Epsom salts on tomato plants

Questionhi my question is when you spray epsom salt on tomato plants do you do this once or how often?also what can i do to try to minimize the effects of chemicals in city water on my tomatoes.i live in norfolk va.

long neck pumpkins and cucumbers

QuestionCan I grow long neck pumpkins and bush cucumbers out of a regular hanging basket and let the plants spread through the garden from the hanging basket, and what size hanging basket would I need? AnswerJohn,

New garden for veggies..depth of new soil + types of soils?

QuestionGood Friday Morning Mike: My grandson, DAVIDE, wants his own veggie garden. Size of are: 11.5 ft. x 12.5 ft. I want to pile about 12 inches of triple mix soil + compost on top of a clayish foundation. 1st

zuccini

QuestionQUESTION: I get lots of flowers but no produce I have used blossom set I live Phx Az what can I do to get the produce? ANSWER: Debra: It is normal for squash to set mostly male flowers at first. Wait a whil

Cherry seeds

QuestionSeveral years ago as a kid, I saved the seed pits of cherries I had eaten and recently, I went ahead in trying to grow them, but lately, theyre just growing up to look like grass. Is this typical? Am I likel

tomatoe blight

QuestionLast summer we grew tomatoes in pots.We had 5 big pots we used miracle grow garden soil with peat moss.We drilled drainage holes in bottoms of pots and put stone on bottom.We got lots opf tomatoes but we als

POWDERY MILDEW

QuestionPOWDERY MILDEW ON SQUASH LEAVES & STEMS. WILL NEEM OIL GET RID OF IT OR SHOULD I JUST RETURN THE PLANT TO THE NURSERY? I CUT OFF ALL THE LEAVES AFFECTED, THEN I NOTED THAT THE THE STEM ALSO HAD T

bell pepper

Questionwhat is the huge green worm on my bell pepper plants. he eats the leaves. AnswerDear Danielle, We always called those tomato worms, although they show up and feast on the leaves of many plants. I pick

Green peppers

QuestionI am growing green peppers from seeds that came from peppers I bought at the store. They are growing great - about foot tall, but I am not getting any flowers yet. Why is this? AnswerPeppers tak

tomatoe and pepper diseases

QuestionI live in Atlanta Georgia. every year I plant a garden in container pots because I have a small yard and HOA restrictions. This year my peppers bloom, starts to grow a pepper than falls off. I water at leave

Baking Soda mix for tomato spraying

QuestionMy old Italian Grandfather tells me that he used a mix in warm water (1qt) tablespoon of Baking soda , teaspoon of dishwasher soap & 1 tablespoon of Vegetable oil to spray tomato plants for insects. Wh

East vs. south garden

Question Gardens I live in Raleigh, NC, and currently have an east facing in-ground garden directly in the back of our house. It gets about 2 hours of morning sun in one part and close to 5 hours at the other

Something is eating my strawberrys, peaplants and pepper plants

QuestionHello, I live in Southern Ontario something is eating my strawberries. Not rabbits as garden is fenced off. Eating only the ripe ones. My veggie garden which is separate garden and also fenced. The leaves o

Some plants are growing and some are not?

QuestionI started a square foot garden in my back yarn for the first time this year. I am in zone 8 in northeast Texas. I have noticed some plants appear to be stunted. I have one bed 4X4with 4 squash pl

non growing veggies

QuestionI have a garden that is showing signs of the same struggles I had last year even after fresh manure last fall and some garden lime and fertilizer this year.My main issue is with my beets and bell peppers(2 o

non growing

QuestionI have a garden that is showing signs of the same struggles I had last year even after fresh manure last fall and some garden lime and fertilizer this year.My main issue is with my beets and bell peppers(2 o

Green Peppers/Radishes

QuestionI have heard of fertilizing green peppers with match sticks Coal ash and with straight Metrical Grow. What is the best method to use. I have a raised bed garden and have used compost in it and have added Oxe

cherry tomato plant

QuestionHi. Im live near Chicago, IL and Im growing a cherry tomato plant indoors. Its growing very nicely. Its a little less than 1 meter right now. The problem that Im concerned about are the buds on t

stunted tomatoes

Questioni have been growing ugly tomatoes for the last 4 years and they have always bee an extra large and good tasting. The vines have always been about 5 ft tall. this year we planted them in a newly f

Cucurbits

QuestionDo cucubits stop producing blossoms at high temperatures? AnswerYes, cucurbits will dramatically slow down production when the temperatures exceed 90F. Once the weather cools, they will start blooming again