how do you grow butternut squash

Questionhi.im kinda new to planting vegetables soi thought i should give it a go.anyway i am growing butternut squash and i was wondering.they have fallen down a bit(they are still green and alive).is this normal.do

My tomatos dying

QuestionI live in Chicago. I plant my tomatoes every year in different spot of my garden. Everything it is OK for about have time of growing. After that time lives start furling. Than they shrivel. After a whi

tomatos & peppers

QuestionI am growing peppers and tomatos in pots on our deck. both are starting to turn red. when should I pick? do I have choices of leaving on the vine or is it better to take off(when)the vine? thank you AnswerW

goards

QuestionHello, I am not sure if a goard is a vegetable or not but I thought I would give you a shot! I have planted some goards and the plant is growing like crazy but no goards are forming. Is there som

tomato leaves with spots

Questioni live in southern middle tenn and my tomato plants have a problem. they developed rust colored spots on the leaves and have spread to adjacent plants. this began at the bottom and spread toward the tops of

Tomatoes black on bottom

QuestionI am having problems with some of my tomatoes getting black and soft on the bottoms.They are doing this befor they can get ripe. They look great except for the bottoms.Any ideas? Thank you in advance Darlene

zuchinni fruit aborting

QuestionWhat is causing a zuchinni plant to abort fruit that gets 6 long? AnswerDear Don: Do you have lots of fruit bearing on the plant? Not every flower can bear fruit,not every fruit can grow just like fruit tre

garlick braids

QuestionI have a lot of newly harvested garlick, which I would like to braid for storage. I cant seem to get the hang of it. The stems seem to be too stiff to braid. Is there a trick to it? or do I simpl

tomato blight

QuestionWe have soft brown spots at the bottom of the tomatoes. Are we watering too much, or not enough? Is it a blight that cannot be remedied? Please respond. Thank you, Lou AnswerHallo Lou: That was caused by w

No taste tomatoes

QuestionIm in Columbus, OH and growing two different hybrids and two heirloom varieties in containers on my deck. My garden has a soil-borne disease that soon kill off any tomato planted there. My curren

cucumbers and sugar snaps

QuestionHi, I live about 6 miles inland in San Diego. My sugar snaps are dying off from mildew. I have a sprinkler system and know I need to water only the roots, is there a way to stop this. Also, next to my peas a

Growing Corn - Getting Ears

QuestionDear Mike, Im in the Washington, DC area. Where would I find the pollen. Would it come from our own ear or does it have to come from a different plant? - Marty ------------------------- Follo

fire ants/okra

QuestionMike-thought you might could help. I have fire ants eating my okra blooms and preventing fruit. I have been told that they are eating aphids but they are doing damage. have you got any advice? thanks david

pole beans

Questionhello I planted my pole beans june 1st today is july 15 my plants are 24 inchs tall and are producing beans I am a little confused thank you AnswerDon, do you know the name of the variety you pl

potato flowers going to seed

QuestionDear Wenwei, I am growing the French variety of potatoes called CAESAR and they have produced lots of white flowers, many of which have now gone to seed and look like green tomatoes. As the crop will n

invasive asian plant

QuestionOur wonderful neighbors have planted a very invasive form of an asian leafy plant that has taken over our yard. While they very generously let us cut any we want for our own use, it has gotten out of hand. T

Bitter cucumbers

QuestionOur cucumbers are bitter... we have tried letting them grow longer, shorter, turn yellow...to no avail, they are still bitter. They are burpless variety... are we using too much water, too little water

I am growing butternut squash...

QuestionI am growing butternut squash and the squash is about 5 inches, more bulbed than long. The skin is a greenish with white stripes....when should I harvest these squashes? Does a butternut squash ripen

Greenhouses and soil pH

QuestionHello, I was wondering what the advantages of greenhouses are over being grown in open area. What I know is that they keep the temperature inside hot and they keep out chemical and GMO pollen drift (fo

blooms

QuestionMike I am growning summer(yellow)squash and zuccini squash. I have noticed that the fruit bloom normally comes from the heavy thick stem. My question is that there are blooms with long thin stems them