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I see this in Texas during the middle of summer - and always put it down to heat, as it happens even with lots of watering. Some varieties handle the heat better than others (eg. 'Gypsy' bell does we …

I don't have any experience with the others, but I would use stakes (canes) for the tomatoes. We find we need to stake tomatoes and peppers when they reach the 1-2ft range, anyway.

peppers and tomatoes do well in warm weather as already suggested. For cool, wet winters, you might have some success with potatoes if you do not get a frost. I've grown them in a Texas spring but it …

I think there's a big "depends". There can be useful minerals in ash, and fly-ash (i.e. commercial coal burning) is sometimes used in agriculture and landscaping. Coal definitely has lots of non-combu …

Smaller root vegetables might also be worth trying - e.g. beetroot, onions, and carrots (although carrots might need deep pots). …

If anything, the opposite is true. There are two reasons: First is evaporation. During the day it is hot and the water evaporates quickly - i.e. it is effectively wasted. This is why cities and water …

I don't know about "properly", but what we have done on three beds (and it seems to work) is: Start with roughly 50/50 mix of cheap topsoil bags (tend to be very sandy) and the more expensive garden …

In North Texas (more humid and probably slightly more temperate, but 100+ temps are common in summer and frosts in winter), we have mixed results with root vegetables. …

Yes you can! I haven't tried storing tomato seeds myself, but I have tried to store pepper seeds (and they are closely related). This hasn't worked for me, but I suspect in most cases, the seed was i …

Technically you only need to feed them when the soil is deficient of one or more nutrients. This is probably why you see such a range of advice - people grow them in a range of conditions, composts, e …

The above answers are correct, and ripening on-the-stem is always preferable, but it is possible to ripen them after picking. As @yoda points out, they do tend to shrivel and dry, but this might be de …

As @bstpierre says, the tolerances are going to vary. I've had peppers survive temperatures in the mid 30s but they go dormant and won't produce - a hard frost will kill them out right. I would expect …

Why not start with some beans or other legumes? These will help put some nitrogen into your soil, and you'll get a crop as well.

Tomatoes are very similar to peppers and I find they need similar conditions, although we find peppers have a longer growing season through our (hot) summers. So following from this, I would start th …

I would definitely keep with the beans (and any other legumes you might find). These will help to add nitrogen to the soil. Corn/etc will tend to take nitrogen from the soil (they're often grown toget …