I’ve been fortunate in many areas of my gardening. When I am asked why I don’t experience certain growth or production problems or limitations, I will often begin with H2O… Are you watering enough? Although watering is not always the answer, it always plays a significant role in quantity and quality of a harvest. Keeping […]
The last of my summer garden still lingers. Its the 3 bell pepper plants that I kept as an experiment. Lamont and I wanted to see if they would “return” after the heat of the summer was gone. They did, and when the heat began to give way to cooler temperatures, say middle August or […]
Some of us have been experimenting with our tomato plants to see if there is any value in carrying over our spring tomato plants through the heat of the summer and into the fall for; hopefully, another harvest before the frost of winter arrives.
Continue reading about Carryover Tomatoes (Spring to Fall) Expirement
Ok, Here are the bell peppers that I’ve experimentally saved from the Spring garden. Usually, when the heat hits and they wilt, drop their flowers and stop producing fruit, I pull them up. This time I cut them back in July to help them survive the heat and just waited. Now, August 18th, they are […]
Recently, Lamont lost a pepper plant to blight and he reminded me that the Great Potato Famine of Ireland was caused by blight. Then I read an article mentioning monoculture, which is growing a single crop in the same location year after year. (Polyculture is the healthy rotation or mixing plants together, as in companion […]
Continue reading about Monoculture, Polyculture and Crop Rotation
This is a little tidbid I read out of The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible: “Corn has the highest sugar content early in the morning. So pick it then, before it’s warmed by the sun, and refrigerate it in the husk until dinnertime. You’ll get the best tasting corn with the morning harvest.” I wish I […]
Plant compatibility has many aspects to consider. This post addresses the issues that I experienced associated with the proximity between peppers and tomatoes. Taking from the ideas of “Square Foot Gardening” I attempted to maximize my limited space by alternating and nestling my pepper rows between my tomatoes. The idea was that I new the tomato plants […]
Continue reading about Dissimilar Planting, Over-water and Disease
It’s just about time now to start our 2nd season, or extended season, or fall planting….whatever….. We should be well into our amending and soil preparation for August planting. I’m ready for some more big ‘ole juicy vine ripe tomatoes, that I’m not finding at the grocery store. Some that have that excellent vine ripe […]
Continue reading about Tips For Great Potted Toms [(Tomatoes)]
Our last update had the fruits withering and dithering. I hastily took some advice about a calcium supplement administered via foliar spray. The plant immediately responded within the first hour of application; I could feel the constriction in my chest begin to ease. The addition of spraying calcium on the plant completely stopped the black […]
Ok, I know there are more seeds in each packet than is needed for planting, but I wanted to actually use the whole packet of seeds for once. They age, you know and as they age, germination isn’t guaranteed by planting time next year.
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