Sunflowers come in different sizes and colors, but a lot of people first get interested in growing sunflowers to have a massive flower towering over them. If you’ve planted sunflowers that started flower before they were barely taller than you, there are several possible reasons, including damaged roots during transplanting, an early cold snap, or … Read more
Sunflowers are a favorite in the garden both for their beauty and the harvest of delicious, nutritious seeds. So, it can be disappointing to find some (or a lot) of your seeds are actually empty inside. Poor seed filling (= the development and growth of the seed inside the shell) is not just a problem … Read more
Cherry and grape tomatoes almost never make it to my table since I just pick them and eat them right from the garden. But when they’re coming in like gangbusters, I’ll take them in and make a salad, pasta, or some other dish with them. I pick them when they look fully ripe, or take … Read more
Your seedlings look healthy but the surface of the soil is a bit dry, so you give your seedlings a nice soak. The next day, you check on your seedlings and notice several of them (or even worse, all of them) have wilted. The soil looks fairly moist, but you figure they need more water, … Read more
When we’re growing pepper plants, we expect lush, green bushes or miniature trees loaded with sweet peppers and chili peppers. So when we see that our pepper plants are turning yellow, we start worrying. If you see only a few leaves turning yellow and falling off, that’s nothing to worry about. This often happens with … Read more
No growing season goes exactly as planned, but it’s still distressing to see any of your chilli plants wilting, and even more so when you have no clue what could be causing it. People’s initial reaction is to immediately give them a good, thorough watering, but if the cause is something else, like too much … Read more