Blight

QuestionI recently used your information to build raised bed gardens and everything seemed to work weell, thanks for your help.My next issue is with fungus or blight.I have a history of losing tomato plants to said

Ants

Questioni have problem with garden ants,first of all mine vegetab growing fine,petals also good,but when time goes,its shrinks,but when i take out the plant the roots is spoil by ants,please suggest me for the

Sick tomato plants

QuestionDon, I have a Goliath tomato plant along with 2 Better Boys. Recently, I have noticed that when they are in full sun the leaves get droopy and wilty. And some of the blossoms are burned. I have put blossom s

Growing tomatoes

QuestionI planted several varieties of tomatoes 3 months ago, mostly Early Girl. Heres my problem: the plants have grown to enormous heights(over 6)with very long, lush sideways growth as well, but not many flowers

green pepper problems

Question green pepper problems We decided to try planting a couple of green pepper plants this year as an experiment,and for some reason almost all of the leaves have fallen off on them and the ones that are still o

garlic and carrots

QuestionI live in the Pacific Northwest, 5 miles inland from the southern Oregon coast. GARLIC: My garlic forms zero cloves. From cloves planted in the fall, I get a non-segmented, onion-like ball. I live in a valle

Tomato Spotting

QuestionI have nice looking tomato plants but the tomatoes are not ripening well at all. They are an orange, reddish color, and spotted looking. Not good at all. I suspect they have some kind of di

Butternut squash and tomatoes

QuestionI live in maine and had a cold, rainy early season. Planted all my plants in newly raised beds with all-in-one soil. Use Sea-plus (3-2-2) for all my plants every two weeks. water when soil is dry at 3 down.

Peppers; White Growth

QuestionHi, I have beautiful healthy red bell pepper plants with big green peppers waiting to get ripe. The problem is that some of the peppers have developed a strange white foam that is very white and a little fu

Sweet Corn

Questionmy sweet corn is over knee high but the stalks are lt green instead of dark green is it my soil do i fertilize. if so with what AnswerOf all the vegetables, corn requires the largest amount of fertilizer fo

green peppers & zucchini

QuestionQUESTION: My green peppers sre rotting on the plant. I have mulch around the plants& have composted manure tilled in before I planted,I also have white worms in my zucchini stems,they killed the plants. Than

Potato disease on leaves

QuestionMy potatoes are blooming and looked great last week I noticed a few plants have leaves that are rolling up. What is the cause of this? should I pull these plants or leave them? There are about 6 to 8 &

Garlic problem

Question garlic A fellow gardener shared garlic with me that appeared to be undersized and moist. The tops had died off and the cloves were separating. The grower said this was the second year she grew China Pink ga

Harvesting Broccoli

Question broccoli Hi Mike, bit of a newbie question; when do you know a broccoli head is ok to pick (and eat)? Ive attached a photo of my current plant: Thanks! Gabs AnswerYou want to harvest the head

what is this ?

Questionsquash/cucumber ? QUESTION: i planted cucumbers,squash, watermelons, corn and onion, this summer, these vegetables are growing great despite the heat in Texas,they are very large in fact, but i dont k

bitter sprouts

QuestionIve been growing broccoli sprouts for some time now with no problem, just using a plate and paper towel in a dark cupboard. Recently Ive switched to using a sprouter (plastic self-draining containers).

canning cherry peppers

QuestionI want to can cherry peppers. i saw a recipe of 3 cups vinegar, 3 cups water and 2 T of canning salt. Is regular salt OK instead? Also, do I cut the tops off and seed the peppers before canning? I had wanted

Tomatoes and the branches going black

QuestionHi, My tomatoes are going black on top, while still green, as they are growing and the branches are spotting black. What can I do to save them. AnswerSidney: I believe that you have what is called a black

discolored butternut squash

QuestionI live in Jim Thorpe PA (Poconos). This is my first attempt at growing butternut squash. I have 5 gourds from the one plant that look like they will be ready to harvest soon. The problem is

stratify seeds???

QuestionHi! My garden has bean and pepper plant with some ripe seeds on them. I was wondering if I could take the ripe seeds, store them away, and plant them next year? Or do the seeds need what is called a st