At the end of the season last year both our broccoli and zucchini leaves had powdery mildew on their leaves. Getting ready to plant veggies in same raised beds. Should we do anything to prevent powdery mildew again?
Yes, that powder is the spores of the mildew. Left untreated it will come back more and more each year.
Treating powdery mildew is one of the easiest of the fungal infections to cure, though.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/powdery-mildew-homemade-and-organic-remedies.htm
I have grown a couple broccoli plants in pots. They are huge. They have been pollinated (out of doors.) The pods are still green after weeks waiting for them to mature, and I've kept watering them. I'm wondering if I can stop the watering before they dry out, perhaps either letting the pots go dry (or) cutting the branches and hanging them upside down in a dark closet? Thanks! Lu
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/broccoli/saving-broccoli-seeds.htm
Hello, I am going to grow microgreens (broccoli, sunflower, wheatgrass) in my room (in trays). Instead of soil, I want to use only coco-peat as the medium. (Due to the insects & etc in soil). So I'm worried about the lack of macronutrients & micronutrients. I think it is necessary to use organic fertilizers to feed the seeds, but I do NOT know which fertilizer should I use. What is your recommendation? Azomite? Seaweed fertilizers? or other things? (including the dose and time to use) Thanks in advance Best Regards
You will not fertilize microgreens. They won't have used up their own nutrient reserve inside of their cotyledons before harvesting. Fertilizing will not be useful here, as the nutrients won't be used, and they will build up and potentially affect the flavor of your greens.
This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/lettuce/growing-microgreens.htm
This is not the first year this has happened and I am wondering if it is a disease, but I can't find any disease discription that match what my broccoli looks like. Some of the flower buds are black close to the center of the stem also, not sure if that shows up on the photos.
White blister has several strains that can infect various vegetables. The disease mainly affects fresh material, although systemic viruses can develop symptoms throughout the plant. White blisters form on the undersides of leaves, with a reciprocal yellow patch on the upper surface. The cysts contain white spores, infected production, crop debris, wind, and water splash can form which. Systemic viruses can cause distortion of the plant stem and the form of torments on leaves. Distortion of broccoli heads can take place, making them unmarketable.
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The two stalks beside the eaten up broccoli leaf
It appears to be broccoli that has bolted! This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/broccoli/bolting-broccoli-growing-broccoli-in-hot-weather.htm
Two years running, plants get golf ball sized heads; I cover them with their leaves, but they soon start to color, grow long sprouts and go to seed, with no fruit .
Broccoli will bolt, or go to seed, when the soil exceeds 75 F. The best way will be to time the maturation period to before the temperatures get above this. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/broccoli/bolting-broccoli-growing-broccoli-in-hot-weather.htm
Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my yellowing broccoli plant? Though there were some issues with caterpillars as you can see from the leaves and the one plant practically decimated. There doesn't seem to be any more caterpillars. One plant got planted by itself and it was not affected by the caterpillars. The others share two beds that are 2' in diameter. And it looks like there's a couple of offshoot plants growing too. They were transplanted late on June 25th due to very poor spring conditions here in Halifax, Nova Scotia, zone 6b. I'm a new gardener. They're in good potting mix amended with pelleted slow release fertilizer and worm castings. Every 1.5-2 weeks I fertilize with a water soluble fertilizer mixed with molasses. Two of the plants, the ones that get the most sun are edging 2.5 feet and are only supposed to be 1'. The one plant that was decimated by the caterpillars was forming a head just before they were attacked. None of the others have developed heads.
I'm going to add a couple of other pics in another post. A couple of these turned out to not be the ones I wanted to send.