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Tomato Planting Tips
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Chill out tomato gardeners. You’ve been stressing about moving those tender transplants outdoors and into the ground. Your reputation for growing the best tomatoes in the neighborhood is on the line again. But there’s no need to worry because these…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Jon, Tomatoes
Squash Family Pest Problem Tips
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The squash plant family (Cucurbitaceae) includes many garden favorites- cucumber, summer and winter squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, and watermelon. Unfortunately, it’s a family vulnerable to some of the most consequential insect pest and disease problems. The names squash bug, cucumber beetle,…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Jon, bacterial wilt, cucumber beetle, Cucumbers, cucurbits, downy mildew, Squash, squash bug, squash vine borer
Black Covers Can Put Weeds to Bed… For Good
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Have you experienced one or more of these garden scenarios? It’s early April and chickweed, henbit and other winter annual weeds are growing so thickly in a vegetable or flower bed that the soil can’t be seen. The winter rye…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening, Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Jon, weed barrier, Weeds
Microgreens: Tasty Accents from Small Spaces
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My first response to microgreens was: “Why would I spend my time growing 3-inch tall plants to eat?” Then I thought about all of the tiny leafy green plants (beet, lettuce, kale, basil, etc.) I had eaten over the years…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Jon, Container Gardening, Food Gardening, Grow It Eat It, Microgreens, seeds, starting seeds
Are Cheaper Vegetable and Flower Seeds Just as Good as More Expensive Seeds?
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“Though I do not believe a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” From Faith in…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening, Lawn & Garden Tags: Author:Jon, seed packets, Seed starting, seeds, Starting from Seed
The Elusive Fig
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Fig questions have been pouring into the Home & Garden Information Center’s Ask an Expert service this fall. One reason for this, I think, is that most of Maryland’s fig trees were not “killed to the ground” during the relatively…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Jon, Figs, Fruits, Shrubs
I Dig Sweet Potatoes!
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It’s easy to forget about sweet potato plants. Once established and mulched they don’t require much from a gardener. They quickly carpet their allotted space, have few leaf and stem problems (see small holes from tortoise beetle feeding in photo…
Read MoreCategory: Food Gardening Tags: Author:Jon, Sweet Potatoes
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