Pests Colorado potato beetles, cutworms, flea beetles, ground cherry leaf beetles, mites, tobacco hornworms, tomato hornworms, whiteflies Diseases Early blight, verticillium wilt All About Ground Cherry Plants Physalis pruinosa is a plant related to tomatillo with a bladder-like outer husk that pr...
How to Grow Pumpkins: The Complete Guide When your squash plants are suddenly struggling, it may be the work of a squash vine borer. If caught early, it’s possible to save the plant. Learn how to prevent, control, and get rid of this squash plant pest. What Are Squash Vine Borers?
In my new book,Veggie Garden Remix, I talk about how to grow ground cherries in a garden. This tomato cousin, related to tomatillos, peppers, potatoes, and eggplant, is also called husk cherry and has become one of our favorite crops for its ease of cultivation and bounty of marble-size...
Best tomato growing tips: How to Grow Tomatoes. If you’ve got tomato questions turn to The Tomato Grower’s Answer Book. Two or three tomato plants for each person in the household should give you just the right amount for fresh eating. Good Products for Growing Tomato Family Crops: Espom...
Growing Tomatoes Linked to Incurable Gardening AddictionThe Joy of Tomatoes!© Steve Masley…Click IMAGE to Enlarge Back in the 80’s when I started growing tomatoes organically, the only way to get good tomatoes was to grow your own.
They are here to help. The Garden Pest List Slugs: Spider Mites: Caterpillar: Earwigs: Japanese Beetle: Whiteflies: Gastropods: Lady Bugs: Ants: Leafhopper: Bag Worm: Leaf Miner: Weevil Larvae: Cabbage White Caterpillars: Grasshopper: Corn Earworm: Tomato Hornworm: ...
Two big challenges in my area are keeping hornworm moths and hornets out of the hoop house. So when I grow tomatoes in a hoop house, I try to keep the windows and other ventilation openings screened to keep these pests out. I find that hornets like to build nests in the warm hoop ho...
Sometimes, tomato plants can fall victim to the tomato hornworm, which is a big, green caterpillar that eats the leaves and can damage the fruit of the plant. Be sure to rid plants of hornworms or use insecticides to protect the garden. Tomatoes also grow well in pots. ...
Armyworms are the heavy-bodied larvae of moths in the family Noctuidae. These nocturnal flyers lay eggs that hatch small larvae, which grow up to two inches long and curl up when disturbed. The larvae feed in large numbers, distinguishing them from thecutworm, which feeds singly. ...
How To Grow Tomatoes Martina Borsdorf / EyeEm/EyeEm/GettyImages Summer wouldn't be the same without the fresh fruit (yes, it's a fruit) of the tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum, USDA hardiness zones 10-11) to add to salads, to garnish burgers, or simply to eat raw with a ...