planting time. Now they are flopping over, and fruit is sitting on wet soil. I grew my first tomato at 12, and I let it sprawl wherever it wanted. The harvest was disappointing, and the plants stayed sick half the season. Over a decade
I’ve grown tomatoes in containers every season for the last decade, on decks, balconies, and one tiny cement patio a squirrel treated as a buffet. A 15-gallon pot with the right variety can outproduce a raised bed if you set
For years, I watered my tomatoes on schedule, fed them regularly, and staked every plant. The harvest still fell short. The missing step was pruning. Done right, pruning tomato plants pushes the plant to put more energy into fruit instead
I grew my first batch of tomatoes and blamed the soil when they all ripened at once and rotted before I could use them. The real issue? I had no idea what type of tomato I was growing. Once I
