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Few things are more disappointing in the summer vegetable garden than watching a healthy-looking eggplant plant grow large leaves and strong stems—but produce few or no flowers. Eggplants are warm-season crops that can be incredibly productive when conditions are right. But flowering is sensitive to temperature, moisture, nutrition, and plant stress. When one of these…
Few things are more frustrating in the summer vegetable garden than watching healthy pepper plants grow large and green—but stop producing flowers. The plants may look vigorous, with plenty of leaves and strong stems, yet the pepper harvest slows or disappears. In many cases, the problem is not a lack of effort from the gardener….
Late summer is an important time in the pepper garden. Many pepper plants are loaded with green fruit, but gardeners often wonder how to encourage more flowers, more peppers, and a longer harvest before cool weather arrives. The good news is that pepper plants are naturally productive when given the right conditions. With proper watering,…
Few tomato problems are more frustrating than watching your plants produce dozens of beautiful yellow flowers—only to see those flowers drop without forming tomatoes. A healthy tomato plant can look vigorous and green while producing very little fruit. The problem is often not the plant itself but a disruption in the delicate process of pollination…
Summer is when tomato plants are working the hardest. They are growing new leaves, producing flowers, setting fruit, and filling maturing tomatoes all at the same time. The nutrients available in the soil during this period can make the difference between a plant that produces a few tomatoes and one that continues harvesting until frost….
Few things are more frustrating in the summer garden than watching healthy tomato plants loaded with green fruit that seem to stop ripening. The vines look vigorous, the tomatoes are full-sized, and yet the fruit remains stubbornly green for weeks. This is a common problem during periods of intense summer heat. Tomatoes are warm-season crops,…
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