This year I’m growing tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini and bush beans in containers. I’m aware of minimum container size requirements for each, just wondering what ratios of medium are best. Here is what I have for a single container:
20%…
I have a balcony in East York facing south. I would like to start gardening in the container(the size of Home Depot pale). I would like to know what kind of vegetables that are easy to grow.…
The farmers almanac says leeks can be transplanted outside in Toronto M4J 3T1 (Danforth/Pape area) after April 13 until April 24 — many other places say not to put them outside until end of April/beginning of May.
We seem to…
A neighbour has grown some Jesuit Pears from seed.
They are about 4.5′ tall. He just informed me that he’s going to dig them up and throw them out. Since they are considered a fairly rare heirloom pear I’ve dug…
In an oddly warm year such as this 2024- should I start planting in MARCH the seeds that call for “as soon as ground can be worked”. Because the ground definitely feels like spring – even though it seems much…
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I had stored my potted pear trees in the garage during the winter. It is now March 5, 2024 and I just noticed that the trees are beginning to shoot out flowers. Should I bring the potted trees out…
Hello I am hoping to get help with 2 trees In my garden in Toronto
Over the last few years I started noticing a fungus growing on the branches of what I think is a juniper like/small cedar. It grows…
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I live in Scarborough Ontario Canada and I will be starting my tomatoes peppers melons etc indoors 1-2 months before planting outside. However I was wondering if I can start planting outside in mid April through the use of…
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I am planing to move Black Raspberries as well as Strawberries and Raspberries from the ground to cedar planters as we are having landscape done and I want them localized. How do i determine the appropriate size of…
Why can you take seeds from an heirloom tomato and grow more tomatoes but it does not work with apple trees that have been on the property for 100 years? Are all apples trees garden centers sell grafted? I thought…
