A terraced vegetable garden stabilized by raw wood follows similar processes, only from the side. When the best place you have to grow veggies and herbs is a sloping hillside, you can terrace your way to a garden that's beautiful, productive, and reasonably...
By the time planting day comes, the soil will be as crumbly as chocolate cake. The legumes germinate best while the soil is still warm, so they are usually planted in September. A small wire bin collects the mess, and gives me a place to put the remains...
Alternatively, assuming your back's up to it and you're feeling strong, you could yank at the central stem to tear some (but not all!) of the roots – just enough to reduce the volume of moisture reaching the plant and to create artificially dry conditions.
This used to be the recommendation, but best practice nowadays is to leave pruning wounds open to ‘bleed' and heal naturally. Oozing bark, though alarming, isn't necessarily a sign of the disease.
They're incredibly easy to make and they can look just stunning. The fruits can be picked as soon as the seeds inside have matured, when they will have turned from small and white to full-sized and beige.
Fruit trees, canes and bushes can be mulched with chunkier materials such as bark chippings, or fibrous materials like straw. Mulching can keep soil cooler and reduce evaporation How to Apply a Mulch Thoroughly soak the ground before adding your mulch.
At this stage cut the foliage off and put it on the compost heap. If you're thinking you could simply replant some of your summer-harvested potatoes, I'm afraid this will only meet with disappointment.
It also stops trees from cropping heavily one year, only to produce very few fruits the next – a phenomenon known as biennial bearing. Nectarines should be thinned once to six inches (15cm) apart.
As well as tomatoes and cabbage family crops, particular whitefly favorites include peppers, eggplant, strawberries, cucumbers, pumpkin, okra and sweet potato. Bugs, Beneficial Insects and Plant Diseases Greenhouse Whitefly Guide < All Guides
Then factor in that daikons are a pickler's dream, whether you ferment them in a salt brine or turn them into spicy Vietnamese-style refrigerator pickles. Wonderful Watermelon Radishes The round radishes with red interiors called watermelon radishes have...
Gluts are an inevitable part of growing your own fruits and vegetables. You can make chutney from just about anything you have a glut of: beetroot, apples, beans, or the last of the season's tomatoes, for example.
A little goes a long way, so allow only three pinches per plant. The largest rutabaga I've ever grown got mixed up with the Brussels sprouts and enjoyed plenty of elbow room. Pests tend to leave rutabagas alone when more tender cabbage or kale are present,...
Store them somewhere cool, dry and dark until you're ready to sow in spring. These plants cross-pollinate, so you'll need to overwinter more than one plant of the same variety to flower the following season.
They will root during the winter, and multiply into a cluster in late spring or early summer. Harvesting Harvest in early summer when the tops begin to fail, and the bulbs have divided into several plump bulblets.
Delaying spring planting by two weeks can often help with cucumber beetles management. You can also coat the fingertips of a yellow rubber glove with petroleum jelly to make it easier to collect any beetles clustered in blossoms.
Blossom clusters make beautiful but short-lived cut flowers or edible garnishes. Companions Tomato, Squash, Strawberry and Pepper. Harvesting Cut back borage plants by half their size in midsummer to encourage reblooming.
They lay eggs at the base of onion plants, and the larvae tunnel into onion roots. Frequently the plant will break off as you pull it from the ground. Tips: Yellow sticky traps or yellow pans of water can be used to monitor and trap onion flies.
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Any average, well drained soil. Notes Valerian produces extremely fragrant flowers in early summer. They are also much loved by cats and dogs.
You also can start seeds in late winter, and set out the seedlings in spring. Locate it where leaves can be conveniently picked, crushed and sniffed. Lemon balm can be transplanted from early spring to early summer.
Most tulips are hardy to -35F (-37C); cold tolerance varies with species. Colors choices are endless, from white to almost black. In less than full sun, tulip blossoms will twist toward the strongest directional light.
Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well-drained soil. Space dwarf varieties 8 inches (20cm) apart in all directions; allow 12 inches (30cm) between very tall varieties.
Position Full sun. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Tomato (Large) Aphids (General) Colorado Potato Beetle...
Position Sun or partial shade. Germination often takes up to 2 weeks. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Parsnip Aphids (General) Carrot Rust Fly Slug Snail Plant Diseases which Affect Parsnip Carrot Powdery Mildew
Harvesting Harvest when the husks begin to turn yellow in early fall. Companions Crimson Clover. Hazelnuts grow best in climate such as the Pacific Northwest, where winters are chilly yet mild.
In clay soil, grow in raised beds or rows. Seedlings are less likely to bolt (produce flowers) compared to bulb onions grown from sets. Harvesting Harvest young onions as scallions.
Crop Rotation Group Cucurbits (Squash family) ● Soil Rich soil with plenty of compost added. Small melons mature quickly and take up less space compared to varieties that produce huge fruits.
The fly larvae tunnel through the fruit as they feed, making the fruit lumpy, disfigured, and prone to rot. Preventing Problems: In areas where this pest is common, hang pheromone-baited sticky traps in apple trees in early summer, before fruits grow...
