What Heat Does to a Cabbage: 80 F Is the Ceiling
Eighty degrees Fahrenheit. That’s the line cabbage won’t cross without paying for it. Below that mark, plants keep building tight, heavy heads.
Blackheart in Celery: Calcium That Never Reached the Center
Black heart in celery shows up as a blackened, collapsed center while the outer stalks still look fine, and the cause isn’t a soil that ran short on…
Growing Beans: The Crop You Must Not Feed
Beans pull nitrogen straight out of the air through bacteria living on their roots, so an all-purpose fertilizer and compost applied at planting is…
Will Pumpkins Ripen Before Frost in Wyoming?
Most Wyoming pumpkin patches lose the race not because the fruit was planted too late, but because the flower that made it opened too late.
Will Pumpkins Ripen Before Frost in West Virginia?
Most pumpkins planted on a normal spring schedule in West Virginia’s lower valleys will ripen before the first freeze.
Watering Leeks: Why Shallow Roots Change the Rule
Utah State University Extension puts it plainly: leek soil needs to stay moistened to a depth of 18 inches, refreshed every 7 days, because the plant’s…
Growing Kale: The One Crop That Frost Makes Better
Frost doesn’t hurt fall kale. It improves it. Utah State University Extension states plainly that frosts help improve the flavor of the fall planted…
What Eats Asparagus in Alaska, and When
UAF Cooperative Extension documents five pests for Alaska gardens: aphids, cutworms, root maggots, slugs, and spruce beetle.
What Eats Garlic in Alberta, and When
The insects that actually feed on garlic in this province are thrips and grasshoppers, and they show up on different schedules tied to warm spells and…
What Eats Spinach in Alabama, and When
Alabama gardeners lose spinach to two kinds of feeders: the ones that suck sap from the leaves, and the heat and day length that push the plant to bolt…