QuestionI have a couple of corn plants outside and I want to know how to get rid of the bugs that eat the plant? AnswerIf you prefer to stay organic, I would use a product called rotenone. This is a natural insecti
QuestionHi Mike, I thought growing zucchini was foolproof, but my plants are small and the fruit shrivels and turns yellow. I mixed some commercial mushroom manure in the soil before planting. Could I be over-wateri
QuestionI would like to grow bug free berries, preferably strawberries, indoors. Is there a simple, not too expensive method of doing this? If so, what are the best types of berry plants to use? Thank you AnswerSh
Questioni was growing cilantro in a large rectangle container on my back porch when i came home one day to find it completely dead it was about 4 inches tall before this happened what did i do wrong? AnswerChristi
Butternut Squash-flower falling
QuestionQUESTION: Hi dear, this year, butternut squash came to me as a wonderful surprise- i swear i only bought a packet of zucchini seed :) there are quite a lot of flowers, both male and female, but only one fema
QuestionMy jalapenos plants did not grow very big, about 8 inches tall, they bloom and give peppers, but the peppers stop growing after an inch or inch and half at the most... Whats going on? my buddies grow several
How do you increase heat in hot peppers?
QuestionWe grow hot peppers organically and would like to know if there is a way to increase the heat before harvest by tweaking the fertilizer type, altering watering patterns, adding Epsom salts, etc? Than
Questionive noticed black discoloration on my peppers. they are in containers. lots of blooms and peppers. discoloration seems to be on the same side of each of the infected peppers. ? AnswerThis is act
Questionwhen do you pick how ?how big will they grow? AnswerMichelle: Banana squash can get quite huge, depending on your growing conditions. Winter squash needs to be fully mature to have good flavor. The stem sho
QuestionHi, I have two Tabasco plants that I planted next to each other, about 18inches apart in April. I live in West Texas. There on an elevated terrace. They are now about 18 inches tall... There green and look h
QuestionHi, This is my first tomato growing experience, so please forgive my niavete when I thought it would so easy. I decided to use the upside down hanging plant method as I beleived, as the commercials said, tha
QuestionHave a couple of questions. I mix up soapy solution to get rid of the aphids and it works but it deforms the leaves. Is this from doing it in the day time or too much soap. Secondly, this year I just found s
QuestionMy green bell peppers are turning soft and black. Do they need calcium like tomatoes? This is my first time trying to grow them. AnswerNorma, you are correct. Like tomatoes and eggplant, peppers
when butternut squash is ready to harvest
QuestionHi Mike, I am a first time gardener and have planted six butternut squash plants in a planter that is on my deck. They are growing beautifully and quite large at this point. However, they have no
QuestionCan I trim back the huge leaves to get more sunlight to the vegetable part? I have had about ten already and now they have stopped growing. The leaves surrounding the bottom part I think are blocking the sun
QuestionI have been growing tomatoes for 30 years and have never seen the condition I now have. I have 12 plants (home started) which looked exremely healthy until about 10 days ago-(lots of foliage and fruit) Sudde
QuestionMy husband planted bush beans in a row without anything for them to climb on, he said they were bush beans so they will grow like a bush and will not need to climb. I thought they were like any other bean an
QuestionHow can you tell when a cantalope is ready to pick. I have picked to early and have not picked in time, this year. AnswerDean: If it is a true cantaloupe, it will slip right off the vine when it is ripe. Ot
QuestionThis year I planted sugar baby watermelon for the first time. Rather than cutting one open, is there any way to know they are ripe before you harvest? We have had a very wet season in Southern New England th
Questioncan you grow sweet potatoe in the u.k if so is it grown from seed or tuber.? &
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