Vegetables
There’s nothing quite as good as eating home grown veggies from the garden. While growing garden vegetables may seem daunting at first, learning how to grow vegetables yourself shouldn’t be intimidating. Most vegetable plants are easy to grow, and there are numerous types of vegetables that can be grown to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. Here you can learn everything from starting vegetable seeds and caring for vegetable plants throughout the season to harvesting your crops and storing them once it’s come to an end.
Vegetables
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Homestead 24 Plant Care: How To Grow Homestead 24 Tomato Plants
Homestead 24 tomato plants are good for late-summer canning, making sauce, or for eating on salads and sandwiches. There will likely be plenty for all uses during its determinate season of harvest and beyond. Click here to learn more about growing these tomatoes.
By Becca Badgett
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Summer Set Tomato Care – How To Grow Summer Set Tomatoes In The Garden
Tomato lovers who grow their own are always in search of the plants that produce perfect fruits. Summer Set heat resistance is such that even when temperatures are at their hottest it will set fruit, making it an excellent choice for southern gardeners. Learn more here.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Reverend Morrow’s Tomato Plant: Caring For Reverend Morrow’s Heirloom Tomatoes
If you are looking for a tomato plant with fruit that lasts a long time in storage, Reverend Morrow?s Long Keeper tomatoes might be the very thing. These thick-skinned tomatoes can hold their own in storage for a long time. Learn more in this article.
By Teo Spengler
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Ruffled Yellow Tomato Info – What Is A Yellow Ruffled Tomato
As the name suggests, Yellow Ruffled tomato is a golden-yellow tomato with pronounced pleats, or ruffles. Growing Yellow Ruffled tomatoes is fairly straightforward as long as you can provide the plant?s basic needs as far as soil, water and sunlight. Learn more here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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White Beauty Tomato Care: What Is A White Beauty Tomato
If you're looking to grow a unique tomato with more color in its history than in its skin, look no further than White Beauty tomatoes. What is a White Beauty tomato? Click on the article that follows for the answer.
By Darcy Larum
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What Is Potato Aster Yellows: Managing Aster Yellows On Potatoes
Aster yellows on potatoes is not as dangerous as potato blight, but it does reduce yield considerably. The disease is most common in cooler, wet regions. Find out how to diagnose the disease and how to prevent it from ruining your spud crop in this article.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Potatoes Are Splitting - What To Do For Potato Elephant Hide Disorder
There are many things that can go wrong with potatoes as they develop. If your potatoes are splitting on the surface, it could be potato elephant hide disorder. Read here for more information.
By Kristi Waterworth
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What Is Potato Pink Rot: Tips For Treating Pink Rot In Potatoes
When pink rot potato disease appears in your mature potato patch close to harvest, your first thoughts may be about treating pink rot in potatoes, but sadly, there is no cure once it has taken hold. Read more here.
By Kristi Waterworth
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Differences Between Hansel And Gretel Eggplants
Hansel and Gretel eggplants are two different varieties that are very similar to each other, like the brother and sister from fairy tales. Read up on some Hansel and Gretel eggplant information to find out why these hybrids are desirable. Click here for more.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Snowbird Pea Info: What Are Snowbird Peas
A type of sweet, tender snow pea, Snowbird peas aren’t shelled like traditional garden peas. Instead, the crispy pod and small, sweet peas inside are eaten whole. Click here to learn about growing snowbird peas in the garden.
By Mary H. Dyer
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What To Do With Green Tomatoes From The Garden
What should you do with green tomatoes from the garden? Click here for lots of tasty ideas on how to use them.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Sweet Potato Soft Rot Treatment: Controlling Bacterial Soft Rot Of Sweet Potato Plants
Also referred to as sweet potato bacterial stem and root rot, bacterial sweet potato rot is favored by high temperatures combined with high humidity. The following article contains information on identifying the symptoms of sweet potato soft rot and how its control.
By Amy Grant
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Sweet Potato Internal Cork : What Is Sweet Potato Feathery Mottle Virus
Speckled leaves with purplish borders may be pretty but can be the sign of a serious disease of sweet potatoes a?? feathery mottle virus. The disease is transmitted by tiny insect vectors and can be difficult to diagnose and control. Learn more here.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Southern Pea Powdery Mildew Control – Treating Southern Peas With Powdery Mildew
It is important to recognize the symptoms of southern peas with powdery mildew in order to come up with a management plan before the problem becomes too severe. The following article contains information regarding southern pea powdery mildew control.
By Amy Grant
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Fusarium Wilt In Okra: Treating Okra Fusarium Wilt Disease In Gardens
Okra fusarium wilt is a likely culprit if you've noticed wilting okra plants, especially if the plants perk up when temperatures drop in evening. Your plants may not die, but the disease delays growth and decreases yields when harvest time rolls around. Learn more here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Tomato Suckers - How To Identify Suckers On A Tomato Plant
Tomato plant suckers is a term that can leave a new gardener scratching his or her head. What are suckers on a tomato plant? And, just as importantly, how to identify suckers on a tomato plant? Read here to find out.
By Heather Rhoades
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How Low Of A Temperature Can Peas Stand?
While peas are able to take the cold and even flourish best in cool temperatures, how cold does it have to be before they are no longer able to tolerate the cold? Read here to find out.
By Heather Rhoades