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bugs aren't that bad. in terms of my crops except leaf miners. and something thats burrowing under and eating roots. It only does it in freshly turned earth though. once the rains or regular watering compacts the earth after a couple of days the critter doesn't strike anymore. My biggest issue...

LoL :D dat be da missin link mon! I live in da Caribbean you see. in this climate relatively few plants see fit to die a natural death. They may stop giving viable fruit, but they wont die unless you destroy them. the only notable exception being plants like bananas, who grow from corm...

dug a few trenches, maybe 5-6 inches deep. placed the potatoes in there a few feet apart, and buried them most of the way, leaving the part with the most eyes and a bit of the potato exposed. the elements and watering filled in the trenches a bit but by that time my first sprouts were visible...

i thought foxglove was toxic for house pets.

i dont think you can tell like that, because for whatever reason some plants will grow slower or faster, some will grow more roots while others grow more stem and leaves. The only way i have been able to tell is to try to remove a plant, if the plant or soil seems too flimsy, like it will fall...

It seems I will have to spend some time in the next 2 weeks constructing all manner of vertical obstacles for them to climb. It surely would alleviate my space issues. I'll be knocking down and moving around bananas in the coming months to accommodate next years planting. I like them and intend...

yup, if you miss even the tiniest underdeveloped tuber new leaf growth will sprout right up. I dunno what kind they are, but they have been here longer than i have as the patch was massive when i moved here in Nov of 07. the woman we rented to before we moved here, said that they had been there...

I graciously await the day i can impart that quality of advice.

it depends on the type of plant i guess. here is how I THINK you may be able to tell. Poke in the bottom to unstick the soil. gently grab the plant by the stem and slowly pull it up. if the stem is too flimsy or the potting soil starts to break apart, its too early. wait for some more leaves to...

I was in the hardware store shopping for parts for an incubator project i'm working on, and I saw a seed rack, and ravaged it. LoL Pickling Cucumbers Acorn Squash Green Zucchini Yellow Zucchini and Butternut Squash Dont ask me where he heck i'm going to be hosting these vines at. i don't know...

if i can grow potatoes successfully this summer, then i will order next year. I think the trick for me is to order the seed potatoes and hold on to them up until November. If i plant in November my potatoes will have cooler temps of winter. the only downside being the shorter days. but i dont...

maybe i'm asking a stupid question, but are you allowing your plants to grow strong and healthy before you attempt transplant?? I tried transplanting my first tray of cucumbers too early and I had the same results, the soil was lose and the roots were weak, many broke and I lost a plant, and...

i have more produce than i can eat but where i live there is mno anti capitalist, anti agro government regulation making it impossible and/or illegal for me to sell my crops roadside, or to restaurants, and even small markets. thats something i dont miss about living in Massachusetts. State...

I've spent the last year trying to kill a massive patch of sweet potatoes. It was taking up way too much space. I admire the suckers persistance, so after the 4th assassination attempt, and before the final death blow, i transplanted a few sprouts to a different area of the yard. A patch of...

my chives sprouted within days and are growing fantastically these days. i didnt have any trouble with them at all. In fact even the ones I just broadcasted in the herb garden have sprouted successfully with just a little water. Maybe too much heat, or perhaps just old seed, because it was...

the only possible flaw in your logic may be altitude. They originated in the andes, which is the southern extension of the North American Rockies. It could be 10, 20, 30 degrees or colder in a mountain valley thats 10,000 feet above sea level. I dont have an exact figure but i know it gets below...

yeah, actually i planted my beefsteak tomatoes way too close to my bell peppers and each other. Vigorous trimming has made this a non issue, but they are right next to each other. we dont get down into the 40s here, but we have been getting lots of wind and rain broken by a few hours of sun and...

As a follow up to an earlier post in this thread: I did not buy seed potatoes as i was unable to find out about growing potatoes in my zone. I DID however, find some McCain brand potatoes(monster baking potatoes) pretty far gone in terms of edibility at the bottom of a massive bin of potato...

i was gonna buy a tomatillo at the store for seed use, but I got distracted grocery shopping and forgot about it. My neighbor has planted Passion Fruit on a mutual fence, its flowering already.

I've been curtailing new growth every few days since my last post. I now have 3 plainly visible fruit, 2 that still look like the flower has just fallen off, and one flower bud. i think i'm going to allow growth to resume as normal from this point forward. the plant is much bigger than when i...