Black leaves on my pepper plants

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, Im growing several different kinds of peppers and recently had an afid problem.A friend told me to spray my plants with a solution of dish soap,lemon juice and water which I did and no

Squash in containers

QuestionI am trying to grow crook neck and zuccini in large containers. The fruits start out ok but some of them shrivle up so i cut them off the pots drain very well so I am watering every other day as it is in the

Tomato Plants - Transplanting

QuestionWe bought a six pack of tomato plants from a nursery recently that were very tall (over 2). We planted them as deep as possible in our raised bed (about 6 deep), but that still left a lot of the plant

PEPPER PLANTS LOOSING LEAVES

QuestionWe planted bell pepper plants a few weeks ago. They were perfectly healthy when we bought them, but immediately started loosing their bottom leaves after we planted them. The leaves turned yellow

Planning & Planting My Vegtable Garden

QuestionI have a vegtable garden I am getting ready to plant, but I have no idea how to layout the rows or what should grow beside each other row by row and the space between each vegtable. Its 30ft x 30ft area its

My vegetable garden

QuestionI have planted tomatoes, collards, cucumbers and peppers and they have just wilted and some have died. I live in Detroit. Did I plant them to soon, seems like I planted them this time last year and had

tomato blooms

QuestionWhile my tomatoes plants started of great and some the plants have 5 to 10 fruits on now, All of my plants are starting to throw off their blooms.We have a lot of rain last week,but the soil drains well.Dont

Tomato help...

QuestionHi Mike We have a lovely new vegetable garden. Unfortunately the tomatoes, whilst still appearing very healthy, are not growing. There are no yellow leaves or leaf wilting, so Im a bit stumped a

Tomato Pepper Plant Blooms

Question I am having problems with my tomato pepper plants blooms falling off. The plant is producing a healthy number of blooms, but after the flowers open, the blooms eventually just fall off. Wh

canning

QuestionI have canned fruits (mostly) and veggies as long as I can remember but have not been happy with the results lately. I live at 9000ft so have to water bath my jars longer and the produce seems a bit so

silver leaves on butternut squash plants

QuestionI have transplanted store bought butternut plants-they were nice and green when bought but now have a silver-white look to the leaves. They have been planted for a week now. This is new soil with

Red Onions

QuestionI put a red onion with growning roots in a pot...now it has a 3 foot stalk with a budding flower attracting bees...will I get seeds from this flower? AnswerDear Robert, You should get several seeds from thi

sweet peppers

QuestionI AM NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME (TRYING) TO GROW GREEN PEPPERS AND TOMATOES IN CONTAINERS. I DO HAVE A ROCK BACK FOR DRAINING. THE PEPPERS SEEM TO BE DOING FINE, HOWEVER DO I KEEP THE FLOWERS THAT HA

Tomatoes; Organic Fertilizers

QuestionI am growing organic tomatoes and seedless collard I would like to know what can I feed them Organic ? AnswerBill, the two most popular organic fertilizers on the market are fish emulsion and sea kelp. Comp

Squash; Withered Leaves

QuestionHi Mike, I continue to have difficulty with my yellow squash....after treating them for powdery mildew, older leaves have withered and died, and there is new growth at the ends of the vines. Should I c

Tomatoes; Fertilizers

Questionwhat is the best fertilizer to use on my plants.Iam having trouble with fruit rot AnswerLarry, tomatoes require high amounts of phosphorus and calcium. The phosphorus promotes large tomatoes and a heavy har

Jalapeno Seedlings

QuestionI am very new to gardening and Im currently in northern Japan. Ive started some jalapenos and habaneros from seeds and they all are at the stage of the first 2 leaves (not true leaves yet). Everywhere

Squash madness!

QuestionMy zucchini and summer squash are growing like crazy but not fruiting much (if any). The few blossoms ive been seeing simply wilt or rot. My tomatoes and peppers are doing fine so I dont suspect

Tomato Plants Drooping

Questionmy tomato plants were doing great but all of a sudden the leaves are drooping. I am growing them in pots. Could this be the problem? AnswerSherron, it is very common for tomatoes grown in pots to drop

Yellow Squash Turning Green

QuestionWhat is happening my yellow straight neck squash are turning green. AnswerThis is not unusual with certain varieties. The variety I am currently growing starts off green and then fades to the point that the