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So your tomato plants look healthy, but, when it comes time to harvest the fruit, you find yourself surprised by tomatoes that looks like this:
What happened?! Blossom end rot can ruin tomato fruit; it can also occur in peppers and eggplants. Insufficient calcium within the fruit leads to a weakening of the Read More 
Craig shows how easy it is to grow potatoes in our Grow Tubs. Aerating soil and harvesting potatoes takes less effort when you use these containers! 
We’ve spotted a few fall webworms around the farm. These worms are the larvae of large moths, and they create webbed nests in the limbs of a variety of trees. Webworms can be pesky: they chew leaves, and can defoliate trees.
Fall Webworm Web in Tree If you’re having trouble with webworms Read More 
Japanese beetles have arrived – and in droves! Japanese beetles typically take over the Midwest during mid-summer, and they can cause a lot of leaf damage if left unchecked. Below is a grape plant that was damaged by the bugs: Japanese Beetle Damage on Plants “Skeletonized” leaves such as these are a tell-tale Read More 
At Gardens Alive!, we don’t just sell plants and seeds – we also do a great deal of research and testing. At our research farm, develop improved varieties, test new plants from our partner horticulturalists, and assure the quality of our stock. Since the farm is such an important part of our business (and since Read More 
Fusarium root rot is caused by a variety of fungal species – and it is a nasty business that can affect beans, peas, and a variety of other vegetables. The peas in this photo were pulled from our gardens here at Tipp Community Gardens – the plants on the left are healthy, those on the Read More 
In this video, I’ll explain how to apply our Gardener’s Gold Compost – it’s an all-natural, organic compost made from the same stuff you put in your compost pile. Whether you make your own compost or purchase it, compost really helps an organic garden flourish.
Something new coming down our pest-control pipeline – fly traps! Everyone knows that flies threaten fruit harvests (and can generally be a real nuisance). Keep an eye out for these attractive fly traps, available this fall. 
Just a quick update on my own garden at home – I shared a few photos of my garden earlier in the season, and I’m really pleased with how things are coming along. I hope to show more progression and (hopefully) capture my harvest as well as the summer goes on. Below are my Stonehead Read More 
My potato plants are coming along nicely – check out these beauties growing in Garden’s Alive’s grow tubs. I plant Kennebec potatoes each summer; they are a top-yielding variety and produce good-sized tubers. Grow Tubs Kennebec Potato Flowers Kennebec Potato Flowers
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