Gardening Notes & Tips

General Gardening Information|Flowers|Vegetables/Herbs

INFORMATION TO HELP ENSURE YOUR GARDENING SUCCESS

• Seed Sowing Guide - When to Sow Seed
• Seed Starting Tips & Information - answers to the most commonly asked seed starting questions
• Click here for when to sow seed (seasonal planting recommendations) (pdf).
• Starting Seed Indoors
• Indoor Spring Sowing Guides: Vegetables & Herbs and Flowers & Ornamentals
• Light: Outside vs. Inside
• Can I use seeds lefover from last year?
• Interactive USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (link)
• Average Last Spring Frost Date Map (pdf)
• Average First Fall Frost Date Map (pdf)
• Container Gardening (pdf)
• Click here to find your local Cooperative Extension Office.
  (Their Horticulture or Home Gardening department can give you great information about gardening and lawn care in your specific climate.)

FLOWERS

• Edible Flowers
• Establishing a "Naturalized" Wildflower Area
• How to Air Dry Flowers
• How to Dry Flowers (Using Silica Gel)
• Making Cut Flowers Last Longer
• Staking Tall Flowers
• Why didn’t my seeds germinate?
• How to attract bees

Cat Grass

• Cat Grass Facts

Sweet Peas

• Sweet Pea Fact Sheet
• All About Sweet Peas
• Why can't I get my Sweet Peas to grow?

Morning Glories

• My Morning Glory vines are going crazy, but are not blooming.

Nasturtiums

• Why aren't my nasturtiums germinating?
• Why aren't my nasturtiums blooming?

Nicotiana

• 2009 Year of Nicotiana

Poppies

• Poppy Fact Sheet

Rudbeckias

• Rudbeckia Fact Sheet

Sunflowers

• How can I grow the largest sunflowers?

Zinnias

• Zinnia Fact Sheet

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VEGETABLES/HERBS

• Harvest tips for cool season crops (pdf)
• Preserving Herbs
• What vegetables and herbs can I grow in areas with partial shade?
• How to attract bees
• Vegetables with shortest crop time, for gardeners with short growing seasons, at a high altitude, or getting a late start
• Easy steps for an indoor herb garden

Basil

• Basil, the King of Herbs

Beans

• Just Plain Beans – General Bean Information
• I have lots of vigorous bean vines, but no beans.
• The blossoms are dropping off my bean plants without producing.
• How are beans pollinated?

Cabbage & Kale

• Cabbage & Kale Fact Sheet

Catnip

• Catnip Fact Sheet
• Why isn't my catnip germinating when I've got it in a sunny east facing window and have been watering it daily?

Chamomile

• Does chamomile require insects for pollination?

Cucumbers

• What is the difference between 'monoecious', 'gynoecious', and 'parthenocarpic' cucumbers?
• Why do my cucumbers taste bitter?

Fennel

• Why didn't my fennel produce bulbs?

Eggplant

• Eggplant Fact Sheet

Gourds (see Pumpkins/Squash/Gourds)

Melons

• Do watermelons need to be separated from other types of melons to prevent cross-pollination?

Mesclun

• Mesclun Fact Sheet

Peas

• Pea Fact Sheet

Peppers

• What are the soft white spots on my peppers?
• Why are the blossoms on my pepper plants dropping off instead of producing?

Pumpkins/Squash/Gourds

• Harvesting and Storing Winter Squash
• Do I need to separate summer squash, winter squash, pumpkins, or gourds to prevent cross-pollination?
• Why are my pumpkin vines growing vigorously with lots of flowers, but no pumpkins?
• Why aren't my luffa gourds producing any fruit?
• Why aren't my squash plants producing?
• Why didn't my pumpkin plants produce any fruit?

Radicchio

• My early spring-planted radicchio plants are 6" tall, but still not showing any sign of producing heads.

Radishes

• Why aren't my radish plants developing full-sized roots?

Spinach

• Spinach Fact Sheet

Squash (see Pumpkins/Squash/Gourds)

Sweet Corn

• Sweet Corn Fact Sheet

Tomatoes

• Tomato Fact Sheet
• Why aren't my tomato plants producing any fruit?
• Should I grow out tomato volunteers? What if they are cross-pollinated?
• I'm growing tomatoes in containers and some of them have tan to brown spots on the bottom. Is this Blossom End Rot, and how can I prevent it?

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