Odd Spots For Vegetable Gardens - Growing Vegetables In Strange Places

1. Which vegetables should not be planted near each other?
2. What are the problems encountered in growing vegetables?
3. What is the best location for a vegetable garden?
4. What is an unusual vegetable?
5. Can peppers and tomatoes be planted together?
6. What can you not plant near tomatoes?
7. Why are all my vegetable plants dying?
8. Why is my vegetable garden growing slow?
9. What stops plants from growing?
10. Does vegetable garden need morning or afternoon sun?
11. Should a vegetable garden be in full sun?
12. Does a vegetable garden add value to a house?
13. What is the rarest vegetable in the world?
14. What is the most popular vegetable in the world?
15. What's the most expensive vegetable in the world?
16. Why should you not plant cucumbers near tomatoes?
17. Are banana peels good for tomato plants?
18. Is coffee grounds good for tomato plants?
19. Can I plant tomatoes and cucumbers next to each other?
20. Are coffee grounds good for a garden?
21. What grows best next to tomatoes?

Which vegetables should not be planted near each other?

Other commonly believed plant incompatibilities include the following plants to avoid near one another:

• Mint and onions where asparagus is growing.
• Pole beans and mustard near beets.
• Anise and dill neighboring carrots.
• Cucumber, pumpkin, radish, sunflower, squash or tomatoes close to potato hills.

What are the problems encountered in growing vegetables?

Poor (insufficient) light, excessive watering, high temperatures, excessive fertilization, and crowded conditions are factors that contribute to spindly growth. Proper growing conditions should produce short, stocky transplants.

What is the best location for a vegetable garden?

The ideal vegetable garden location is on level ground or a gentle slope. In choosing a location, avoid any low spots that stay wet in the spring. Also avoid gardening at the bottom of a slope, as air can form a frost pocket.

What is an unusual vegetable?

Here are 18 unique vegetables that can make a healthy and exciting addition to your diet.

• Daikon. Daikon is a winter radish often used in Asian dishes. ...
• Taro root. Taro is a root vegetable that's a popular carb source in Africa and Asia. ...
• Delicata squash. ...
• Sunchokes. ...
• Chayote squash. ...
• Dandelion greens. ...
• Fiddleheads. ...
• Jicama.

Can peppers and tomatoes be planted together?

Tomatoes

Although it's usually recommended to not plant tomatoes and peppers right after each other in the same bed every year, they can be grown together in the same garden bed (and then rotated to another bed next season).

What can you not plant near tomatoes?

Plants that should not share space with tomatoes include the Brassicas, such as broccoli and cabbage. Corn is another no-no, and tends to attract tomato fruit worm and/or corn ear worm. Kohlrabi thwarts the growth of tomatoes and planting tomatoes and potatoes increases the chance of potato blight disease.

Why are all my vegetable plants dying?

Improper watering, poor lighting and pests can all cause vegetable plants to wilt. Water and light issues can affect any type of vegetable and are usually the simplest to fix. Wilt may only affect older leaves or it may hit all the foliage at once.

Why is my vegetable garden growing slow?

Warmth and Sunlight

Vegetable plants also need warm soil and air temperatures to germinate and grow vigorously. In cold soils, seeds often rot or fail to germinate, and plants grow slowly and might not produce fruit.

What stops plants from growing?

Lack of light, lack of water, poor soil conditions, temperatures too low or too high, chemicals, animal urine (My dog killed my apple tree), lack of the correct minerals in the soil, can all contribute to a plant's failure to thrive.

Does vegetable garden need morning or afternoon sun?

Choosing a Plot

Most vegetable plants are full-sun plants, requiring between six and eight hours of sunlight per day. Morning sun is preferable, as afternoon sun is hotter, and you don't want your plants to overheat during the hottest part of the day.

Should a vegetable garden be in full sun?

Like all plants, vegetables need the sun to kick-start photosynthesis. ... The fastest-growing vegetables need full sun (at least 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight a day) without blockage from trees, shrubs, or fences.

Does a vegetable garden add value to a house?

But do gardens increase property value? ... The financial website Investopedia agreed, saying that while homebuyers appreciate well-maintained landscaping and curb appeal, a beautiful yard or garden likely won't add much to the selling price.

What is the rarest vegetable in the world?

Top 10 lesser known vegetables in the world

• 8 Nopales.
• 7 Yardlong.
• 6 Dulse.
• 5 Samphire.
• 4 Celeriac.
• 3 Oca.
• 2 Fiddleheads.
• 1 Romanesco.

What is the most popular vegetable in the world?

Tomatoes are the most popular vegetables in the world. The world produces 177.04 metric tonnes of tomatoes every year.

What's the most expensive vegetable in the world?

While no international price index charts the prices of vegetables, hop shoots are considered among the world's most expensive vegetables, commanding a far higher price than prized white asparagus.

Why should you not plant cucumbers near tomatoes?

Cucumbers' and Tomatoes' Shared Diseases

When growing these two crops together, you must consider the potential for disease. While cucumber mosaic virus does affect both tomatoes and cucumbers, the disease is not limited to these two crops — it affects more than 40 families of plants.

Are banana peels good for tomato plants?

Banana peels are good fertilizer because of what they do not contain. ... This means potassium-rich banana peels are excellent for plants like tomatoes, peppers or flowers. Banana peels also contain calcium, which prevents blossom end rot in tomatoes.

Is coffee grounds good for tomato plants?

Jenn's practice is a good one — coffee grounds can contribute nitrogen to soil and repel slugs and snails (as this Oregon study shows), and egg shells add calcium, helping tomato plants regulate moisture intake and prevent blossom end rot.

Can I plant tomatoes and cucumbers next to each other?

Even with the challenges of cool-climate gardening, tomatoes and cucumbers grow well as companions, along with beans, peas and nasturtiums. ... Start tomatoes six to eight weeks before outdoor transplanting. Cucumbers develop quickly, so they only need three to four weeks from seed to transplant.

Are coffee grounds good for a garden?

Using Coffee Grounds as Fertilizer

But it turns out that coffee grounds contain a good amount of the essential nutrient nitrogen as well as some potassium and phosphorus, plus other micronutrients. The quantity and proportions of these nutrients varies, but coffee grounds can be used as a slow-release fertilizer.

What grows best next to tomatoes?

Good Tomato Companion Plants

Plants recommended for companion planting with tomatoes include amaranth, asparagus, basil, bean, borage, calendula (pot marigold), carrots, celery, chive, cleome, cosmos, cucumber, garlic, lemon balm, lettuce, marigold, mint, nasturtium, onion, parsley, peas, sage, and squash.