Comments for Harvest to Table

Comment on Pea Growing Problems: Troubleshooting by Steve Albert

Steve Albert — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:08:30 +0000

In reply to Andrew. The dots may be a reaction to cold or wet weather; if they persist spray the plant with an organic horticultural oil which will slow fungal growth and will not harm your crop.

Comment on How to Harvest and Store Turnips by Barbara Streitenberger

Barbara Streitenberger — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 17:10:02 +0000

Good information, as I’m ready to pull my turnips out of the garden. Thanks!

Comment on Pea Growing Problems: Troubleshooting by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:28:24 +0000

Hi I started growing what I’m pretty sure are sugar snap peas and there have been decent sized dots appearing on the leaves. It doesn’t look like powdery mildew and they are insides so no insects have affected it. I’ve seen some people talk about this and say it might just be the coloration of the plant. I’m unsure and just wanted to see if there was something I should do. Thank you.

Comment on Vegetable Seed Germination by Ingrid

Ingrid — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 23:50:57 +0000

Great article with soo much practical information, this is a big help for me. I also appreciate you including the temperature conversion to Celsius.

Comment on How to Plant, Grow, and Harvest Chickpeas, Garbanzo Beans by Clara

Clara — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 05:39:14 +0000

In reply to Danielle Diakoff-King. I use the ones I buy dried from the supermarket sold as food. They spout and grow just the same. I never buy bean seed from garden supplies anymore as the supermarket food packet is much cheaper for half a kilo of seed and you can eat what you don't sow.

Comment on Tangelos for Backyard Gardens by Steve Albert

Steve Albert — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:03:58 +0000

In reply to Tony D.. Tangelos need to be cross-pollinated with another variety of citrus to fruit.

Comment on Tangelos for Backyard Gardens by Tony D.

Tony D. — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:28:55 +0000

In the article, it says “You can help a tree set fruit by taking a small brush and moving pollen from one flower to another.” Since Minneola requires a cross-pollinator, with respect to the aforementioned sentence, does that mean that manually moving pollen from the stamen to the stigma with a brush, on the same tree’s flowers, can lead to pollination of a Minneola, OR does it mean that pollen would need to be brushed from flowers on a suitable cross-pollinator (e.g., mandarin, or grapefruit/tangerine–I think these are suitable pollinators) to the Minneola? Thanks for clarifying the statement in the article.

Comment on Potato Growing Problems: Troubleshooting by Steve Albert

Steve Albert — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:06:37 +0000

In reply to Jessica. Potatoes can be eaten at any size. You can saute them. You can steam them. When the leaves turned yellow, that was a sign that the plant had finished its life. You were right to harvest at that time.

Comment on Potato Growing Problems: Troubleshooting by Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:23:34 +0000

Hello, I new to potato growing. I live in SE Florida. I planted store bought red and white baby potatoes that sprouted eyes. They were planted in a large organic cloth container.
The leaves grew to about 2 feet tall. They turned yellow and fell over.
I pulled them 2 days ago and found several baby potatoes (golf sized) and some mini marble sized.
What do so do now? I have not washed them but I have kept them covered on top of my kitchen counter.
Thank you

Comment on How to Grow Soybeans by Steve Albert

Steve Albert — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:33:46 +0000

In reply to Mailyn. Thanks for your note and Happy Gardening!