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Want Bigger Pumpkins This Fall? Do These 4 Easy Tasks Now to Give Gourds a Huge Boost Before August EndsIf you want to grow gargantuan gourds that are ready to harvest by Halloween, then make sure you check these pumpkin care tasks off your to-do list this month.
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You Can Root Tomato Suckers! How to Turn August Prunings into a Free Fall HarvestWant to extend your harvest with extra tomatoes? Put those pruned suckers to work and turn them into a bonus crop.
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How to Prune Tomatoes for Healthier Plants & Bigger Harvests – What Experts Want You to Know Before You Pick Up the PrunersPruning tomatoes the right way can produce stronger plants and bigger yields than ones that are left to grow wild. Here's what you need to know to make the cut.
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Why Are My Peppers Dropping Their Leaves in August? Diagnosing Late-Summer DefoliationSeeing bare pepper stems with hanging fruit? Learn how to diagnose heat stress, erratic watering, nitrogen draw, and spot diseases to save your crop.
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Can You Save Tomatoes With Blossom End Rot? What To Pick, Toss, And Leave On The VineRotted bottoms on your tomatoes? It's not necessarily a death sentence. Learn why blossom end rot happens, which damaged fruit to toss or save, and how to fix it.
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6 Useful Tomato Growing Buys Gardeners Regret Not Having by August – Stock Up Now for a Strong Finish to the SeasonIf you didn't already stock up on all your late-season tomato growing gear, now is the time to do it. Here's what you need for a fantastic harvest.
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Every Year, I Panic Over My Green Tomatoes – And My Professional Gardener Husband Has Some ThoughtsMy annual panic over my tomatoes refusing to turn red has begun in earnest. This year, though, my husband (a professional gardener and avowed tomato hater) has shared a secret with me...
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I'm Using Old Cardboard Boxes to Make Growing Vegetables So Much Easier This Heatwave SummerMy free cardboard mulch locks moisture into the soil, smothers weeds and prevents cats pooping, saving me so much time and effort.
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What Tomato Plants Need in August – 5 Essential Tasks to Enjoy Bumper Harvests of Plump, Flavorful FruitTomatoes are ripening now, and these simple steps are the difference between a basic crop and an abundant harvest of flavorful fruit that lasts into fall.
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8 Things to Do When You Have an Explosion of Cherry TomatoesSwimming in cherry tomatoes? Here's what you can do to preserve the ones you have, and keep the tap flowing.
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Gardeners Are Using This Common Breakfast Food to Feed Their Tomato Plants – But Here's Why It Should Stay in the FridgeSome gardeners online say this common breakfast item deserves a place in your garden as well as your fridge. But our plant experts say otherwise.
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What Pepper Plants Need in July – 5 Easy Yet Essential Tasks to Do Before the Month Ends for a Sweet & Spicy HarvestNow is a vital time for pepper plants. Give them the proper care in July and you're sure to have a delicious harvest. Here's what they need this month.
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7 Fast-Growing Vegetables That Thrive on Neglect, Even if You Forget to Water – Sow Them in July For the Easiest Fall Harvest, EverSow these forgiving heat-tolerant veggies now for speedy, stress-free crops.
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How to Protect Homegrown Vegetables From Cyclospora – 6 Simple Steps for Safer HarvestsTyler Schuster draws on his background in microbiology and gardening to explain the risks of Cyclospora for home growers and how to avoid contamination.
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July Is the Perfect Time to Start Fall Crops – Sow These 7 Vegetable Seeds Now to Keep the Harvests ComingIt's hard to think about fall crops when we're baking under extreme heat, but planning and planting these veggies should be done in July.
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Veggies & Herbs May Taste Bland Based on When You Pick Them – Here’s the Best (and Worst) Time of Day to Harvest for Peak FlavorIf your harvest tastes flavorless, the time of day you're picking produce could be the cause. Here's when you should and shouldn't harvest vegetables and herbs.
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Save Your Sweaty Tomatoes by Snipping These 3 Leaves – Plus the Secret Skirt Trick That Keeps Them HealthyGive your tomatoes room to breathe this summer. Learn which leaves to snip to fight humidity and prevent disease.
