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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