Tag Archives: vegetable garden

Tomato plants

I have several tomato plants although the fruit developed beautifully, all of a sudden Some of the branches turned dark, leaves died and dropped off and some of the fruit turned brown near the stem and fell off the plant.…

Unidentified Squash Variety

Hi. I planted squash this year for first time. Given limited space, I used a trellis and the plants are thriving. I have many flowers that are producing fruit. One got off to a very fast start and I have…

Tomato Fertilizer

Hi. Looking for advice regarding fertilizing Tomatoes. The plants were grown by seed, potted up and then potted into cloth bags using store bought soil. They are looking good. They live in a backyard city greenhouse where previous crops have…

Small flowers on my balcony tomato crop

Last year I started cherry type tomatoes under lights then enjoyed a bumper crop after moving the plants to a large container on my balcony. This year I started plants under the lights again using seed saved from last year’s…

Wilting during hardening off

I live in the Bronte area of Oakville and have started a veggie garden. My plants have grown quite a bit under the grow light I have but I’m worried about this hardening process. I’ve watered on average every other…

New Raised Garden Vegetable Planter

I’m new to gardening and have made my own 8ft long x 2 ft high x 2 ft wide garden bed. I have a chicken wire latch top to stop the animals from getting in. The bottom is open and…

Preparing Vegetable Garden for Planting Out

Hi there. About 6 weeks ago I dug up part of my lawn and made it into to a space for growing vegetables. I had put a tarp over the area and about 2 weeks ago lifted the tarp ,…