A year after your potato harvest, plant low-yielding, leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, radish (Raphanus sativus), pea (Pisum sativum) and spinach. Followed by green manure… Read More »Can I Plant Peas After Potatoes?
The pea is grown as a field crop for the production of grain for stock-feeding and for the manufacture of “split peas” for culinary use,… Read More »Why Do Farmers Plant Pea Plants?
Peas and beans like to have constant moisture during the growing period. Top dress soil with garden lime for alkalinity which peas and beans like.… Read More »Do Peas Like Lime In The Soil?
Okra should be bright green, and never dark green or brown, or have black spots or mould. Okra that has gone bad will feel sticky… Read More »Is Black On Okra Ok?
Okra flowers and fruits turn soft on the plants and develop a fuzzy appearance. This usually means that they’ve been infected with fungal okra blossom… Read More »Why Okra Soften And Turns Brown Easily?
Remove the whole plant and hang upside down from the shed roof or greenhouse or rafters in a garage etc. Anywhere warm and dry but… Read More »How Do You Dry Shelled Peas For Seeds?
Flea beetles are tiny, dark beetles that jump like fleas and chew small, round holes in okra leaves. What are the black dots on my… Read More »What Are The Tiny Black Bugs On My Okra?
Okra. Diseases. Damping Off (Pythium sp., Rhizoctonia sp.): Fusarium Wilt(Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum): Powdery Mildew (Erysiphecichoracearum): Cercospora Leaf Spot(Cercospora abelmoschi and C. malayensis): Yellow… Read More »What Are The Diseases Of Okra?
Put it in a bowl and fill it with warm water. Fill the bowl several times until the pods are thawed. This only takes a… Read More »How Do You Thaw Frozen Okra?
Sow peas between March and early July. For earlier crops that are ready from May onwards, sow in autumn or late winter (bear in mind… Read More »Can You Plant Peas In July?