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Companion Plants for Tomatoes
Companion planting for tomatoes can improve the tomatoes growth and flavor and repel insects and diseases. Choosing companion plants for your tomatoes should be easy because companion plants for tomatoes include many of these popular garden vegetables.

Should You Prune Out Tomato Suckers?
Tomato suckers, or side shoots, are the growth that appears in the crotch between the stem and a branch. If left to grow, tomato suckers will become another main stem with branches, flowers, fruit and more suckers of their own. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes not so good. Here are some guidelines for when to prune your tomatoes and how much.

Growing Tomatoes - Does Red Mulch Help Tomatoes Ripen Faster?
If you’re a die-hard tomato grower, you’ve probably heard about using red plastic mulch to improve your tomato yield and get your tomatoes to ripen earlier. Some early testing did show a considerable benefit from mulching tomato plants with a specific shade of red plastic. But like all things scientific in the garden, there are still a lot of variables that prevent the results from being conclusive.