The best approach to fertilizing a garden is to follow the soil test recommendation. Spread lime and other fertilizer (evenly and uniformly) over the entire garden area. Gardeners who prefer to add fertilizer to the row should place it at least 3 inches below and 2 to 3 inches to the side of the [...]
Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a fruit. So is a watermelon, green pepper, eggplant, cucumber, and squash. A “fruit” is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds.Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a vegetable plant. The plant is an annual and nonwoody. Most fruits, from a horticulture perspective, are grown on a [...]
Jerusalem artichokes, sometimes called sun chokes, is the tuberous root of a sunflower-like plant. Many farmers consider the plant a weed as its perennial nature makes control difficult in crop fields.Plants grow approximately six to ten feet tall. Mature tubers are like small knobby Irish potatoes. Most are 3 to 4 inches long and [...]