White residue on tomato plant soil?

Question white residue on soil Hi Mike Ive been noticing a white residue on my tomato soil lately; Ive enclosed a picture; do you know what it may be? For info: - Its 30+ degrees celsius every day here - I w

Whats eating my tomato plants??

Question Poor leaves Hi again Elyse, I have another problem with my poor plants! Re my photo; I noticed that the bottom leaves of 2 of my most abundant flowering plants have started curling up and developing little

Butternut

QuestionDo I need to spray my butternut fruit to stop it getting stung or eaten by bugs? Can I make something myself to spray or do I have to buy something? I live in Durban, South Africa AnswerIf insects are a pro

watering tomatoes

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Elyse Just wondering how to water tomatoes when the weathers schizophrenic - we had at least 3 weeks of no rain and constant temperatures above 85 degrees. Suddenly its showering intermit

Tomato plantation

QuestionPeace b on u i m living in New Bombay, India and i want to start plantation at my home so how should i grow the tomato. Is there any special seed for tomato or means what v should do... for growing it plz h

Tomato leaves curling upward

QuestionHi Mike The leaves of some of my nice green plants with lots of foliage and budding tomatoes are suddenly curling upwards and then inwards with a vengeance...would you have any ideas why? The weather

frozen vegetables on the vine

QuestionHowdy! We just had a freeze and our chili piquin plants froze before we picked the peppers off. Are they ok to eat? How about other food like tomatoes and watermelon? AnswerMary: The foods

Onion white root rot

QuestionAre there any solutions for onion white root rot? Will H2O2 as a foliar drench help, if so, at what rate? I grow 30 acres annually, that is, about 900 tonne and am getting some small patches of infection in

Tomatoes in HOT! climate.

QuestionMike, I have grown indeterminate Tomatoes in Phx, AZ for the past 5 yrs. I put out seedlings in March and get some nice production from May until early June when it gets too hot for fruit set. Plants do well

Garden Nutrients

QuestionI live in Arizona and the soil here is very perplexing with regards to growing vegetables. I have a small garden (3?x 25? and I like to grow a few things to eat each year. I usually start by till

Growing vegetables indoors

Questioni have recently moved house where there is a shared garden, i have always wanted to grow my own vegtables, mostly because its cheaper than buying them. ive heard its possible to grow certain veg indoors, as

Tomatos and Avocados

QuestionDear Michael, Please permit me a double question many of us on Central and Gulf Coast Florida are probably wondering. 1) Tomato Plants, what is too cold for tomato plants? What actual temperature will devast

Heirlooms and Pests

QuestionHi Mike. Last year was my first year having a garden. A much too big of one to start out with- might I add ;-) I live in Washington State. Everything came up, looked great but unfortunately most of it I didn

Re: Pumpkin Delicata + Beans

QuestionHello Mike, I am wondering why the fruit on my Pumpkin Delicata bush does not grow beyond about 3 inches long. The bush seems very healthy and so does the new fruit until it gets to

radishes, onions, carrots

QuestionIn previous year, when seeding radishes, onions and carrots, we used a chemical (now banned) to prevent worms. What can be used in its place? This is just a family garden, and wed be devastated i

Jalepeno pepper plants

QuestionIf I pick all my peppers will the plant grow them again or do I have to save some seeds and replant for next crop? AnswerPepper plants will continue to produce until the first expected frost. Jalpenos

Container Gardening

Questioni need a good soil combination for growing vegetables of all types in buckets. also i need to know about moisture, drainage, etc., when growing in buckets. i live in texas. i read an article from 2004 when y

Heirloom tomatoes. Soil prep to avoid Fusarium wilt.

QuestionHi Mike, Last spring I tried growing heirloom tomatoes for the first time. My little crop grew well and appeared healthy in the beginning. Unfortunately, they all died from Fusarium Wilt shortly after they

Tomato plant; Frost

QuestionI bought a Big Boy small tomato plant and planted it in a pot on my southern exposed porch. It was doing fine and produced 3 fruit and then two MUCH smaller fruit...we have had horribly cold weather he

Spagetti squash

QuestionI have just cooked my first spagetti squash and was wondering if you could plant the seeds that came from the cooked squash,I was told to microwave for 7 minutes,then cut open clean seeds out and cook