Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Provide shade during peak sun. Don't over-prune; let leaves provide coverage. Plant tomatoes early enough so they mature before ...

While you can’t always predict sunscald on peppers, even if you’ve been growing them for years, like me, if you want to successfully grow peppers, you need to know what steps to take to limit the risk ...

If you are like me, you have been patiently waiting for that first juicy tomato from your garden. Then sadly, you go to harvest it and there is a problem with it. Maybe that problem is a crack, a ...

If you look forward to perfect peppers, but are disappointed when they get sunburned, there aren’t as many, or they aren’t as big, chances are that sunlight is to blame. Solar intensity and high ...

No, it’s not your imagination. There is something going on with tomatoes this year, and it all has to do with the weather. Tomatoes have been ripening very slowly, staying green and not turning red.

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Winter weather has arrived and young trees need a little TLC to avoid a common malady called sunscald.

Scorching temperatures occur every summer in Texas and can cause ugly scars on young smooth tree trunks. Sunscald is a physiological disorder that occurs on the lower part of the trunk on the ...

When a tree doesn’t perform up to expectations, it can sometimes be difficult to pin the issue on a single cause. Drought stress, for example, seems to make even a small problem seem a lot larger.

Tomatoes love and need a lot of sunlight and heat to grow. But too much of a good thing can cause the plant to get sunscald–the plant equivalent of a sunburn. “Sunscald in tomatoes can happen in all ...

Provide shade during peak sun. Don't over-prune; let leaves provide coverage. Plant tomatoes early enough so they mature before extreme summer heat. Tomatoes love and need a lot of sunlight and heat ...