On this week’s episode of Garden Talk, host Ed Buyarski talks about direct sowing seeds, and shares everything you need to start growing potatoes (Spoiler alert: no tires!)
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Ed Buyarski talks about preparing your gardens for spring seedlings, and discusses how to build and fill a raised bed for first-timers.
Find instructions for building a raised bed here: Ed’s Raised box recipe.
If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905
On this week’s episode of Garden Talk, Ed Buyarski reminds us that it’s time to start seeds for spring and summer planting. He shares tips on seed selection, lighting, and transplanting.
Ed Buyarski talks about tending to house plants during the time before spring garden prep begins in earnest. He gives tips on planters, battling fungus gnats, and lighting.
If you have questions for Garden Talk, email edbuyarski@hotmail.com or call 907-209-8905.
Some gardeners may think of vegetable gardening season winding down right now with harvesting already underway or just around the corner. Not true.
There are several vegetables that we can plant right now for late summer or even late fall and winter harvest.
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski says in this edition of Gardentalk that spinach and kale can be planted now for potential harvest in October and November.
Fast-growing lettuce and radishes or slower-growing swiss chard, early turnips, mustard greens, and bok choy are other vegetables that can be grown over the next few months or even over the winter.
He also recommends fertilizing soil in which vegetables had just been harvested. Then, plant cover crop seeds like fava beans, field peas, vetch, and oats.
“This is fast growing material,” Buyarski said. “And at the same time, they are fixing nitrogen which also improves the soil.”
Buyarski said the tips of the beans and peas are great in salads.
“So, you get double benefits,” he said. “You get food and you get soil improvement.”
Juneau area gardeners may have tomato plants in various stages of growth. Now is the time to coax those plants toward potential harvest of the fruit.
In the latest edition of Gardentalk, Master Gardener Ed Buyarski suggests trimming the newly formed flowers, especially if they are just now emerging at the top of the plant.
Also, any yellowing leaves and any parts of the plant showing signs of gray, fuzzy mildew should all be removed.
Gardeners can encourage self-pollination of existing lower flowers by gently shaking the plants. An oscillating fan will also help distribute the pollen in a greenhouse, and extra heat will help extend the growing season.
For those plants that are done flowering or already bearing fruit, Buyarski recommends stressing them by limiting their water to accelerate fruit development.
Buyarski also has suggestions for building or equipping a new greenhouse, such as installing a screen door and windows that allow ventilation at either end and an oscillating fan to promote air circulation inside.
He also recommends clearing the immediate area around the greenhouse of trees or tree branches that could obstruct the sun.
