Put down the paintbrush and step away from the cotton swab, because everything you thought you knew about hand-pollinating tomatoes is about to change. If you need to pollinate dozens and dozens of ...

I just read this letter to the edtior about hand-pollinating tomatoes and I had to share it with you. If you’re having trouble getting squash, tomatoes, or cukes to set fruit, this method may help.

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your garden and ...

Many plants need to be pollinated to produce fruits or seeds to make more plants. But if pollinators are scarce in your area or you're growing fruit-bearing plants indoors, hand-pollinating is ...

We are finally getting the right weather to ripen tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, basil and a whole host of other warm-season crops. We will get a bump into the 90s for a few days and then another ...

Growing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) indoors may sound easy, but many gardeners find it to be a difficult undertaking because of the different growing conditions and extra maintenance. Soil ...

There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...