Both gardeners and plants work hard in summer. For plants, growing foliage, developing buds, opening flowers, and forming and ripening fruits take a lot of energy. They need a helping hand, and you ...

After such a rainy spring, gardeners are ready to go and that means lots of questions? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University's Extension ...

For best results, individual pepper plants should be kept in pots or grow bags that are at least 12 inches in diameter, although larger pots are even better. Ensure the growing containers have plenty ...

Bell peppers are members of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, along with tomatoes and potatoes, and are native to Central and South America. Of all the pepper varieties, bell peppers are among the ...

Now’s the time to plant peppers and okra, and it’s your last chance to plant tomatoes with some expectation that you will produce and ripen a crop before the hot weather shuts down production. For all ...

Gardening expert Ciscoe Morris loves hot peppers and wants to dispel a popular myth about growing them in the Pacific Northwest. “A lot of people say you can't grow hot peppers because we don't give ...

Question: I have green bell type peppers growing in a container with leaves turning yellow. How do I regreen the plants? Answer: Yellow leaves can be due to natural pepper plant decline, too much ...

Q. I have a couple of questions regarding growing veggies in pots. I live in an apartment. I have done this for several years, but this year things did not go well. I grew cucumber for the first time, ...

These seemed to pop out of the ground overnight. Just a stalk and then, boom, a flower. Is it a lily? Naked ladies are having a banner year. More demurely known as resurrection lilies or magic lilies, ...

I have numerous jalapeño pepper plants and they all are producing, except one. It’s a beautiful plant full of flowers, but it has never had any peppers. Any ideas? Christi Rossi It’s hard to say what ...