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Your tomato plant arrives with bushy foliage promising fruit yet to come. It is proud as punch in its container. The garden books said to … Read more

The hardware store is A terrifying place to shop. Especially the part with all those bag of potting mix. There you are standing there with … Read more

Hanging tomato gardeners has their own set of problems. You purchase a couple of trailing cherry tomatoes, put them in a basket, then hang them … Read more

We hope we’re not harming our plants’ roots when we guess at the volume of liquid fertilizer we apply (but most gardeners do). Many people … Read more

Tomatoes are planted deep, because they make roots along their stem. This extends root system and helps stabilize branches as they bear heavy fruit. The … Read more

Don’t guess about how much food to feed plant; calculate their precise need, so you apply just what’s needed (no more). Too much is never … Read more

In mid-March, you wonder: Should I plant my seed potatoes shallow or deep? If only you’d had this dilemma before! But the question isn’t quite … Read more

Most of us fertilize using vague intuition instead of exact math. “It says here to grow something I’ll buy a big bag of stuff and … Read more

You can treat sweet potato slips like tomato seedlings if you prefer; just dig a hole, drop them in, and hope for the best. More … Read more

Spring brings out the onion sets that you’re holding, wondering what to do with them. The urge can be: Dig ’em in deep, as if … Read more

Growing caladiums is both a matter of heat and soil science. Get the heat and moisture right (and put in some organic matter), and then … Read more