Questions tagged [vegetables]
Any edible plant or part of a plant
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What are these little black bugs on my arugula in Denver CO?
There are little black bugs slowly eating away my Arugula. I live in Denver CO. The weird thing is, we have a pot of Arugula ~50ft away from where the other Arugula is planted and it's completely fine....
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Support Structures for Green beans and peas
Growing green beans and peas in my raised garden bed and wanted to know about supports for these plants. For the peas I plan on just using canes in the ground and tying them up as such. I also ...
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Optimally Starting Seeds
Live in Southern Ontario:
Planting beet, carrot, green bean, and pea seeds directly into raised garden beds. I've seen in a few places a recommendation to soak the seeds for 12-24 hours in water ...
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Getting Ready to Move my Tomato Plants Outside
Planted Beefsteak tomato seeds into seed starting trays on May 8th.
They've since been growing well under grow lights indoors and have been transplanted to larger containers.
I think it's almost ...
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Summer vegetable garden in SoCal
I know there already is a question answered about which crops to grow in the late summer (August): Late summer vegetable garden in SoCal?.
But I'm wondering if there are recommendations for crops to ...
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Are my pepper plants growing at a decent rate?
Planted bell peppers a month ago in seed starting cells, and they have grown slower (germinated slower too) than the tomatoes and zucchini I planted at the same time. The leaves are turning a ...
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Do my zucchini have a chance?
I think my zucchini got too big for the seed starting containers they were in and have started to die unfortunately. I've attached pictures for reference but as can be seen they've turned yellow and ...
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Pepper Seedlings
Planting regular ole' bell peppers from seeds and have them growing in a seed starting tray.
I sowed the seeds a month ago and the plants haven't gotten big, especially when compared with the ...
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Yellowing Zucchini Sadness
First time gardener, I planted Zucchini seeds into seed starting trays May 8th, and they've been growing quite nicely ever since. Past few days the leaves have started turning like a dry yellow with ...
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Are my beefsteak tomato seedlings doing okay?
So I planted these beefsteak tomato seeds on May 8th and have started transplanting them into larger containers yesterday and the day before yesterday. They are kind of leaning over and I just wanted ...
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What causes purple spots in basil?
I have grown a lot of green basil in my life. I've had less luck with purple basil until last summer, when I was able to grow several basil species, including green (genovese) and purple (amethyst I ...
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Tomato Support Structures
What are your recommendations for tomato supporting structures? I'd prefer not to spend a fortune on them. I'll have approximately 12-15 beefsteak tomato plants to support.
I'd even be pretty psyched ...
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Optimal Raised Garden bed layout
When I am picking where to place vegetables in my raised garden bed, what is the rule of thumb in terms of the larger, taller plants on what side to avoid them shading the other one's as much as ...
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Weak Tomato Seedlings 3 weeks in
I planted tomato seeds into a seed starting tray (one of those 72 pro hex ones) on May 8th and they germinated after only about 4-6 days. They've been growing well under led shop lights and I've been ...
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Why do you get stem wilt from mulching around fruiting night shades on the surface?
I noticed that the stems of my tomatillos, tomatoes, and eggplants along with my longevity spinach, and beans seem to get very woody stems. Why is that, and is this going to harm the plants if it gets ...
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Growing Veggies from Seeds
I currently have beefsteak tomatoes, zucchini and peppers that I've started from seeds on May 8th in a seed starting tray indoors.
They seem to be growing well under the light system I have setup.
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Starting Raised Garden Beds
I've made two 4x6 raised garden beds and what to place them on top of grass. I've prepared the area a little bit by flipping the grass covered ground a couple of inches.
My question: To stop the ...
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Will Salsola grow through wood chips?
Due to the fact I have a mulched garden I'm wondering if Salsola is strong enough to grow in, and through wood chips, or would it be a bad idea to try growing it with a fresh back to eden style garden....
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What should I use to get rid of some kind of weed in my onions
I bought Lentagran herbicide but in its package is written that it is used against three other weeds but not the one I am having problems with. It says that Lentagran WP can be used to control weeds ...
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Beginner Gardening Question
I have a small area (4'x 20') in my backyard which I've tried for the last 3 years to grow vegetables and each time have failed miserably.
Items I've tried to grow:
Corn
Cucumbers
Watermelon
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Will pimento plant grow in direct sun in outdoor?
I have a pimento plant that I bought at a grocery store. I'm thinking of transplanting to a bigger pot and moving it to my outdoor terrace.
We live in the Caribbean. We currently have about 85° ...
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Murraya koenigii (Curry leaf plant) root system
I am planning to grow Curry leaf plant in my balcony space using a pot.I would like to know what kind of root system this plant has. I mean to ask is it straight deep inside soil or more branched one? ...
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What are some good vegetables or fruits that grow well only in afternoon sun
I live in the midwest United states and am curious as to what vegetables I could grow on my patio. it is west facing and thus the vegetables would only be able to get light from aroun 2 pm to 8pm. a
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My garden is still mud, and it's 2 weeks after the normal last frost, should I plant seeds yet?
I've read that I should plant seeds 2 weeks after the last expected frost date, but my garden is sill drenched, should I plant them right away, or wait for high water levels to fall (should be by May ...
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What depth is required for a raised bed vegetable in Southern California?
I am planning a raised bed vegetable garden for my Southern California backyard. my current design was going to use 3'x6' cedar boxes, 7-1/4 inches high, until I read that that this shallow dirt would ...
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Will fruit/vegetables split with heavy constant watering?
I've heard that fruit/vegetables will split with inconsistent watering, but will it split if it can get water to its roots desires (i.e. "I go any deeper and I'll drown", or "if we get a heavy ...
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Mulch + raised garden for a desert water saving Vegetable Garden?
I am planning a raised bed vegetable garden in dry Southern California. I wish to produce food in my dry climate, and am concerned for possible future water restrictions. Besides the water savings ...
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Bugs eating all the leaves in the garden bed
I see a few types of bugs in the garden bed, I'm not sure who is eating all the leaves is the veggie plants. Please help
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Cover crop - cutting rye before it flowers
I planted a fall cover crop last fall to loosen up our compacted yard in Sacramento, California. Currently, it's very tall, like 3 feet, and I'd like to mow it soon. But it contains winter and annual ...
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Baby chillie buds are falling off
I am from mumbai India now March month summer started. I watered twice a week althoug my baby chillies are falling off after the polination, I used vermi compost as fertilizer.
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What exactly term 'companion plants' means?
I would like to find out what exactly means that two or more plants (more specifically vegetables) are good companions and could/should be planted together?
Does that mean plants just tolerate each ...
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What are the most essential things to include in a gardening journal?
I am making a web application where people can create journals about their vegetable garden or flower garden. The information that these journals include can then be used by others who live nearby (it ...
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Are cherries from the market irradiated?
I bought some sweet cherries in season last summer and decided to see if I could germinate some for planting. I "de-nutted" maybe 20+ of them and placed them in damp paper towels in the refrigerator ...
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How to create an indoor gardening?
I'm looking to build an indoor garden to grow lettuce, basil, maybe tomatoes etc..
I have numerous questions :
Are smart gardens a viable options ? (In terms of electricity cost and harvest ...
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What is a good replacement for Click & Grow “Smart Soil”?
I was given the 9-pod click & grow (https://www.clickandgrow.com/) as a gift, shipped to Australia. Somehow it made it past customs and I've started the growth cycle for the starter pack of seeds, ...
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What is the shelf life of vegetable seeds?
I bought a packet of vegetable seeds from Costco a few years back. I still have seeds left in individual packages. Is there a life to these seeds after which it is not recommended for use? What is ...
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Why are my tomato plant leaves turning brown, shriveling, dying?
This has been progressive over the last 6 weeks, leaves turning dry, brown and getting very thin and shriveling like paper on a Tomato "Blue Berries" cherry tomato plant.
The closest I could guess ...
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How can I have lettuce growing year-round?
I've got this lettuce, similar to the red leaf, ruffly variety. It seems to grow only during summer and autumn. I can't coax it into sprouting from the seeds I harvest at any other time of year, which ...
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Bringing pot-grown aubergines into the house for winter — is it worth it?
I've got a few aubergines growing in pots in the greenhouse, and they were a bit slow to get going this year despite a warm summer. One* has a couple of fruit that are swelling up nicely but the ...
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setting up raised garden beds for spring. what is best mix but affordable?
So I have raised garden beds (not touching the ground) and other garden beds that WILL touch the ground. what is the best mix for BOTH of these beds? most beds will be 3ft x 2ft to 5ft x 3ft
I have ...
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Which kitchen and garden scraps can be scattered on a vegetable garden soil?
I'm trying to make the switch to adding natural instead of synthetic fertilizer to my vegetable garden (and stop tilling while I'm at it). Besides compost, I'm curious whether I could use some kitchen ...
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Starting Coccinia grandis from ripe fruit
I have, at last, laid my hands on a few Coccinia grandis fruits that have ripen on the vine itself.
See the attached image:
I would love to grow the plant from these seeds.
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Why do my Cherry tomatoes split as they ripen? [duplicate]
It doesn't matter what I do, my Cherry tomatoes always seem to have many of them crack when/as they ripen. I have tried everything - more sun, less sun, more water, less water, different varieties etc....
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Okra will not produce pods
I am attempting to grow okra around Portland, Oregon area, USDA hardiness zone 8b.
I am growing them in a makeshift greenhouse make of some clear plastic tarp over a raised garden bed. This was ...
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What kind of gourd is this?
My neighbor is growing this vegetable and forgot what kind of gourd it is. Is it a bottle gourd or a type of butternut squash?
And here's the flower:
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How to extract nutrients from soil?
I'm new to DIY farming and have invested in a vertical farming unit. I love the efficiency and effectiveness of these systems in providing nutrients, oxygen and water to the roots of plants in a small ...
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Name this plant [closed]
This was in a restaurant's kitchen garden on Whidbey Island, Washington. Can anyone tell me the common name for it?
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What plants are these?
I threw a bunch of seeds and fruits over the year to my backyard and now two plants showing up:
I am just curious if they are anything valuable before I pull them. I am in Pacific Northwest.
Thanks.
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small cucumbers shrivelling, turning yellow and dying
They are an all female variety, regularly watered, in a greenhouse with plenty of light. Door and window open every day. Started with lots of small cucumbers and only 3 have fully developed, the rest ...
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What is wrong with my jalapeño?
My jalapeño plant has been doing great so far, with no problems. It’s even growing two jalapeños. However, I’ve noticed recently on some of the newer flowers that after the flowers bloom, the stem ...
