What are Stuffer Tomato Plants? As the name implies, stuffer tomato plants bear hollow tomatoes for stuffing. Hollow tomato fruit is not a new-fangled idea. In fact, it’s an heirloom enjoying a resurging popularity. During my childhood, a popular dish at the time was stuffed peppers or tomatoes, wherein the interior of the fruit was hollowed out and stuffed with tuna salad or other filling that was often baked. Unfortunately, when a tomato is stuffed and cooked, it usually becomes a gloppy mess....

What is Subterranean Clover? Subterranean clover uses span many areas from soil improvement to beneficial insect habit. There are several species that thrive in Mediterranean environments, most of which thrive if planted in late summer to early fall. Plants go dormant in winter but come back into full leaf and bloom in spring. The name for the clover actually comes from its reproduction process, not its spread through stolon. In spring, the seeds mature in a bur that is just below the soil surface....

Sugarcane Plant Info A tropical grass native to Asia, sugarcane plants have been grown for over 4,000 years. Their first use was as a “chewing cane” in Melanesia, probably in New Guinea, from the indigenous strain Saccharum robustum. Sugarcane was then introduced into Indonesia and the farther reaches of the Pacific via the early Pacific islanders. During the sixteenth century Christopher Columbus brought sugarcane plants to the West Indies and eventually the indigenous strain evolved into Saccharum officinarum and other varieties of sugarcane....

Summer Bearing Red Raspberry Plants It’s easier to remember the rules for when and how to prune summer raspberry bushes if you understand how they grow. The root systems on summer-bearing red raspberry bushes live for many years and send up shoots each year. The shoots grow to full height the first year, then produce those sweet red berries the following summer. They die after fruiting. When Do You Prune Summer Bearing Raspberries?...

What is a Tanoak Tree? Tanoak evergreen trees belong to the beech family, but they are considered an evolutionary link between oaks and chestnuts. The acorns they bear have spiny caps like chestnuts. The trees are not small. They can grow to 200 feet (61 m.) tall as they mature with a trunk diameter of 4 feet (1 m.). Tanoaks live for several centuries. Tanoak evergreen grows in the wild on the West Coast of the country....

Thai Eggplant Varieties What does a Thai eggplant look like? Thai eggplant varieties may be purple, white, red, or green and are smaller than other eggplant varietals. Native to Thailand, these eggplants range from the round green variety to slender, elongated Thai yellow eggplant or Thai white eggplant. Thai eggplants thrive in tropical climates and have a tender skin and delicate flavor. Of the many varietals, Thai green eggplant is the most popular and the one most likely found at specialty Asian markets....

What is a Long Stem Rose? When we refer to long stemmed roses, we are typically speaking of Hybrid Tea roses. The Hybrid Tea rose came about in the 1800’s by crossing the Hybrid Perpetual roses and the Tea roses– the best features of both came through in the Hybrid Tea rose. The modern Hybrid Tea roses have a much more mixed genealogy but still have their roots of existence founded in the original crossbreeding....

What are Bare Root Roses? Some rose bushes may be ordered as what is called bare root rose bushes. When you buy rose plants with bare roots, these come to you in a box without soil and with their root systems either wrapped in wet paper or in clear plastic bags with some wet shredded paper to help keep the roots wet during shipment. Tips for Bare Root Roses Care After They Arrive Take the bare root roses out of the packing material, place them in a bucket of water for 24 hours, and then plant them in your new rose bed....

Information on the Pencil Cactus Plant The pencil cactus is a large plant native to Africa and India. The plant is ideal for sunny warm spots indoors or greenhouse growing. Care of pencil cactus is minimal. Euphorbia tirucalli, or pencil cactus, is a tropical plant that may become 30 feet (9 m.) tall in habitat. The stems are slender and slightly toothed with no obvious foliage. The branches are the diameter of a pencil, which give rise to the name....

Tips for Growing Love Lies Bleeding Love lies bleeding care is minimal after the seeds sprout. Until seedlings are actively growing, they should be kept consistently moist. Once established, the love lies bleeding plant is somewhat drought-resistant and needs little looking after until seeds develop. Love lies bleeding plant should be planted in full sun after the soil has warmed. Gardeners with short growing seasons may want to start seeds indoors or purchase seedlings, as growth and flowering in maturity may take the better part of the season....

Alternaria Tomato Information Nailhead spot of tomatoes is a fungal disease caused by the fungus Alternaria tomato, or Alternaria tennis sigma. Its symptoms are very similar to those of early blight, however, the spots are smaller, approximately the size of a nail head. On the foliage, these spots are brown to black and slightly sunken in the center, with yellow margins. On the fruit, the spots are gray with sunken centers and darker margins....

Tomato Pinworm Identification In warmer climes, the tomato pinworms spend the winter as pupae at the soil’s surface. Where the winter weather is too cold for survival, the pupae hide in the dirt floors and plant detritus of the greenhouse. The small grey brown moths lay their eggs on the underside of leaves during the night and because of their tiny size, the eggs are hardly noticeable. It is because of this tomato pinworm control rarely begins at this stage....

Is It Ok to Compost Tomatoes? Once the gardening season has ended, there can be a great number of old tomato plants left lingering. Many gardeners feel that it’s essential to return the plants to the soil through composting. Others deem it far too risky when it comes to a possible spread of disease. Here are some reasons why many gardeners choose not to place tomato plants in compost: Composting may not kill all seeds – The composting process may not kill all of the remaining tomato seeds on the plant....

I’ve listed ten of my favorite reasons for growing your own fresh herbs. I’m sure once you get started, you’ll come up with a few ideas of your own.

When Do You Divide Daffodil Bulbs? As the years pass, your daffodil clusters will multiply in number. This is because as one bulb becomes bloomed out, more are produced to continue the plant. These can be divided away from the mother bulb and planted separately to prevent the area from getting too crowded. Daffodil bulbs that have not bloomed out do not tolerate transplanting very well, but you can usually get them to recover in a year, and gradually the blooms will improve over time....

What are Rose Weevils? The fuller rose beetle is another one for our Garden Bad Guy or Unwanted Garden Visitors list. This beetle goes by different names in the scientific readings out there, those being: Naupactus godmani Pantomorus cervinus Asynonchus cervinus The fuller rose beetle adults are brown and do not fly. They have a snout that resembles other beetles in a group known as snout beetles. Viewing them from the top, their head and bulging eyes are different from other snout beetles, as the snout is less sharply pointed to the ground than that of the vegetable weevils....

Why Grow Vertical Cantaloupe Melons? As mentioned, cantaloupes can take up a good chunk of the garden, around 3 to 4 feet (1 m.) between plants and a potential sprawl of 20 feet (6 m.)! With more and more people on the planet, space is at a premium in the garden and out. Many gardeners have to come up with creative solutions in order to grow crops on postage stamp sized plots....

Grass growing in flower beds looks messy but there are a few tried and tested strategies for preventing and eliminating grassy weeds. Preventing Grass in Flower Beds You can try to kill grass in flower beds, but if you can keep grass out of unwanted areas in the first place, your job becomes much easier. If you’ve ever tried pulling grass out by the roots and getting every last bit out, then you know it’s not just difficult but nearly impossible....

Lady’s Bedstraw Plant Info Lady’s bedstraw plant (Galium verum) is a perennial herb hardy in zones 3-8. Lady’s bedstraw is one of over 400 varieties of Galium. Perhaps the most popular variety is Galium odoratum, commonly known as sweet woodruff, and the most annoying variety goes by goosegrass, sticky willy, or cleavers (Galium aparine). Lady’s bedstraw has a creeping habit and whorls of 6-12 hairy, almost needle-like, long leaves. Unlike its cousin sticky willy, these hairy leaves do not catch and stick to you if you walk through them, but like sticky willy, lady’s bedstraw has clusters of small yellow flowers that bloom from June – September....

When to Plant Greenhouse Seeds Greenhouses allow you to control the temperature and humidity required for seed propagation and young seedlings to grow. Due to this controlled environment, you can actually start seeds in greenhouses anytime. However, if you are starting plants, which you plan to transplant into gardens outdoors in the spring, then you should start the seeds in greenhouses six to eight weeks before the last expected frost date for your location....