How To Plant Spearmint

Growing a bit taller is ‘Showstar', reaching 14 to 24 inches tall. No pinching is needed, since they are self branching. Competition was keen for this pleasant task.Finally summer vacation arrived and the flowers were left to fend for themselves.

The giant carrot was a bit far gone for eating, but it was exactly the kind of carrot you might store through winter, plant out in early spring, and grow for its flowers, seeds or both.

Have you ever had to battle with a weedy, jungle-like garden? Act fast! A little effort now will save you considerable trouble later on. Do this in the morning if possible, and on a windy or sunny day, so that the exposed seedlings quickly wither.

These mulches may be free but their value to gardeners is inestimable! They help reduce the arduous tasks of weeding and watering in summer, protect your beds over winter, and improve the soil all year round.

I have been gardening on a slope for more than 10 years, and every season I learn a little more about the hillside and its potential. There are no rules on the materials you choose provided they don't leach nasty chemicals into the soil, as can happen...

Summer Compost for Fall Veggies My new seedlings of broccoli, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi and other widely spaced plants get a huge helping of fresh summer compost, buried by the spadeful at the bottoms of their planting holes, with a little organic fertilizer...

What tricks do you use? The peppers can then color up indoors, in the warmth, leaving the remainder to develop further. By removing ready-to-eat fruits, you'll divert all of the plant's energies into those that remain.

Do this in early summer while fruits are still small and can be pinched out with your thumb and forefinger. In autumn and winter, spores of Chondrostereum purpureum may infect trees through wounds, so it's important to avoid pruning at this time.

A spiral ristra not only looks prettier, it improves airflow around the fruits, which will help them to dry out quicker. Again, a pair of gloves will come in handy for this. The knot will support the first chili so it needs to be a good size so it won't...

Once you're done sowing, cover the seeds back over but don't water again until after germination. Provide shade to help seedlings thrive during a heatwave Add Some Shade Young seedlings, and cool-season crops in general, perform better under the protection...

A small pot just 30cm (one foot) tall and wide can hold one potato plant, while larger containers up to the size of a trash can could hold up to four. You can also protect plants against light frosts by wrapping the container in layers of corrugated cardboard...

We need to thin them to just one or two fruits per cluster. But if we're to get the most from this bounty we'll in fact need to remove some of the fruits now. Aim to leave one fruit every couple of inches (5-8cm), or if it's easier, one pair of plums...

Sticky traps help monitor greenhouse whitefly populations, and are easy to make at home 4. Once these are devoured, the whitefly turns black and just over a week later, adult Encarsia hatch out to go on a morbid hunt for their next victims.

Continue watering a suitable organic liquid fertilizer on to hungry fruiting vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplant. Or why not make your own liquid feed from fast-growing, nutrient-rich plants such as comfrey?

If you're regularly affected by a particular pest, it can be worth looking for early or late varieties of plants which may avoid becoming part of a pest's rations if they're not growing at the high-risk time.

And they go a long way in the kitchen too, more than earning them the space they need to grow. You can use a string line to insure nice, straight rows. Or sow into trays or pots then transfer the best seedlings into individual cells or pots to grow on.

Then feed more sand in between the pots right up to the rims, before pouring in water to thoroughly wet the sand. Well-considered seating is the answer. This has the effect of reducing the air temperature inside to cool your drinks.

Violet ‘Sweet Baby' won an All America Selections Award in 2016 for its taste, vigor and uniformity. Diversify your fall garden with red-skinned Chinese radishes (top), white daikon radishes (right), and watermelon radishes (left) Daikon radishes have...

Once they are completely dry and crisp, crunch them into airtight jars. Like a fine wine, chutney matures with age as all the ingredients meld into a delicious symphony of flavors.

Pull the plants, trim off long roots and tops, and wash the roots lightly before letting them dry for a day in a cool place. By any name, they are a top storage crop to grow in the fall garden.

Store them somewhere cool, dry and dark until you're ready to sow in spring. Saving Onion & Leek Seeds Onions, leeks and shallots set seed in their second year. Seeds should be stored in paper envelopes labeled with the variety and date.

Prune potted plants regularly to keep neat and tidy. If you live in an area with very cold winters, it is best to bring potted spearmint indoors and place in a sunny window.Knowing how to plant spearmint correctly in the garden will provide you with years...

Seeds with an impermeable (waterproof) seed coat can benefit the most from nicking. In fact, some seeds need to be nicked in order to germinate. You may have heard that nicking plant seeds before attempting to germinate them is a good idea.

Why is this and are the seeds still okay to use? If they are still green and soft, they are not mature. If they are mature, you have a very good chance of saving them. Seeds can deteriorate very fast in such wet and damp conditions.

This can give a flower bed a unique charm and lively color. That being said, these plants can quickly get out of hand without the right management. Read on to learn more.. Should this occur, you can normally pluck the seedlings when the soil is moist...

Cool the tea back down to room temperature before using it, and store it in a dark place. That's right — give your cuttings a lick just before planting to enhance root productivity.: Just be absolutely sure your plant isn't poisonous first!is a natural...

The plantable pot can absorb some water, so it may be necessary to increase watering depending on the type used. These biodegradable plant containers differ from compostable and recycled plastic/bio-based plastic (R3) containers in the way that plantable...