Watermelon; small fruit

QuestionHi! I live in San Francisco bay area and i bought watermelon (sugar baby) plants from the nursery about 2 months ago. the plants are doing well, spreading out quickly but the fruits are so tiny (just a

Possible plant problem

QuestionCan you tell me what would cause a jelly-like substance on corn? I first noticed the clear, gelatinous, goo on the bottom corn kernels, then I noticed it all over the shank part of a corn ear I pulled. Im no

How can I get my peppers to grow larger.

QuestionI am in Tampa, FL USA and I have started growing peppers from seed this year. I am growing jalapenos, cayenne, habaneros, bhut jolokia, and scotch bonnets. I picked my first crop but the pepper size seemed a

Vegetable Seedlings

QuestionGood Morning My seedlings are dying and I dont know whats wrong. They look beautiful untill theyre about 4cm tall then they start to go brown at the bottom of the stem where they go into the soil. &nb

Best food to grow for healthy living

QuestionHypothetical situation. Lets say the world economy crashes, and food is scarce and expensive. Now in this situation, I have a source of water and meat, and land in northern central kentucky, which is pretty

Tomato/chilli disease

QuestionHi, I have moved to 12 degrees N in the Caribbean. Much of the land has been fallow for years. I bought in seeds of several varieties of tomato and chillies from reputable Internet sources. Germination and e

Harvesting sweet potatoes

QuestionI started my own sweet potato slips early last spring with an organic sweet potato (yam) and planted the slips later. I did a little digging yesterday to see how far along they were and found nothing but a f

Soil prepration for vegetable seeds

QuestionHow to prepare soil for vegetable garden and fruit trees AnswerFertile soil is the secret to successful gardening. You definitely want to begin by tilling in ample organic amendments such as compost, shredd

Bell peppers

QuestionDue to frost warninings, Ive picked all my bell peppers. The red and yellow ones havent had a chance to change yet. Is there a way to ripen them indoors? AnswerMost vegetables will ripen slowly

Cucumber pickling

QuestionIve been rather disappointed with my picklings, they were the first I made and I followed a recipe prescribing to leave the baby cucumbers in salt for 4-6 hours to dry them up, then place in vinegar with spi

Wind damage to tomatoes

QuestionHi Mike, I dont live in the USA, but I was hoping you could answer a general qu about tomato plants? Weve had storms and very high wind in Australia this Spring. My poor tomato was growing so h

Planting Pumpkins

QuestionWhen are you supposed to plant pumpkins in Georgia? Im curious because Im going to plant pumpkins here next year. AnswerPumpkins should be planted in early spring after all danger of frost has passed. Depen

tropical

QuestionDear expert, I have a commercial greenhouse in a tropical region. it is a 3000 square meter greenhouse which I use it to grow tomato in autumn and winter which the weather is ok for this type of plant. my p

Garden Location

QuestionI have a large (66 acre) piece of land, but only part of it is cleared. While we gradually clear more of the land, Id like to prepare a plot for a vegetable garden in the next few days. One of the areas Im c

tomatoes in wet weather

QuestionHi Catherine - I live in Australia; however, I am hoping my situation can really occur anywhere in the world! Its been a horrible wet and humid summer in Australia this year, with barely any sun. Some

too late for tomato plant?

QuestionHi there - I live in Australia; however, I am hoping my situation can really occur anywhere in the world! Its been a horrible wet and humid summer in Australia this year, with barely any sun. My pla

Onions and beets

QuestionWe have an unusually large organic, veg garden. we are vegetariaons and grow most of our own food. WE have not had our soil tested. We are wondering what might be missing from our soils that prevents us from

Seedlings not thriving

QuestionHi there! The last few years, Ive been trying to do a garden outside. However, my seedlings do awesome inside, thriving and becoming rather large. Until I put them in the garden, and then within a week, the

watering seedlings

QuestionNormally I water seeds and young plants with room temperaature water. I lazily watered tomato starts with outdoor water (perhaps 40 degrees) and the above ground parts sort of contorted themselves (like a hu

white fluffy mould

Questioni am in the process of growing my own veg and herbs . i have started growing them from seeds indoors because of the bad weather. but they have all started to grow a white fluffy mold on the top layer of soil