How can a simple color change in mulch help you grow healthy tomatoes for a more consistent ... has shown that tomato plants mulched with red plastic mulch tend to produce more fruit than those ...

It may seem trivial, but home gardeners who choose to use plastic mulch may want to note ... gardener’s favorites – tomatoes – the color choice is…red. (Surprise!) ...

Tomatoes are a favorite among home gardeners and food enthusiasts, offering fresh, juicy fruit all summer long, and to many ...

“Whether you use straw, leaf mulch, newspaper, horticultural plastic ... then your tomatoes will be protected to grow strong and healthy, so they produce plump red fruit in the summer.

You can’t beat the taste of juicy, homegrown tomatoes, which are much more cost-effective than buying supermarket vines. But many people who try to grow the red fruits make one mistake when ...

studies have found increases in yield by as much as a third when tomatoes are grown on plastic mulch instead of bare ground, a comparable increase to most of the plant’s fruit and vegetable ...

I’M HERE AT VALLEY VIEW FARMS WITH CARRIE ANGLE, AND WE’RE GOING TO PLANT THIS CUTE LITTLE GUY, A LITTLE TOMATO, A CHERRY RED. DOES THAT ... THIS IS JUST A SOIL MULCH COVER.

One tip to warming the soils if you want to plant tomatoes early is to put down a layer of black plastic. When the temperatures warm up, cover that plastic with mulch to avoid overheating.