very informative. learned a lot and very helpful. thanks

I purchased potassium bicarbonate to prevent and treat tomato blight. It worked better than baking soda because it doesn’t have sodium. Last year I had no blight until the last of the tomatoes were harvested. Three products you can purchase are Greencure 8 ounces for $17.53, GreenSense 1 pound for $11.85, Garden-Ville 1 pound for $8.69.

HI

Just wanted to follow up and let you know that despite the the stress and a few tomatoes with blossom rot, we had a killer crop. We had 100s of tomatoes off of 6 Early Girl Tomato plants.

Planted my cover crop in late November in a new plot for this years dry farmed tomatoes. I am going to branch out and try other varieties than Early Girl.

Hi Sarah!

This is a really quick and easy way to check seeds and does help speed up things when starting seeds.

Thanks for stopping by!

This is exactly what my mum used to do in order to start seeds off, she would put them in paper and then in the airing cupboard until they germinated. Thanks for reminding me what a great idea it is to do this.

Hi Tami! Thanks for stopping by.

Learning to maximize your particular space takes a bit of time and some trial and error in order to get in down just right. I would start by using companion planting as much as possible. That is, plant vegetables together that grow well together. For instance, try planting a few carrots, or basil, between your tomato plants. You could plant a couple onions between your zucchini plants. For a full list of vegetables and herbs that are companions, please check out this extensive list – http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html

A tool I love to use that really helps you get the most out of your garden is called GrowVeg. It’s an easy to use online garden planner and can be super helpful for laying out your garden before it even gets close to spring. It sets the proper spacing for each plant in your garden so you can play around with the arrangement until you have it to your liking. It does have a small cost, but you can use it for free for 30 days. I’d recommend using the free trial for setting out your garden and see what you can do. Here’s the free trial offer – http://www.veggiegardener.com/go/growveg-freetrial/

If you have any other specific questions feel free to contact me!

Hi Elizabeth,

I’m glad to hear the fish emulsion and Tomato-tone worked well for your tomatoes. It’s a very good nutrient combo. It is quite puzzling to hear that it didn’t work so well for your peppers and eggplant since they are in the same plant family as tomatoes. They all have similar nutrient requirements. Were there any other factors that may have been different for them compared to the tomatoes?

Last year I used fish emulsion and espoma tomator tone – I had the best tomatoes I ever had. I also used it on my egg plant and pepper plants – not success there. Any suggestions?

thank you

Brilliant idea. We tried this over the summer for our tomatoes when we had to go away for a few days every other week.

Hello Tee. I am a novice gardener. I have had success with tomatoes, beans, zuccini, radishes. I must mention that I live in WI where the growing season is pretty short. My question is how to maximize my space and season. I have a space of about 10′ by 5′ . I plan to can tomatoes and freeze beans. I have tried brocolli and they were overtaken by some sort of grub. yuck! where and when do I start?