Common Problems with Zucchini
Zucchini quickly expand into large beautiful mature plants. Ideally, the plant will remain in this healthy state. The first step to achieving this is learning about potential enemies. These zucchini plant enemies stress the plants; thus, producing a diminished or…
All About Harvesting Garlic
Growing good garlic isn’t all that difficult, but it takes time, since garlic is definitely a long season crop. For example, fall-planted garlic takes a good eight months to mature. Once you’ve spent all that time and effort, you’ll want to make sure you harvest it properly and at the right time. Post-harvest curing and storage also make a difference. What’s the Best Way to Grow Garlic? Garlic does best…
Picking the Perfect Peach
When it’s peach picking time in Georgia – or anywhere else in – it’s the season for harvesting ripe, juicy peaches from your tree. Unlike apples and avocados, peaches do not continue developing sugar and getting sweeter once they are…
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Protecting Your Cuke Patch from Spotted Cucumber Beetles
From the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to the prairies and Great Plains, nothing strikes fear in cuke-growing gardeners more than spotted cucumber beetles. To keep these pests from finding your cucumber patch, read on. Identifying the Beetles Yellowish-green spotted cucumber beetles measure about ¼-inch long, with black heads, antennae and legs. Black thoraxes (where the wings and legs are attached), yellow abdomens and six black spots on each wing cover…
Winning the Battle Against Eggplant Pests and Diseases
If you’ve never grown eggplants, they can be challenging, especially if you don’t catch problems quickly and you don’t give plants proper growing conditions that keep plants healthy. You’ll need these tips to overcome common pests like mites, aphids, caterpillars…
Pepper Plant Care
Growing peppers at home allow you to try out new varieties that are not available in supermarkets. You can have a gigantic spectrum of pepper flavors and colors from red-hot chilis to sweet violet bells. Add them to salsas, sauces, soups, stir-fries, dry them as a spice, and pickle your favorites as tangy snacks. Seedlings In regions at or below USDA hardiness zone 8, your peppers should be planted indoors…