Did you know that where and how you transplant tomato seedlings makes all the difference between a mediocre plant and a staggeringly productive plant? Here’s the simple trick to help them thrive from the get-go.Written by Linda Ly
Instead, plant your tomato sideways in a trench three to four inches deep. But you have to be careful. It’s easy to break off the top of the tomato plant if you plant sideways and try to bend the top of the plant too far upwards. Fortunately, there’s a solution to make it a ...
Doing so builds up a bigger and stronger root system, as their vigorous taproots can grow up to 1 inch per day. While tomatoes may suffer a small amount of transplant shock, they recover quickly and transplanting ultimately stimulates their growth. How big should a tomato plant be to ...
In the South, plant peas in early spring or the fall. In more moderate zones, plant in late summer to get a fall crop. Where summers are cool, plant succession crops every 3 to 4 weeks. Round peas and wrinkled peas For growing in winter, sow round, not wrinkled, pea seeds. ...
One day I was in a taxi and we headed 2 the airport.We were driving in the 3 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us.My taxi driver slammed on his 4 ,slid sideways,and at the very last moment our car stopped and 5 the other car by ju...
Skunks are famous for their skunk spray—you can smell an angry skunk from over a mile away. Furthermore, a skunk can “shoot” you from 10 to 12 feet, sideways, up, or down, with little apparent effort. Most gardeners worry more about a skunk spraying in the garden, on the gardener...
Hills are a great way to grow potatoes in a small garden. You can grow potatoes in wide beds, too. In my garden, I plant potatoes in double rows, with onions down the center of the 3-foot (91 cm) wide bed. As the potatoes grow, I pull the onions to eat as scallions. Many ...
Older folks jumped in with their knowledge. They were folks that in those times remembered WW2 and hunger, and people usually listened to them when it came to what plant you could use for food. Plants like nettle and dandelion were used, and in the worst periods, people simply started to...