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How to prune tomatoes
Johnny's Selected Seeds has a great video on how to prune -- or remove the suckers from -- tomatoes, plus an easy to do tip on staking the plants. ...
Helpful video on pruning tomatoes at Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds, a Maine-based seed company, has launched a Web site that offers some great tips for gardeners. Here's one on pruning (removing the suckers) and staking ...
Late blight attacks Indiana tomatoes
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed late blight infecting tomatoes in several Indiana counties, including Tippecanoe, ...
Fungus attacks tomatoes
A dreadful disease, septoria (Septoria lycopersci), has attacked my tomato plants, including three heirlooms, a cherry and Better Boy. More than nine inches above average ...
October garden checklist
Indoors Keep poinsettia in dark for 15 hours a day for eight to 10 weeks until red bracts begin to show. Houseplants may drop leaves, especially if they spent the summer ...
September Garden Checklist
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 ...
August garden checklist
Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and wax begonias to winter over indoors. These are called herbaceous cuttings. Root the cuttings in media ...
July garden checklist
Indoors Keep an eye on houseplants that have been set outdoors to make sure they are watered properly. Hot summer breezes can quickly dry them out. Propagate houseplants ...
May garden checklist
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 ...
