Troubleshooting

10 Common Garden Pests and How to Get Rid of Them

Raymond Web

Here are 10 most destructive pests that have detrimental effects on growing edibles along with safe and simple control solutions.

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Basic Troubleshooting Strategy

Lights, pumps, plants, and equipment all fail on occasion; being able to troubleshoot effectively can save time, energy and money. Let’s say Hypothetical Hank goes in to check his hypothetical indoor garden and in his single light garden the light isn’t on when it should be. Where should he start troubleshooting? Cheapest, Easiest, Most Likely,…
April 28, 2017
Grubbycup Stash

Freaky Fruits: Seeds Sprouting Inside Tomato

[one_half]What’s up with the fruit here? A tomato is not supposed to sprout plants. Don’t let anyone tell you that seeds sprouting inside tomato fruits is normal. It’s like totally abnormal, and not some isolated oddity. The earliest report found of buying tomatoes filled with germinating seeds is 2003. More and more people are talking…
October 8, 2016
Tammy Clayton

What’s Wrong with This Plant?

Tomato, pepper, squash, cucumber, potato… the type of plant varies, but many gardeners find themselves wondering what’s wrong with this plant or that at any point in the growing season. What did we do to figure out the problem before the internet? I’ve forgotten. Thanks to cellphone cameras and the web, it’s become somewhat easier to…
July 16, 2016
Callie

5 Ways to Grow Tastier Tomatoes

The biggest quest for most gardeners must be to grow tastier tomatoes, after all, it is the most popular vegetable in the world, and store-bought tomatoes are pale renditions of the real thing at best. There are several reasons that grocery store tomatoes lack the flavor everyone is after. It’s not just being picked green…
June 17, 2016
Amber

Plastic Pots Reducing Your Harvest?

[et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.0.91″ src=”https://gardenculturemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/GC-stamp-sticker.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”on” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” show_bottom_space=”on” url=”https://gardenculturemagazine.com/our-magazine/united-states-canada-issue-03/” /] This article was originally published in 2014 by Garden Culture Magazine, US Issue 3, under the title, “Maximizing Yield from Container Gardens”. Container gardening is super popular, but did you know that plastic pots and resin plant containers aren’t doing you any favors? Heads…
March 7, 2016
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