Knock Out Rose: When to Plant the Tomatoes That Ripen All at Once
Knock Out is a shrub rose with double orange, coral and pink flowers, and it blooms on new wood. That single fact drives its care.
Growing Roses in Illinois: Planting Dates, Varieties and Local Pests
Plant roses in Illinois in spring, once the soil can be worked and the hardest freezes are behind you, or in early fall with about six weeks of…
How Much Sun Hydrangeas Need, and Which Ones Take Full Sun
Panicle hydrangeas (H. paniculata) are the only type that takes full sun well. Bigleaf hydrangeas (H.
When to Start Pepper Seed in Yukon
Short version: in Yukon, sow pepper seed indoors roughly 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to transplant outside, which lines up with late March into…
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Yukon
Peppers in the Yukon almost never fail because of heat. This territory averages 0.0 days a year at or above 90 F, so the hot-end trigger for blossom drop…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Wyoming
Wyoming gardeners get one shot: seed peppers indoors 8 to 10 weeks before transplant, then move plants out only after the last frost, roughly May 7 to…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Wisconsin
In most of Wisconsin, start pepper seed indoors in late February to mid-March, counting back 8 to 10 weeks from a transplant date that falls after the…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Utah
In most of Utah, pepper seed goes into trays somewhere between early February and early March indoors, timed backward from the average last spring frost…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Tennessee
In Middle Tennessee, sow pepper seed indoors between roughly February 4 and February 18, then move transplants outside after the last frost, once soil…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Saskatchewan
In Saskatchewan, start pepper seed indoors 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to transplant outside, and count your transplant date from two things: the day…