Daily Archives: June 8, 2011

New Video: Transplanting Tomato Sprouts

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Christy

Check out the newest instructional video on the Gardenerd YouTube channel. We show you how we transplant  tomato sprouts into bigger pots and nurture them to planting size. Cool tips for you
from Gardenerd!

Transplanting Tomatoes

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Gardening Joys – Harvesting Corn

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Christy

There’s an old adage that advises corn growers to have the water boiling before you pick the corn.   So as I write this there is a pot of water coming to a boil on the stove. It’s harvest time
for sweet corn here in our test garden, and here’s the blow-by-blow:

We grew Stowell’s Sweet Corn, an heirloom variety, for the first time this year. We planted 20 plants in a 4×4 square foot bed (using Grow BioIntensive hexagonal spacing. Confession: the bed should
only have fit 16 plants, but we …
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