Tomato and Green Pepper Plants

QuestionI moved to a new home that doesnt get much sun until late in the day. My tomato and pepper plants are in large containers. The leaves on the tomato plant started getting spidery veins on it. The pepper plant

Chinese baby corn

QuestionWe bought seeds...stalks are up to 5 high now & just tasseling...one tiny ear with white silk has just appeared on some stalks. Is that all we can expect...one little ear from each regular size cornstalk? &n

Deer and Tomato Disease

QuestionI have a bambi that keeps comin by to eat away at all my garden plants.How can i keep them out!, also, I have leafrust or some kind of disease(again) on my tomatoes.Part of the problem may be their a little

tomatos in Grand JunctionCO

QuestionIs it too hot? I started my tomato seeds indoors on March 1st. They went outside in late April. The plants have turned to bushes but are blooming sparsley. Where are the tomatoes? &nb

small zucchini

QuestionQUESTION: I have two zucchini plants on the south side of my house. They have had several HUGE flowers and a few small zucchini. Everyone says to check them every day, as they grow very fast. &nb

tomatos with black spots

QuestionI just notice my tomatoes are getting black spots in the bottom end when they are green. I usually water them after sunset and a little bit in the morning when the day is going to be hot. I live in the North

Pole Beans; No Blossoms

QuestionI have always grown bush beans, but wanted to try growing pole beans this year. My husband built some trelliss and the plants are going crazy and have grown up to 4 ft plus, but no blossoms anywhere. We plan

Cantelopes - How to sweeten

QuestionIve grown cantaloupes in the past but they always turn out to smell good, look good but taste bland. Is there an additive that Im supposed to be putting in the soil to sweeten up the fruit? Thanks AnswerDea

Butternut Squash - Poor Taste

QuestionI recently harvested the first of my butternut squash for the season. This is usually one of my favorite squashes, but this one tasted awful. It had very little natural sweetness. It was ri

Aubergine flowers falling

QuestionMy aubergine flowers are falling off the plant - this has been happening for at least 6 weeks. The plant is in a poly tunnel and is watered(not I feel over watered)and fed an organic feed regularly. I cannot

Freckles on Squash Leaves

QuestionMy newest crop of 5 week old yellow squash plants appear healthy except for some leaves appearing to have a freckled appearance. A few leaves on each plant have multiple, small yellow to white dots. The inte

Unripe Acorn Squash

QuestionIs unripe acorn squash edible and does it taste like ripe squash? I had some acorn squash plants die from fungus attack so I picked the unripe (all green) squash to save them from going to waste. Answ

cantalope tasts like crap

QuestionI have a very healthy plant, many blooms that take and cantalope are growing to about 7 in diam. Problem is, they taste terrable. Very juicy and nice looking but not very sweet and they have a ve

Tomatoes, or rather, no tomatoes

QuestionThree months ago my girlfriend and I both planted heirloom plants about 6 in height in pots. Two different scenarios. I live in the Los Angeles area, about a mile from the ocean. My plants are au

yellow cucumber leaves

QuestionI have a cucumber plant in the greenhouse. The older leaves are yellow turning crispy and brown. the new leaves are green. I have had two fruits off it but I have noticed some of the new fruits are going yel

cantaloupe being eaten by ????

QuestionDear Kindred, My cantaloupe are big/ripe and delicious...however, recently something has been eating them. I think it is birds but am not sure. What eats Cantaloupes? How can I keep what e

Acorn & Butternut Squash

QuestionI have both growing in a fenced in area since they spread so much. Now, the leaves have become enormous, growing upwards.I see lots of flowers but dont see any fruit. Should I cut the plants ba

Corn Borers

QuestionQUESTION: Im in Irvington, KY, I have a 30x30 vegetable garden, and have a lot of cantaloupe in there too. recently, seemingly since the cantaloupe has started vining out Im noticing hordes of butterflies- l

Tomato Stems Bending

QuestionI have several very good looking tomato plants, about 5 feet tall. Good amount of fruit, still green and growing. in the last few days, Ive found a few stems that have bent (kinked) under the weight of

bending tomato stems

QuestionI have a new problem. I have several healthy, 5 foot tall tomato plants with a good amount of still-green, still-growing fruit - not enormous, but good sized. In the last few days, Ive found a few stem