Question: My Cherokee Purple tomato variety is flowering but not setting fruit. Is fruiting time over due to the heat? Answer: Yes, heat has put a damper on the fruiting of most tomato varieties.
What: Tomato festival and contest Where: Blacksburg Farmers Market, Roanoke Street and Draper Road When: Tasting and judging, 8 to 11 a.m.; regular farmers market continues to 2 p.m. What else: Music ...
Even when you know a thing or two about tomatoes, the wide world of the much-loved fruit is enormous — there are at least 10,000 varieties out in the world. That might seem hard to believe when you ...