rotting of squash while on vine

QuestionI live in northern minnesota and have grown butternut squash for years. Last year and this most of the squash formed on healthy plants start out looking as if they are normal, but before very much grow

Growing Onions

QuestionWhen should you be pulling your onions? AnswerBonnie: Wish I were there to help you harvest the onions. You can do both ways, one when you are hungry and second when you see the tops start to turn brown a

mystery vegetable

QuestionI have been watching a plant that came from no where(other wise I did not plant it)It looks like a yellow crookneck squash,But on the bottom half it is green and striped. Its prefect line between each color.

tomatoes & bell peppers.

QuestionDear Elyse, My friend has tomatoes & bell peppers in the same pot. There are some pepper shaped tomatoes on the tomato plant although the pepper looks normal. Is it possible for any cross pollina

water melon

QuestionHi, I have been growing watermelon in a pot it is giving me fruit. but my leaves are turning yellow and dieing. I am over watering the plant? AnswerShawn: Try decreasing the watering a bit. Also use a good

Pumpkin flower trouble

QuestionHello I am growing a small Pumpkin patch and am having a few concerns. First off here is a little info on where I live. I live in the southwest desert in mesa Arizona and the temp right now is averagin

Rotting tomato stems

QuestionQUESTION: Hi. I have several different tomato plants growing in containers. I live in No. CA about 1 mile from the ocean. The fruit on my plants has reached a decent size and some are start

Broccoli

QuestionMy Hubs and I live in Chino Valley AZ about an hour south of Flagstaff. We are growing Broccoli for the first time and the plants are leafy as all get out but no buds yet. While they are a cold w

Tomato stem disease?

QuestionI would like to ask for a second opinion. You helped me out about two months ago as I was over watering my tomato plants. Now several of the plants (different varieties planted in pots) have the

Habanero Problems

QuestionHello I have three beautiful habanero plants, loaded with peppers. Two turned their perfect orange, but the tips had a black rot on them. The two peppers are from two different plants. Ive

Seedless cucumbers

QuestionI love seedless cucumbers (the seeds dont agree with me), & Ive just this year started growing some veggies. I was wondering how I could grow seedless cukes, since there are no seeds?? Thanks, Diane AnswerD

Cantaloupe Picking

QuestionHi Elyse, Athena cantaloupes which I grew from Gurneys seed are growing in my garden. They are about the size of my head now with brownish color netting but the skin between the netting is still green. Wh

zucchini squash

QuestionMy other squash has flowers and is baring, but the zucchini has only flowers. Where do i look for the baring of the vegetable or does it need more time to do that? AnswerGenea: It seems a little late for t

Pepper Plants wont Flower

QuestionHello !! I grew several different kinds of peppers(cayane, jalapeno,and others)from seed. Had a great success with germination and growth (lots of foliage} but very few flowers and actual fruit. Did I ferti

Sqush

QuestionQUESTION: I live in Utah. I planted spaghetti squash this year. For some reason some of them look like watermelons. I have read that they will not cross pollinate with watermelon so I planted them together.

growing corn

QuestionQUESTION: The growing season is so short, what is the best variety of corn I could grow in the garden? ANSWER: Debbie: I presume you are thinking about next year? Look for the earliest maturing variety you

Conjoined cucumbers

QuestionI have siamese cucumbers. How does this happen? If I save the seeds, will I have a greater likelihood of having future conjoined cucumbers? Thanks. AnswerNoel: I am not sure how this happ

Compost

Questionwhat from a veg garden can you NOT add to a compost bin.can you add corn husks? AnswerEverything from the vegetable garden can be added to a compost pile. The only exception would be a plant that contracted

Garden

QuestionHi Elyse, This is my first year gardening. I am growing zucchini, yellow squash, beans, tomatoes, eggplant and onion. We planted in late May (Im in Chicago) and had a great zucchini and squash ha

Pickle Plant

QuestionQUESTION: Discovered a flurishing pickle plant amongst the cucumbers. Harvested 8, yellow/green pickles so far. Approx. 7 in. X 2 1/2 in. each. I need to know what to do with them to make them edible.