ants eating veg. garden from bottom

QuestionHow do you get rid of ants from your garden? They are laying eggs and eating the plants under neath the ground. Please Help. AnswerPamela: Ants are hard to get rid of, but there is really no need to.

Growing cantaloup in Denver

QuestionI am an avid gardner who has raised vegetables in the Denver area for 20 years. I have decided to grown Watermelon and Cantaloupe this year for the first time and have a few questions. 1. How muc

Strawberries; Runners

QuestionHi Mike...this may sound like a stupid question but here goes. I recently planted strawberries with my granddaughter. I know that they produce runners that reroot themselves. My question is the following: Mu

Growing in San Diego

QuestionHi Elyse I was wondering what will be good to grow as a shade crop in mid June... ps i live in San Diego. AnswerCharley- Lettuce would probably work in June in your area, as would spinach. Parsley will tak

cumcumber plants

QuestionDo Bush Cucumber plants need to be staked? AnswerTom: Cucumber plants always produce more and are easier to deal with if they are staked. You might try staking them with post and 2 strans of wire or rope t

nematodes

QuestionMy potatoes had a heart attack. They were going big and strong and about two weeks ago they keeled over. When I took them out of the ground I had potatoes of course, but I had many, many little white bugs on

leaf curl on tomatoes

Questionwhat is wrong when the leaves of the tomatos curl updci5n AnswerMarion: This condition normally happens when you have a fungus. I suggest that you buy an all purpose fungicide and spray every 3 days for 9

Tiny bugs on tomatoes

QuestionQUESTION: Don, we live in central gulf coast Florida and have a small garden with about 12 tomato plants. Up until mid-May everything was great. But since then we have had an ever increasing plag

Garden Pests/Disease

QuestionMy husband and I put in a square foot garden in the Spring. The plants were doing very well, but we now have a few varieties that seem to either be struggling with the heat or are being eaten by a pest

How do you store spaghetti squash

QuestionThis is our first time planting spaghetti squash. We are starting already to get a lot of it. How do you store it? I know with regular yellow squash you can freeze it, but what do I do with this? AnswerMart

burpless cucumbers

QuestionWhy are my burpless cucumber plants dying from the bottom up? Why are the cucumbers large on one end and very small on the other end? AnswerDalphine: I believe that your cucumbers are infected with a fungu

Problem with pepper plants dying/grass clippings in veg. garden

QuestionHello! 3 wks ago we planted pepper plants in the veg garden - banana peppers (2), swwet red, orange, and yellow (2 each) and 2 green pepper plants. My husband mulched the garden with grass clippings and thre

cantaloupe

QuestionI am new at gardening. I planted the seeds for my cantaloupe the end of May,I have not seen anything start sprouting as of yet is that normal, and how long do they take to start coming up? I have planted the

When to transplant seedlings

QuestionI have lettuce and broccoli growing from seeds. Unfortunately I planted too many seeds in each seed grower and I have a full crop. They are only about an inch tall and very fragile. When sh

Stunted vegetables

QuestionI live in the northeast (NY)..I planted eggplant and tomato,peppers. one of my tomato plant the stem is still as small as a pencil and the stem is not getting any bigger like it brothers. The eggplant

tomato plants leafs turning yellow

QuestionQUESTION: My granddaughter is 4 and we started growing tomatos this year and the leaves are turning yellow but have small tomatoes on them. What are we doing wrong??? ANSWER: Joan: There could be a couple o

veg

Questioni have very large leaves on my brussels sprouts is it safe to eat those leaves if i cut those leaves just now will it affect the growth of my plants as they will not be ready till november the crop is lookin

Habernaro Pepper

QuestionHello, I am an armature gardener in New England and I have an infatuation with the Habernaro. When I go on vacation in the tropics I go to the local market to find new species of Habernaros. This year, I am

Peas

QuestionHi Mike, Thank you for taking my question: It抯 about Peas. I live in S. New Hampshire and I planted my peas in late April. They grew nice and looked very healthy through May and then they started to bloss

zuchini & pumpkin

QuestionI have beautiful Zuchini plants and pumpkins, too, and the flowers just fall off and nothing develops! Help! AnswerMary, when blossoms or young fruit fall off prematurely, it is usually an indication