Join our gardening family to receive the latest tips. JOIN ON SUBSTACK
Few problems are more frustrating for squash growers than seeing healthy green leaves slowly covered with a white, powdery coating. Powdery mildew is one of the most common diseases affecting zucchini, summer squash, pumpkins, and other members of the squash family. It often appears in midsummer when plants are large, temperatures are warm, and humidity…
Your squash plants looked spectacular just a week ago. They were covered with flowers and producing zucchini or yellow squash almost faster than you could harvest them. Then, almost overnight, production slowed—or stopped altogether. If your squash plants have suddenly quit producing, don’t assume the season is over. In many cases, the problem can be…
You’ve been waiting for your tomatoes to turn red, but instead they seem frozen in place. The fruit reaches full size, remains green or pale orange, and refuses to ripen for days—or even weeks. If this happens during the hottest part of summer, your tomato plants are probably responding to heat, not failing. Tomatoes have…
By late summer, even healthy tomato plants often begin showing yellow leaves. For many gardeners, it’s an alarming sight. Is the plant dying? Is it a disease? Does it need fertilizer? Or is this simply part of the growing season? The answer depends on where the yellowing occurs, how quickly it spreads, and what other…
One day your squash plants look healthy and vigorous. The next day, the leaves are limp, the stems have wilted, and the entire plant appears to be dying. A sudden collapse is alarming, but it is not uncommon. Several problems can cause squash plants to wilt or die quickly, and identifying the cause is the…
Few gardening disappointments are greater than harvesting a beautiful cucumber, slicing it open, and discovering that it has a bitter taste. The good news is that bitterness is usually not caused by disease or poor-quality seed. Instead, bitter cucumbers are almost always the result of environmental stress during growth. Heat, drought, inconsistent watering, and other…
Subscribe today to get our weekly recipe newsletter! You don’t want to miss out!
