Recent content by Prizewinner

Last year I grew pumpkins, cantaloupes, and watermelons together and they did fine. Of course you need plenty of space though. They shouldn't cross pollinate with each other though.

I bought campari tomatoes at the store this year and took the seeds out of them. I started them in a cold frame in March and planted the plants in April. Since late June I've been picking lots of campari tomatoes. They're the same size, they are the same color, and they taste the same. I saw...

I would leave the cantaloupes alone and let them mature in there own time. If they are already golf to baseball size it will only be a week or two until they're ready.

seedcorn I planted honeydews for the first time last year and they grew very well. I ran into the same problem as you did. A local farmer near where I live told me to lightly thump the rind of the honeydew and listen for a deep dull sound when you thump it. If you get that sound and it's...

There is a way to control squash bugs. I've found after several years of growing squash, pumpkins, and melons that interplanting them with nasturtiums helps deter the pests. The way I control them the best though is by spraying the plants with Bug-B-Gone Max at dawn and dusk. I hate to use...

This year in my garden I have 14 hills of summer squash, 48 hills of melons, 28 hills of winter squash, and 30 hills of pumpkins. The squash bugs are always terrible so I had to find a way to keep them off all of my plants. The first way to avoid these pests is to plant early(This may depend...

My tomato plants have faced a similair situation. There is though a commercial product you can buy that will stop blossom end rot. It is called Fertilome Yield Booster. If you can't find it at a local gardening center or hardware store you can definitely order it online. You mix 2 Tb. of...