#YouShouldDoThis: Lyndon Penner's Top 3 garden tips for Aug. 12
CBC gardener Lyndon Penner explains how you should spend your time in the garden
CBC gardening columnist Lyndon Penner explains what you should do in the garden in the final weeks of July:
Be Picky
Keep those beans well-watered and picked! The more you pick, the more they will produce.
Beans are best when picked small, thin, and tender. New gardeners especially don't realize how quickly the pods will plump up, and then it's like eating plywood.
Pick every morning for best results!
You say tomato, I say 'Feed me'
Tomatoes and peppers are heavy feeders, especially in containers.
Do not skimp out on fertilizing them! You can buy actual tomato food if you like, but the important thing is that they are well-watered and well-fed!
Vine time
Pumpkins and squash will have fruit developing on the vines by now.
Some gardeners like to limit the number of fruits to one to three per vine. This helps them achieve maximum shape and size. Some folks will also slide a piece of cardboard or wood underneath the developing fruit to help keep disease organisms from finding them.
Finding a pumpkin that has rotten or succumbed to a bacterial infection is no fun at all. This helps to prevent that.
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