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Calcium deficiency causes blossom end rot on tomatoes, peppers and eggplants

July 30, 2011 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

The rain and then the lack of it has caused many tomatoes, peppers and eggplants to develop blossom end rot. This is a condition brought on by a calcium deficiency. It is not a ...

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May garden checklist

April 28, 2025 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Move houseplants to a shady location outdoors when danger of frost has past, usually mid-May. The soil in the pots will dry out faster outdoors, so check it ...

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April garden checklist

April 1, 2025 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants, as needed.Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions.If not done already, sketch garden plans, including ...

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September Garden Checklist

August 30, 2024 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Harvest peppers and tomatoes as soon as they start to change color and ripen indoors.

Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night ...

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Why are veggies slow to ripen this year?

August 27, 2023 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

green and red tomatoes.

Like a lot of you, my tomatoes and peppers are slow to ripen this year. The cause? Smoke from wildfires. The atmosphere may not look smoky, but the UV blocking layer is several ...

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What’s that white stuff on my plants?

August 16, 2023 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Let’s talk about garden phlox (P. paniculata), toadlily (Tricyrtis spp.), hardy mums (Chrysanthemum spp.), and bee balm (Monarda spp.) What do these perennials have in common this ...

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Filed Under: Hoosier Gardener Tagged With: fungus disease, powder mildew, white stuff on leaves

How to grow the best tomatoes in the Indiana garden

March 17, 2023 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Mouth watering sliced red tomatoes ready for eating.

The unseasonably warm temperatures of February and early March ignited the gardening fervor in a lot of people, if social media is any indication. Everyone gets excited and ...

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What is blossom end rot and what to do

July 3, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Blossom end rot causes, cures

As the first tomatoes of the season ripen, a lot of gardeners find a dark, leathery spot on the fruit. The condition is called blossem end rot, aka BER, and it can also occur on ...

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Transplants or Seeds?

April 30, 2020 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Tomato ready for transplanting.

A lot of gardeners, especially new ones, don't know whether to sow seeds for their veggies and herbs or buy transplants at the garden center. Here's a guide. Sow Seed Directly ...

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Garden industry ready to help you grow

March 24, 2020 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Graphic courtesy thegardenofwords.com We know where independent garden centers, big box garden centers, nurseries, growers, landscapers and others in the green industry land now ...

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