Tomatoes are notoriously greedy plants. They’ll slurp all the nutrients out of fresh compost in a matter of weeks, and need topping up with fertilizer every week after that. If you’re growing your own produce to save…
Once Christmas is out of the way, my thoughts usually turn to the garden in general, and to the vegetable garden in particular. I love using these quieter days after the holiday to plan where everything is…
Do pumpkins need a lot of water, or can they tolerate a bit of drought? Pumpkins are 70-90% water, so unsurprisingly the growing vines need a lot of watering. In fact when I calculated exactly how much…
If you are short on space in your veg beds, you may be tempted to grow your pumpkins in a large pot instead. Some pumpkin varieties will thrive in a pot provided you keep them evenly watered…
Welcome to our complete guide to what causes pumpkin leaves to turn yellow, when yellow pumpkin leaves mean a big problem for the plant, and how to treat vines with yellow foliage. Why are my pumpkin leaves…
Growing pumpkin plant flowers but no fruit is seriously disappointing. Huge green leaves and yellow flowers have such promise, yet there are no pumpkins to be seen. There are a number of reasons why this happens. The…
The most common causes of tomato plant leaves turning white are damage caused by overexposure to the sun, especially in young plants. Sun scorching is irreversible, but some other causes of white spots on tomato leaves can…
Cucumber leaves turning yellow is a signal that your cucumber plant needs a bit of help to get back to full health. Yellowing leaves on cucumber plants are usually your first sign that they’re underfed, diseased, or…
