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Beekissed, that sounds great...another questions though :) If it is a tee pee style then 1) is the tom planted in the center? 2) isn't the back side too shaded? I need to find a better way for my fall toms. I am growing a Lemon cuke in the same fashion and it works really well. I had not...

When I was at our local farmers market last Sat, I was talking to one of the farmers about potatoes. I asked if I needed to plant in the fall and he said that where we live (zone 10) we can grow pots all year! Yay!! So I asked about seed potatoes and he laughed and told me that was completely...

Just tomatoes.

I have heard of them but never seen one in a store or nursery. Does any one know where to get one?

Beekissed, Can you tell us more about your trellis? Got a photo?? is it made of Lattice? I need a different method next year, I built a little wood structure (two poles and a cross bar) and hung a string down at intervals for my tomatoes to vine up....well so many of my vines have multiple...

Had a a nice big homegrown salad with the kabobs we grilled for dinner, which included baby squash (used in kabobs) last of the 'old' lettuce (was in full sun) and some of the new lettuce (in mostly shade) Yellow pear tomatoes, Sungold cherry toms, Lemon cuke, green onions, last of the radish...

I have been trying and trying to get my soybeans to sprout...finally at the nursery this morning I found some starts so I picked up 4. I am so happy! Now I gotta figure out how to treat them right so they do well and produce lots of yummy pods :) Any tips for me I have never grown them before...

I agree with the others that there is not one perfect answer...that said, I prefer to hand water in the mornings so that if certain plants get wet, they have a chance to dry. I also tamp down little wells around the base of nearly all my veggies, so that I can put the hose in real close and fill...

I just went out to spray them again and I got a few on my hand...came inside and and put on my reading glasses to get a better look. They are actually a brown color and they range in size from the size of a tiny pin point spot to the head of a pin size. Any ideas? They don't move much just sat...

No, they are definitely grey, not white, and pack tightly together on the stems. I found some on the underneath of the leaves to but more randomly. They are very very small....so small that I can not even see them move or identify legs etc, but then I have crappy eyes! I sprayed them with...

I think it would be fine as long as it does not come into contact with the edible parts of plants, as was mentioned. Have any pics?

I do not know what they are, but first they attacked one of my broccoli plants... mostly on the stalk, little grey bugs and tightly packed together on the stalk. I yanked the plant and put it in the trash...fast forward a month or so, I was watering today and noticed the same little buggers all...

Well typically veggies that are root of leafy crops perform better in cooler conditions.. and fruiting crops need a bit more heat to set fruit. Cool season crops are (usually)Spring/Fall...and warm crops are Summer. For me in CA, warm season is late spring, summer & early fall and cool season...

I have nothing to offer as I have never grown potatoes bfore but plan to this fall....so I plan on keeping an eye on this thread for some advice! One question for you though, I thought they were a cool season crop?

Thank you all for the input. I have never grown Swiss Chard before and I am excited to try something new!

I start most of my own seedlings. There is a bit of a learning curve, just like anything else in the garden, we learn most from our failures. You have gotten some great advice already and I second it! -I start mine in small peat pots with seed starting soil. I put my pots into gallon sized...

I have Bright Lights seed...any idea if that is heat tolerant? The package says nothing about heat.

Reinbeau thanks for the response! How much sun do you think it needs? I had read that it likes partial shade. I do have several different areas that I could plant it in. Our summers get pretty warm and I was thinking shade would be better and we could enjoy it all summer even though it is a...

I have never grown it before and I know it is a cool season veggie. I have been told that here in So Cal I can keep a summer crop of lettuce going as long as it is shaded, will the same hold true for Swiss Chard? I have a spot where it would get just a bit of sun throughout the summer but in...