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Vegetables FAQ Index |
| Tomato Blights | What can I do about blight on my tomatoes? |
| Blossom End Rot-Tomatoes | I am growing tomatoes and I occasionally get fruit that develops a brown area at the bottom of the tomato and then continues to spread up the individual fruit. It does not affect all the fruit, just some of them. How can I avoid this problem? |
| Few Tomatoes | Why are my tomato plants producing so few tomatoes? |
| Leggy Tomatoes | I have started some tomato plants in the hopes to start my own garden this year. They have sprouted and are now getting tall and spindly. How do I strengthen them up? |
| Using Manure | When you add manure to your vegetable garden, what are you adding? And how much should you add? Which type of manure do you recommend for vegetable gardens? |
| Garden Mulch | ·Should I mulch my vegetable garden? ·What is a good mulch for the vegetable garden? ·When should I apply it? |
| Squash vine borer | My squash are dying. The stem just above the root turned yellow and rotted. |
| Timing Planting | This is my first year planting a vegetable garden. I'm planning on planting radishes, carrots, cucumbers, beans, peas, and squash from seed and on buying pepper and tomato plants. When should I plant? |
| Treated Lumber | I have a vegetable garden in my backyard. The border for this that we put in about ten years ago is pressure treated lumber. I have heard that this can contaminate the soil with arsenic. Is this true? And is there a way to have my soil tested for any contamination? Also, would you recommend changing the border and substituting something else? |
| Yellowing Tomatoes | My tomato seedlings have yellowing leaves, starting at the oldest leaves. What's wrong? |