Growing Carrots in Oklahoma: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Oklahoma carrots can grow long and straight, or they can twist into forked, stubby roots, and the difference usually comes down to what’s under your boots.
Growing Beets in Oklahoma: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Oklahoma gardeners get one real shot at a beet crop before the state’s own heat turns the root fibrous and pushes the plant to flower early.
Growing Carrots in Ohio: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Ohio carrots need loose, deep soil and a sowing date pinned to the frost calendar, not the promise on the seed packet.
Growing Beets in Ohio: Soil, Sowing and Bolting
Beets do fine in most Ohio gardens once two things line up: sowing early enough that the roots form before summer heat sets in, and enough steady…
Growing Carrots in Nova Scotia: Soil, Sowing and Forked Roots
Nova Scotia’s ground runs acid and sandy-loam over a layer that drains slowly, which is a mixed bag for carrots.
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Kentucky
Kentucky peppers stall out mainly on the hot side. Louisville logs an average of 37.2 days a year at 90°F or above, and that heat load is enough to knock…
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Nevada
Nevada’s pepper plants abort their flowers mostly because of heat. Las Vegas logs 131.3 days a year at 90°F or above, and pepper fruit set collapses once…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Missouri
The short version: most Missouri gardeners should start pepper seed indoors sometime in early-to-mid February, counting back 8 to 10 weeks from a…
Why Peppers Fail to Set Fruit in Nebraska
Peppers stop setting fruit in Nebraska mainly because summer heat spikes push flowers into drop mode, while cool nights earlier and later in the season…
When to Start Pepper Seed in Mississippi
Start pepper seed indoors roughly 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to set plants outside.