How to Grow Tomatoes: Video Series

To control tomato hornworms, spray or dust the tomato plant thoroughly with bacillus thuringiensis, which is a bacteria that kills the worms, but doesn't harm people. Keep hornworms from eating tomato plants with instructions from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Grow tomatoes organically by using black cow manure, organic peat moss and fish emulsion to improve the health of the soil. Use organic material, such as grass clippings, potato peels and coffee grounds, in the soil to grow tomatoes with tips from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Growing cherry tomatoes requires at least six hours of sun a day, an east or west location and protection from freezing weather. Produce up to a thousand cherry tomatoes from one plant with help from a horticulturist in this free video on growing cherry tomatoes.

To prune tomato plants, use clean, sharp cutters, and make clean cuts against the main stem of the mother plant. Prune out sucker growth, mildew or fungus from a tomato plant with instructions from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Build a tomato cage by tying bamboo or wooden stakes together with wire or rope and tying the tomato plant to the cage with yarn. Keep tomato plants off the ground, where fungus can grow on the plant, by building a tomato cage with instructions from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Ripen green tomatoes by picking the tomatoes and placing them on a shelf to ripen naturally, wrapping the tomato in paper to trap ethylene gas, or by placing a piece of apple near the tomato plant. Speed up the ripening process of tomatoes with tips from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Grow tomatoes in a container by picking a container with good drainage, adding quality soil, peat and organic material, and using tomato fertilizer. Protect tomato plants from the cold by bring containers inside during cold weather with advice from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

To grow tomatoes, start with quality soil, add peat moss and black cow manure, provide six hours of sunlight a day, and water the plants regularly. Protect tomato plants from cold weather with advice from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

Raise tomatoes from seeds by planting the seeds a quarter-inch below the surface in moist, quality soil. Allow tomato plant seeds enough room to grow once they have germinated with instructions from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.

The tomato was first discovered around 500 AD by the Aztecs and was then brought back to Europe, where it became popular in Italy. Find out how immigrants brought tomato plants to the United States with information from a horticulturist in this free video on growing tomatoes.