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I live in north Texas where the ground conditions are solid clay. What do I need to put in my soil to help my garden. Having trouble with tomatoe plants. Plants grow and bloom but produce very few tomatoes.
@scott s
Adding large amounts of finished compost and tilling it in will loosen clay soil and improve it. Do *not* add sand though, because it will turn the clay into something like cement!
Hi! I have a question… I am planning a garden and I already started cleaning a place to grow one (digging up tress, etc) I accidently tipped over a huge bucket of ash on the ground. I tried raking the ash of away from the area, but couldn’t get it off. Is the ash going to hard my gardening in any way? Please help!
I grow most of the plants for my garden, in a small greenhouse(6′x6′). The last couple of years I have a problem. When the plants come up and are about an inch to inch and half, somthing happens to the first two leaves. They are just gone. The plant is not wilted. The stem is just there. I have looked for bugs. Don’t find any. I use new potting soil. When I get the greenhouse ready in the spring, I don’t see any bugs. Got any ideas?
questions : I live in an apt and have only outside patio cement area for garden with good sun and partial shade can i grow plants in containers like small close baskets with plastic bag liners with holes for drainage and would a 14inch be big enough for lettuce heads. green beans with twine ladders? I need help here i am growing potatoes in burlap with straw so far so good…. any suggestions for limited space?
My husband and I are trying to grow cucumbers among other veggies, herbs and flowers. Our method at the moment is using a small closet with tin foil on the walls/door with a lamp inside. Now the the seeds have been germanized, put in soil and they are growing.
Our question is:
How long should we keep the lamp on each day for our spouts?
Thank you for reading, we await your response
My carrots, radishes and beets grow great tops but nothing in the ground but thin roots. What can I do to improve this?
My husband unknown to me has been putting the dogs poop in the vegatable garden and burring it, this happened up till last fall when I saw him do it. Do I need to worry about toxins and other bacteria problems, If so is there anything I can do to fix the problem? we live in Wisconsin and I was just wondering if the weather would kill any of the bacteria. Please help!
I am concerned about dog poop. The only area to plant my garden is the same area my dog has been using for a bathroom for the last 12 years. Is it safe?
Hi,
I had some yellow onions that started to sprout green so I planted them. The green sprouts are about 7 inches high at this point. It looks like multiple spring onions are growing from each of the original bulbs. I would like to harvest them but they seem to be attached to the original onions. Do I separate them from the onion bulb or just leave them be?
Thanks,
Sarah
i have started a new garden this year using
“garden soil” i had trucked in. none of my vegetables are doing very well except some cucumber plants. my tomatoes plants are not very healthy but they do have a few tomatoes on them. the leaves of some of the plants are curling from the outside in. my peppers are also poor looking and my squash is doing nothing other than producing small fruits that fall off. i am an experienced gardener, at least i thought i was, and i have tried everything i can think of-water, fertilizer, bug spray, etc. i have yesterday transplanted one of the more ill tomato plants into a pot with new soil-sop far no change. i have looked closely at rolled leaves but see no bugs, eggs or anything. please help if you have any ideas.
thanks
after harding off my plants i planted them in garden a week later my peppers and cuks the leaves are turnning white and the plant seams to be dieing what is wrong.
We are putting in a vegitable garden in our back yard. We get 6-7 hours of sun tops in most of the garden, but some of it gets 6 at most. Are there things that would still do ok with a little less sun in the veggie or herb families? I really want this garden to be a success. If there are things that will still be hearty and successful with a little less sun, please, I appreciate anything anyone is willing to share…
thanks, and best regards.. JoAnna
I have managed to produce a number of hot pepper seedlings that have their second and third sets of leaves. At what point will they “branch out” or do I need to trim off the top to get them to produce a “bushy” plant?
Can you use pot ash around your vegetable garden? I was told that you can use ashes from a burning barrel and spread around your plants, trees, shrubs.
Three of my 16 tomato plants,(put in May 1), are looking sickly. The others look great, but these three are not growing as quickly as the others and the new leaves that they are producing are curled under, (not up) and the edges quickly dry up and turn grey/brown. Should I pull them up? Hate doing that-I keep hoping that they’ll rally! Had a soil test done and I have an abundance of calcium and the Ph is 7.3 I use soaker hoses to water and I’ve mulched all plants with compost, (I garden without chemicals) What should I do? Thank you so much!
Can I plant tomatos in an old pig pen safely? Ive done this allready and the plants are doing great. about 1 1/2 months after I got rid of the pig I tilled up the pen very well and planted. Are these tomatos going to be good to eat or is there any way to have the plants tested? Thanx.
I’m a beginner gardener, I planted tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, sweet peppers and herbs. My ?s are, is it normal to have disformed peppers? So far just starting to get peppers, can I help the rest?
My lettuce is getting stems and not heads so is it to late in the season for head lettuce?
My ? is after I cut off the Broccoli flowers do the grow another or thay done for the yeas? I am a new gardener.
My potato plants are hudge- 3 ft high, Why? Can I trim them down, I am worried tht all the nutrients are gooing tothe plant and not the tubors. Thanks!!! Serenity is not the absence of troubles, but the presence of GOD” Gilly
When can I tell when my okra is ready to harvest?
my purple leaf musards are growing yellow flowers from them is this normal or should I cut the flowers are they weeds
You should keep the flowers since mustard sauce is made from the seeds.
After Broccoll bolts will the plant put out good eatable florets?
My zucchini plants are large and healthy and all in bloom; however, something is eating the blossoms so I have no zucchinis even started. What could be eating them (garden is fenced in) and what do I do to stop it? Thank you for any help you can give me.
I am growing vegetables and I get a lot of green leaves and never any fruits. What is going on?
Thanks
I’m growing red and green bell peppers in my container garden side by side. The green is great but the red leaves have all been eaten with just the flower(future pepper left)???
I have some beautiful carrots and radishes in my garden but when I pick them, they quickly go soft and limp. Am wondering what I’m doing wrong.
I am growing green bell peppers, banana peppers and sugar baby water melons. Both pepper plants were yielding fruit frequently. But here lately, I’ve notice that they well bloom, the bloom would close, fall off, but the pepper won’t emerge. I have notice that the leaves are loaded with small, yellowish green bugs. I’ve used siven dust but with no success. And on the water melon plants, To make sure they get pollinated I’m doing it myself. However, the problem I’m having is that the female bloom will close, hang down and began to grow. But all of a sudden just stop maturing. All of them start out about the size of a small bean. however, one reached the size of a cherry tomato then stopped, another reached the size of a quarter then stop growing. Only one is trying to grow to full size. Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong? I have been watering the plants each evening due to the hot weather and dry parched ground. Is that the wrong thing to do? Can you help me?
i have either racoons or maybe possums eating my tomatoes. not sure,finding only the leftovers. help
i have a veggie garden with flowers on beans, eggplant, peppers and broccoli, however the flowers fade then fall off without any fruit. The only thing i’m getting is tomatoes. It’s a raised garden with new soil. We’ve had rain in the midwest (northern Ohio) and heat but very little bees and butterflies. The garden has plenty of flowers around including several butterfly bushes. What gives?? Thanks, in advance. “^_^”
The only place in my backyard for a garden is the area where the dogs use the bathroom. Is is safe to plant a vegetable in the same area? What can I do to make it safe for edible vegetables?
I have a raised bed garden with several fall veggies in it. We have a chicken-wire fence around it, but just discovered that one of our dogs has been jumping over the fence and using it as a restroom. There is an odor of urine, and I cleaned two piles of feces. I don’t think it’s been going on very long, maybe a week. Is it safe to continue growing my veggies, and to eat them? I have broccoli, spinach, greens, herbs, peas, and carrots.
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