Why are my cucumber leaves turning yellow? 9 causes sit behind that question, and the pattern on the leaf names the one you face. Match the pattern first. Treat second. I have learned that a vine with wet feet yellows…
Snip three babies from a spider plant runner and stand them in a jar of water for 10 days. That is how to grow spider plant: Chlorophytum comosum makes its own offspring on long runners, so one healthy mother plant…
Soak the soil until water runs out of the drain holes, then wait 2 weeks and check the soil with your finger. That is how to grow succulents indoors: a soak-and-dry cycle that replaces the watering calendar, plus the brightest…
Learn 3 pruning groups before you lift the secateurs. That is how to grow clematis that flowers every year: match the plant to its group, then prune on the calendar that fits your hemisphere. The rest of this page is…
Bend 1 leaf before you lift the watering can. That single test is the whole skill behind how to grow jade plant: a soft, flexible leaf means water now, and a firm leaf means the plant is still drinking from…
Growing ghost peppers takes 120 to 160 days from seed to ripe pods. Difficulty is moderate to hard: the plant itself is easy, the germination and the season length are not. Start seeds indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your…
Long pepper is the tropical vine Piper longum, known in Ayurveda as pippali and in Chinese markets as bìbá, and its spice is a dense catkin-like spike 1.25 to 2 cm long, harvested blackish green and sun-dried for four to…
Purple-stained soybean seeds are the work of a single fungus, Cercospora kikuchii, and in most harvests the purple color costs the grower more in grain dockage than in actual yield. Leaf damage from the same fungus usually trims less than…
Citrus leaves turn yellow for 9 common reasons, and the pattern names the cause. Yellow on older leaves first points to nitrogen or magnesium. Yellow between green veins on young leaves points to iron, zinc, or manganese. Read the pattern…
Plant one plump supermarket ginger root in February and you can dig up fresh, juicy rhizomes by October, with thin skins you never need to peel. Learning how to grow ginger at home comes down to three things: warmth, a…
Start a stem cutting of grass jelly plant (Cyclea barbata, cincau hijau) in a large pot with a tall trellis. That is how to grow grass jelly plant outside the tropics: a herbaceous vine that climbs about 5 m in…
Take a 15 to 20 cm semi-hardwood stem cutting, strip the lower leaves, and push it into moist potting mix. That is how to grow katuk sweet leaf in a temperate garden: fast shoots, a deep pot, bright shade, and…
Sow stonebreaker seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost, at 25 to 30 degrees Celsius, and seedlings emerge within 1 to 2 weeks in a warm, bright spot. That is how to grow stonebreaker from Indonesia in…
11 pests attack pumpkins in Australian gardens. Six of them suck sap. The rest chew leaves, stems, or fruit, and the fix follows the feeding type. If you searched for sap-sucking bugs on pumpkin, start here, because the most famous…
Match the browning pattern to 1 of 9 causes before you spray, prune, or feed anything. A lilly pilly turns brown from water stress, weather burn, insects, fungi, or one biosecurity disease, and each cause leaves a different mark on…
Sow sweet corn in a block of at least 4 rows after the soil warms, feed it like the heavy feeder it is, and pick each cob the day you eat it. That is growing corn in Australia in one…
Planting takes one autumn afternoon. At 10 cm spacing, 60 corms need about 6 square feet of bed. Harvest comes the next October. Difficulty is moderate: the planting is easy, the patience and the drainage discipline are not. Kashmir saffron…
White stuff on plants in Australia comes from 3 culprits in most gardens: mealybugs, powdery mildew, or scale. Run 3 tests before you spray anything. The rub test names the culprit. The sticky test confirms it. The disturb test rules…
Water it 1 to 2 times a month. Give it bright indirect light. That is how to grow ZZ plant the honest way: the plant grows steadily for years on that alone. A ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia) stores water in…
Chill your tulip bulbs 6 to 12 weeks in a paper bag in the refrigerator crisper before you plant them. That is how to grow tulips where winters stay too warm to do the job outdoors. In my experience, those…
