Month: September 2020

Despite its long history of cultivation, winter squash had fallen out of favor for years, but is now seeing a resurgence in interest and becoming a staple again in many gardens. Squash growers want a variety that tastes good, stores well, and won’t succumb to disease or pests easily. It can be difficult to find … Read more

Zucchinis, other types of squash, cucumbers, and watermelons all have female and male flowers on each plant. Male flowers are the source of pollen and female flowers are attached to a baby fruit which will start growing after being pollinated. Any zucchini plant that is parthenocarpic produces zucchinis without pollination, and will be seedless unless … Read more

Radishes are one of the easiest, fastest-growing vegetables you can grow, with some varieties claiming maturity in less than a month. They also grow extremely well in containers. Because of this, they’re always the first root vegetable I recommend growing. Although radishes are easy to grow, they are also quite sensitive to growing conditions, so … Read more

If your tomato plants look tall but have long gaps between each leaf node, you’ve got leggy tomato plants. Leggy tomatoes are always caused by a lack of adequate light. If you’ve started tomato seedlings on a windowsill with indirect light, you’ve probably experienced this already before. Legginess is more common among plant starts from … Read more

Whether you call them eggplants or aubergines, eggplants are an easy plant to grow and can produce loads of eggplants for you and your family. Eggplants are part of the nightshade family, which is the same family of plants as tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes. They share a lot of similarities: they produce flushes of fruit … Read more