Eelworms in potatoes are not an uncommon problem. When these plant parasites are living in the soil, they quickly seek out their favorite hosts, such as potatoes and tomatoes. Once located, these tiny animals go to work eating root hairs and eventually boring through larger roots or the tube...
The relationships aren’t always logical: Carrots are beneficial to tomatoes, but fennel, a relative of the carrot, is not. Fellow members of the nightshade family, like eggplant, are susceptible to the same diseases as tomatoes, early and late blight. This will take a toll on the soil, ...
Potatoes, peppers, tomato plants (problems and other members of the hemlock family are afflicted with “Early Blight.” Squash, pumpkins and melons of all kinds develop “Alternaria Leaf Spot”. Onions and garlic Alternaria attack is called “Purple Blotch”. ...
Tomatoes from grafts have been regularly produced in European and Asian greenhouses. Their popularity in the U.S. is on the rise. Advantages of grafted tomatoes They're bred to tolerate temperature stress (either too high or too low)
1. Planting out in July Last chance to plant out baby leeks Maincrop potato & sweet potato tubers New strawberry plants for next year’s crops Winter seedlings: endive, winter cabbage etc 2. Care of vegetables in July Check tomatoes & potatoes for blight ...
With the heirlooms, that may not be the case—but they are still some great tomatoes. A. Absolutely, and what I will do in my garden is have a row or two that are resistant to late blight, and then I will grow a diversity of other things, because I just love the diversity of to...
Some top tomatoes I have my eye on for 2014’s garden—and I hope you’ll tell me yours. black is the new red The “black” tomatoes (more brownish-purple than anything near black) often have a flavor that’s described as smoky, or earthy. You may have grown ‘Black Krim’ and ...
(2018). Traditional farming and sustainable development of an indigenous community in the mountain area – A case study of Wutai Village in Taiwan. Sustainability, 10, 3370. Google Scholar Bai, Y., & Lindhout, P. (2007). Domestication and breeding of tomatoes: What have we gained and ...
The first night I had some dark red kidney beans, some diced tomatoes and chilies, add some Penzey’s Taco spice and put it in a tortilla. And you know what? It was really good. And filling! And my husband is on the vegan bandwagon as well, bless his heart. He is joining me in...
death sentence). Then I limit my risks for those other pathogens with cultural practices like mulching beneath my tomatoes, watering the soil not the leaves, pruning leafy stems near to the soil. I also start my tomatoes late in the season so I can skip the risk for early blight ...