by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Apr 25, 2011 | eggplant
Eggplant, along with tomatoes and potatoes, is part of the deadly nightshade family. Many people enjoy growing the purple or white globes and making such things as eggplant parmesan, ratatouille, and fried eggplant. If you are one of those people, here is how to...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 30, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard As I mentioned in my last post, Territorial Seed Company is now selling grafted tomatoes. According to research being done by Ohio State University, tomatoes that are good to eat can be grafted onto rootstock that is disease...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 28, 2011 | tomatoes
Healed graft on tomato Photo by Caryrivard When I first heard of grated tomatoes, I thought it was a marketing ploy. Why graft a plant that only lives one season then dies? It turns out, though, that grafted tomatoes address real problems that market farmers have. ...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Mar 4, 2011 | tomatoes
Tomatoes can get a large group of diseases. In my area of Texas, tomato plants that are sold as transplants have the letters VFN on their tags. That stands for fusarium wilt, verticillium wilt, and nematodes. Plants that have VFN on their tags are resistant to...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 9, 2011 | Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts photo by Visitor7 Brussels Sprouts are a cool-weather crop. When they get hot, the plant produces flowers and the little sprouts are ruined. Brussels Sprouts are a Northern European vegetable related to cabbage. No records exist of them earlier...
by Stephanie Suesan Smith | Feb 5, 2011 | squash
Winter Squash photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble Winter squash is grown much like summer squash. The difference is in the harvest. Summer squash is picked while it is immature and the rind is soft. Winter squash is picked when mature and the rind hard. Winter...
