An oscillating fan will also help distribute the pollen in a greenhouse, and extra heat will help extend the growing season.
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Gardentalk — How to stretch your harvest well into fall
Buckets of water and fleece blankets can slow the freeze-and-frost process
Gardentalk – How to top tomatoes and get the most out of hardy, cold-tolerant greens
You can plant lettuce, mustard greens, spinach, kale and radishes right now. They will either be ready for a fall harvest or will tolerate the winter’s cooler conditions and have a head start next spring.
Gardentalk – Your fruit, vegetables and flowers thank you for your support
Keeping plants off the ground helps with pollination, air circulation, and prevents slugs from chewing up the leaves.
Gardentalk – ‘You can be the bee’
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski describes how humans can intervene and help out with the pollination process.
Gardentalk – Nip that flower after pollination
Removing a zucchini plant’s female flower, for example, can prevent the spread of fungus into the rest of the plant and the developing zucchini.
Gardentalk – Planting and seed starting
Shallot and onion bulbs can be planted into cool, moist soil now. But other vegetables like tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli should be started indoors over the next few weeks before transplanting them outside.
Gardentalk – How to check for fruit ripeness
Softness, taste and sometimes color are the best ways to check the ripeness of kiwi, apples, pears and tomatoes.
Gardentalk – It’s sugar time for veggies
Cool, dry weather will actually boost the sugar content of plants, especially root vegetables.
Gardentalk — Trim a little now for a bigger harvest later
Prune each tomato or cucumber plant’s extra side shoots so it can put more energy into growing more fruit. Better ventilation and airflow around the plants also limits mold and mildew infections.