Posts Tagged ‘tomatoes’
Tomato – Early Blight on Fruit
Q: I have several tomato plants with plenty of fruit. My problem is that on nearly all of them the area around the stem looks hard and dark in an irregular pattern like a worm worked on it but I...
Tomato – Using Blossom Set Spray
Q: Would you recommend the use of a “blossom set” product on tomato plants? Are there any problems with trying to take over a bee’s job? I just want the best tomatoes I can get. A: Blossom setting sprays contain...
Tomato – Planting Upside-Down
Q: A lot of my gardening friends think I’m crazy but I have planted a tomato so that it hangs from the bottom of a five gallon bucket of dirt. My plant is doing fine and already turning up toward...
Tomato Plants – Plastic Mulch to Increase Yield
Q: Is it true that putting red plastic under tomato plants will increase yields by twenty percent? A: A great deal of research has been done on different color plastic mulches in the last decade. Scientists have tried red, blue,...
Naranjilla – Identification
Q: I took this picture at the North Carolina State Fair horticulture exhibit last fall. I’m curious what it is. It was a decent sized shrub – about 3 feet in height with a wider diameter. A: Despite its fierce...
Tomato Hornworm – Droppings
Q: My wife has a couple of tomato plants. This evening she noticed some “things” on a leaf of the plant. Could you please take a look and give us any information you might have about them? A: Somewhere on...
Tomato – Blossom End Rot
Q: I’ve successfully grown patio tomatoes on my deck for 3 years. This year, most of the tomatoes suffer from some sort of brownish blotches. It is also happening to my green pepper plants in the pots. Any suggestions? A:...
