{"id":5305,"date":"2016-03-24T17:40:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2016-03-24T17:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T21:40:15","slug":"q-and-a-planting-cole-crops-and-blight-resistant-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2016\/03\/24\/q-and-a-planting-cole-crops-and-blight-resistant-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: planting cole crops and blight resistant tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planting cole crops<\/strong><\/p>\n

For several years I have tried my hand at planting cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts from seeds purchased from Baker Creek. Every year the plants are very small and most never produce. I end up going to a greenhouse to purchase these plants. I try to make a very good environment, not hot, plenty of light and not saturated roots but not dry.<\/p>\n

Can you give me some pointers on what I may be doing wrong? Also, this year I am going to try planting herbs for different purposes. Some will need to be potted to keep from year to year. Just wondering what kind of pots, soil and anything else that might be helpful in this endeavor! Thanks for the information you gave me about 1.5 years ago about our milk cow. She was a heifer and I was having a hard time getting milk from her and keeping it in the bucket. With your information I continued to milk her regardless of the fits she threw. After about two months the kinks got worked out. She has calved a second time and I have the best mannered cow I have ever been around. She never moves when I milk her and is as gentle as a lamb. She is a true Blessing to our family. Without your information I think I may have given up.<\/p>\n

Mary Ann Nelson
\nFranklin, West Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m so glad to have helped you. We had a doe, Fawn, who was absolutely THE worst bronco I’ve every tried to milk. She kicked, bit, threw herself off the milk stand and even laid down when I tried to milk her. It took Will and me both to even catch and get her ON the stand. But after about a month of all that, suddenly she quit and was absolutely the best goat we’d ever had. Go figure!<\/p>\n

Baker Creek has excellent seeds so it isn’t the seeds. First off, I’d be suspicious of your seed starting medium. I’d either use Jiffy 7 peat pellets or a good seed starter such as Pro-Mix. When you start seeds in poor soil, they never do well, staying small and puny looking. They do like cool weather once outside, although they need warmer temperatures when first germinating. They also need plenty of light when indoors. If you don’t have a south-facing window, put a plain shop light just above the seedlings so they grow nice and strong. I hope these tips will help you get nice plants this year. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Blight resistant tomatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been having so much trouble with tomatoes! Can you recommend tomatoes that are blight resistant?<\/p>\n

Virginia Grooms
\nStout, Ohio<\/em><\/p>\n

Tomato blight can be a real challenge for many gardeners. A few blight resistant tomatoes include Legend, Manyel, Old Brooks and our own Punta Banda plum tomato. To help keep the blight from spreading, water from soaker hoses and try spraying early on with an organic fungicide such as a copper fungicide. Actinovate is a product that has been found to help before the blight strikes. It contains helpful bacteria. It is recommended that these sprays be used weekly when you have had a serious blight problem. <\/p>\n

Destroying all old tomato and potato vines by burning them will also help as it can significantly reduce the over-wintering spores. Better luck this year! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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