There may also be a crack near the point of attachment and the stem will become brown.Once your cantaloupe is ready to be harvested from the vine, it helps to know how to pick it. If you harvest too soon, you'll be left with a hard, tasteless or bitter...
Thinking back on which annuals have been the highest performers, I immediately think of butter daisy. No sooner than I entered the gate, I was smitten with the bright yellow daisy-like, nickel size flowers of the butter daisies.
Only a small mass of roots is required to keep the plants alive, but it's important to keep garden soil packed around the primary roots as the plants are dug and moved to buckets. Keep the rooted plants in a cold place like an unheated garage or outbuilding.
Inspect new plants for lurking weeds like creeping buttercup and check that any bought-in manure or compost is well-rotted and free of weed seeds too. Quell the Uprising The adage ‘one year's seeding makes seven years' weeding' is very true! Prolific...
Leafmold mulch contributes to a healthier garden Leafmold (rotted leaves from deciduous trees) is similar to compost, but is less rich in nutrients. It could be worth investing in a small shredder.
Natural stone is often free if you live in a mountainous area, and as long as you stack a low wall so that it tilts slightly backward, into the slope, it should need only minor restacking at the beginning of each season.
Worth going for, don't you think? I like to restore my haggard tomato patch with a cover crop of mustard , which can reduce disease carry-over when it is quickly chopped up and turned under.
Delicate fruits such as peaches or nectarines need very careful handing to avoid bruising. Just keep picking and the others will surely follow! How to Ripen Squashes and Pumpkins Winter squashes and pumpkins naturally color up as they mature towards the...
Bacterial Canker in Plum Trees Bacterial canker is another serious disease that affects plums and other trees of the same plant family ( Prunus ). Photo by Jerzy Opiola In summer the leaves of infected plums take on a silvery sheen (although the leaves...
These ones won't hang around for long – I've a cheek-flushing chili bean recipe I've been itching to try out! Nevertheless, with lots more fruits on the way, there will definitely be enough for drying and storing in a few weeks.
Allow the water to completely drain away, then fill and drain once again before you sow. Don't be a slave to the watering can; here are our tips to help you deal with drought conditions in your garden, so you can continue to enjoy good harvests this summer!...
Protecting Potatoes from the Cold Containers have the obvious advantage of being portable, so when cold weather threatens it's easy enough to move plants completely under the cover of a greenhouse, polythene tunnel or conservatory.
But if we're to get the most from this bounty we'll in fact need to remove some of the fruits now. Additional thinning of tree fruits ensures there's less chance of fruits rubbing together, which can lead to diseases like rot.
Spray at a cooler time of the day and follow up with one or two more sprays a few days later. Needless to say, the first line of control is to take action as soon as they appear; the early gardener catches the whitefly, so to speak.
It's naturally full of potassium, which fruit and pod-bearing plants love. Straw that's free of seeds is a great mulch for many fruit-bearing crops, including, of course strawberries.
Compost any remaining plant debris from the beds once the crop is cleared to prevent pests hiding out under leaves or in dead stems, and give greenhouses and hoop houses a good clean once a year.
Ensure they have all the space and nutrients they need by carefully weeding between plants with a hoe or by hand. A bed improved with compost or well-rotted manure is ideal for these hungry feeders, who will appreciate a further boost in the form of an...
Sowing, planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, deadheading, composting, pest control… and the rest! But as summer moves swiftly along it's absolutely essential to stop, sit down and drink it all in.
I used lightly blanched watermelon radish sticks to mimic tuna in vegetarian sushi. Plants Related to this Article Radish Grow Guide Bugs, Beneficial Insects and Plant Diseases Aphids (General) Guide Cabbage Root Maggot Guide Cabbage Worm Guide < All...
It would be great to hear about your experiences, so please share your favorite recipes by leaving a comment below. Slice vegetables and fruits thinly then dry according to the manufacturer's instructions.
The root word, rotabagge , is Swedish for thick root, which hints at the density of rutabaga roots when compared to turnips. The roots will push up as they gain size, and garden-grown rutabagas tend to be more top-shaped than round.
These plants readily cross-pollinate with other members of the same family, so you're unlikely to get what you hoped for. This isn't difficult but there is a specific process to do this correctly.
To avoid root damage, it is best to grow seedlings in peat pots that are later planted directly into the soil.Cantaloupe needs to be grown in full sun -- at least six hours of direct sunlight daily -- in a rich soil, ideally with a pH level between 6.0...
Squash bugs damage plants by sucking juice from the leaves. Trap cropping is a type of companion planting that keeps harmful insects away from more vulnerable plants. Good garden sanitation also helps reduce the spread of bacterial wilt and mildew.
Other seeds don't absolutely require it, but nicking will encourage the seeds to germinate more reliably. This technique is also known as scarification.Which seeds need to be nicked?
Check each one to see if any are firm and separate them from the rotten ones.Rotting is bacterial damage, and it can affect healthy seeds if they are kept together. Dry on paper towels and store separately from other seeds.
The term refers to plants that set viable seed, which finds fertile ground in a zone for which it is hardy and grows anew the next season. Should this occur, you can normally pluck the seedlings when the soil is moist (they come out easier then) or mow...
