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Search Results for: tomatoes

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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April garden checklist

April 1, 2020 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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Gardening Resources from the Hoosier Gardener

March 25, 2020 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Cherokee Purple Tomato is delicious

The Hoosier Gardener has had several requests for a one-stop shop, where people can find answers to their gardening questions. We’ve gathered this info and will likely add to it as ...

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Filed Under: Hoosier Gardener Tagged With: flower for Indiana garden, good vegetables, how to grow vegetables in Indiana, Indiana vegetable gardening

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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Tempting temps require a gardener’s patience

March 11, 2020 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Baby Rose nasturtium.

Wait. Consider this your spring mantra. Wait. Until early April to start your tomato and pepper seedlings (late March in southern Indiana). Unless you have a greenhouse or ...

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See now and future plants for your Indiana garden

August 10, 2019 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Purdue Marion County Demonstraton Garden, All-America Selections Display Garden in Indiana

As you stroll around the Indiana State Fair, wander to the north end, just east of the DNR exhibit and you’ll get a glimpse of your future garden. Yes, that’s right. Step right ...

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Septoria spots on garden phlox

July 8, 2019 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

A sneaky fungus disease has attacked my stand of garden phlox. The leaves went from clean one day to spotty the next. This is the first time septoria has shown up on the garden ...

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A fungus among us

June 29, 2019 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

         Mother Nature has hit our gardens with a double whammy: Rain and high humidity. Did I ...

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Filed Under: Hoosier Gardener Tagged With: fungus, mulch, powdery mildew, spots on leaves, white spots on leaves

Ready. Set. Go. Planting Time

May 18, 2019 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Squash Vine Protection

It’s time. Go ahead and plant your tomatoes, squash and other summer veggies. Since peppers like even warmer soil, plant those in a couple of weeks. And while you’re at it, ...

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Rushing spring may be hazardous to warm-season annuals

April 20, 2019 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Garden center employees have thoughts about the customers who show up on the first warm days of spring. These are the folks who want to buy tomato, pepper and geranium plants ...

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