Add plenty of organic material, such as Nutri-Mulch, to the soil when you plant. Fertilize regularly with a high phosphate fertilizer like 16-16-16. For really spectacular tomatoes, dissolve one tablespoon of Epsom Salts in a gallon of water and pour around the plant...
Some fruit trees need a pollinator, or a companion tree, in order to produce fruit, while other fruit trees are self-fruitful and require no pollinator. The Red Delicious apple should be pollinated with a Yellow Delicious, but the Yellow Delicious itself is...
To completely clear an area of plant life, including both grass and weeds, a general weed killer, such as Round-Up or Hi-Yield KILLZALL, will help you get rid of unwanted vegetation, yet you can replant the area in as little as seven days. These products are absorbed...
How your new tree or shrub is planted may be the single most important event in its life. It not only determines how the roots are able to develop, but also determines how much water it will receive in the first few years in your yard. First, dig the hole for your new...
Natural Guard Neem Oil is an extract of neem seeds, and is a very effective natural control that is non-toxic to people and animals. Natural Guard Neem Oil controls such pests as aphids, leaf-eating caterpillars and beetles, leaf miners and white flies, and each...
Harvest beets when the roots are two to five inches across and before the first frost. Leave about one half inch of leaf stem and store in a root cellar at thirty-two to forty degrees. Cabbage is ready when the heads are well filled and hard. Early cabbage, best for...
Most tomato problems are caused by insufficient or uneven watering, but occasionally diseases will strike. If the leaves on the tomato wilt and turn yellow, or even brown, the plant seems stunted, and little or no fruit is produced, it may be more than lack of water....
The easiest color in your yard comes from bulbs you plant in the fall. Fall bulbs include tulips, daffodils, crocus, allium, anemones, and hyacinths, as well as a few others. Fall bulbs should be planted before really cold weather arrives to give them a chance to...
Biostimulants are not actually a fertilizer, even though their formula contains a small amount. Biostimulants are to plants what vitamins are to people- they help the plant to perform to its absolute potential, utilizing the fertilizer you do give it far more...
Your lawn can look great right up until cold weather arrives if you keep up the good work you've been doing all summer. First, don't stop regular watering as fall progresses. A lawn stressed by water shortage will not winter as well as a healthy one. Also, keep up a...