Zucchini can be one of the most prolific plants in your garden, but proper nutrients are key to grow fruit. When it comes to fertilizing, timing is everything.

Vegetable plants need nutrients to produce a healthy crop. Learn how often and when to fertilize your vegetable garden based ...

Happy summertime. I hope you’re all enjoying waterfalls and (soon) watermelons. This month’s column features tips for growing squash, as well as ways to reduce voles from devouring your harvest.

You can place a board between your plants, raising one end an inch or so. They often gather in the moist shade under the board. Lift the board and if they are there drop it back down and step on it.

In short, fertilizer feeds your plants by nourishing soil health with essential nutrients that are soaked up by plant roots. 'Fertilizers provide key nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium ...

I lost all of my squash plants to insects and disease earlier this season. Skip to main content Skip to main content ... add a side dressing of 5 pounds of 5-10-10 fertilizer per 100 square feet.

Q: I have seven huge butternut squash plants — sprawling vines, huge leaves, and NO blossoms. Last year I had healthy-looking plants, blossoms, NO squash. Any ideas what is wrong? — Ali… ...