Mar
5
Tomato blossom end rot
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If the blossom end (opposite the stem) of your tomato develops a blackened leathery patch the size of a dime or larger, you have it. Make sure you have some calcium (egg shells, crushed oyster shell, etc.) and
you should not have any problem. A handy tip I read about is: put a crushed eggshell into the hole in the soil before setting in the tomato plant and you should have no problems at all.
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Feb
2
Here’s a short and sweet recipe to help with pest control for garden and house plants, as borrowed from TipNut. You can use this as a preventative spray as well as a bug and pest killer.
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Feb
1
Chives
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A good companion plant for carrots, grapes, roses and tomatoes, Chives will deter Japanese beetles and aphids.