Planting Reminders
Nothing much to plant this month. You can read gardening books and plan the garden!
Nothing much to plant this month. You can read gardening books and plan the garden!
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I've grown pumpkins which have fruited nicely ,havent harvested all of them,the vines are slowly dying back but now the plants are re shooting quite nicely ,will they produce fruit ?
in Pumpkin
Depends on the soil type. Small plants need small waterings regularly - each day in summer especially. Larger plants need a bigger watering less often - each 2-3 days. Pushing your finger in the s...
in Chilli peppers
I don't believe they will ripen if picked unless they have started to ripen already. Rockmelons will break from the vine fairly easily when starting to ripen. A rather gentle pull and they will co...
in Rockmelon
Looks like is lacking calcium, normally we put fertilizer but we forget to put calcium, get some dolomite or some rock dust.
in Tomato
Your peppers and chillies will do better with some shade cloth on top, not more than 50% shade, they are stress with the heat and they start to drop leaves and flowers.
in Chilli peppers
I have a patch of garden that was covered by polythene due to illness and I planted 3 rock melons into small holes that I made. They have flourished and there are melons galore. I think the heat...
in Rockmelon
Do chilli plants need plenty of water? My bushes look healthy but the leaves and flowers keep falling off. Thanks
in Chilli peppers
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