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Add some lime for calcium. I used dolomitic lime dissolved about a handful in 3 gallons of water, allows the roots to take it up immediately. It is also mainly caused by irregular watering. I think if you treat it both with lime and regular watering, the future fruit should be unaffected.

Got some free apples at a school about 20 minutes from home. Got a call from my son asking for a ride, so I grabbed a couple of half bushel baskets, and figured I'd check it out. On Facebook, I had an ad out looking for free fruit, and a teacher had replied that he goes every August to clean...

Wife just got home from a 3 week trip to Grenada. I had asked her to bring me some seed from her sister's boyfriend's garden, and she brought me this. I'll send you some seeds in exchange for yours.

Oh I will, don't worry. Thanks in advance though. My son and I were making chili today, and I decided to use some peppers from the garden. Used 2 nice big green bells, and told my son to grab the big sweet banana pepper, almost 8 or 9" long. I cut it open and then across, and popped a big...

That'd be awesome.

Where do you buy your seed for them?

I bought an upright fridgidaire freezer 4 or 5 years ago, and it has been outstanding. We had a cheapo woods before that with the coolant lines running through the racks which were not adjustable, and it was terrible. We shop in the US every 6 weeks and freeze our milk in 24 gallon lots, they...

The reading I'm finding online says as they turn red they will sweeten as well, is that your experience? Picked some chili peppers and discovered that I do indeed have jalapenos as well. I don't recall my chilis ever being so robust looking, some are nearly 3\4" in diameter at the stem. Also...

My Dad is of the same opinion as you are, it seemed to me that the first fruits were una Thanks for the feedback, I am trying to juggle which tomatoes to use for salsa, between Roma, Fresh Salsa Hybrid(I know I planted at least 1, but I haven't been able to identify it yet) San Marzano's, and...

I'd like to know as well, my sweet banana peppers are yellow, and haven't changed colour at all, though it is likely early here. I don't know what colour they would turn into. Be nice to know.

I was hoping that the ingredients for my salsa would all ripen at once, but I am learning that that will be very unlikely to happen as far as the timing between the peppers and tomatoes. I did learn also recently that peppers and tomatoes apparently freeze well enough that if there were a big...

Just wandering through the garden today, and noticed some of my banana peppers are getting pretty big. They are supposed to be sweet banana peppers, and some of my green bell peppers are getting big. Just how long should I leave them on? I did try the banana's a week or more ago, but noticed...

^^ that's hilarious. I had a look at 1 of my San Marzano's tonight. Hadn't had a really good look before today, as it seems to hide the fruit more than some of the others. Was pretty excited at what I saw. About 6 of these clusters of fruit I'd guess at around 5 lbs each from top to bottom...

Noticed half a dozen Big Mama's with blossom end rot over the last few days. Was able to source a bag of dolomitic lime for a source of calcium. Just finished applying it to all the plants, figure it can't hurt in the amounts I'm using. A handful of pellets in a 3 gallon watering can, each...

Depending on what it is you are canning, I know for tomatoes, if you don't get enough water out before canning, you can end up with a lot of water after processing. There is a great video out there on how to do that, I'll see if I can find it. This guy is great, I have pretty much duplicated...

You shouldn't tighten lids on hot water bath canning more than finger tight. The rubber lining that forms the seal is very thin. Tightening to max would essentially force the lip of the jar right through the rubber. Extend your fingers completely straight, and tighten the band with just the...

I use the rack, but I just set it right on the bottom and lower my jars in 1 at a time with the clamp styled jar grabber like the red one above but mine is a bit fancier, is spring loaded which is a bonus.

Had a long day picking beans today, 3 rows took us a couple hours. Yellows were really heavy with beans, much more so than green. Have a lot of blanching to do tomorrow.

I'm just wondering if or when I should start pruning some leaves back up higher to allow the sun to get through to all the fruit at the bottom. I put my rows 3' apart, and they could easily have been 6'. So much foliage I'm not certain the tomatoes will ripen by the end of the month.

What I wouldn't give to be growing a few hours south of where I am. I imagine it'll be almost September before the majority of mine even start to turn red. Flowerbug, can you tell me when you started your seed, and roughly when they went in the ground?