Q. Dear Peter, I like to mulch my rose bushes during those months that we have lower freezing temperatures, which our area is more prone to have. Is there any difference between using fir/pine needles and using deciduous leaves (usually ground up by my mower) to mulch tender plants? Betty Jones – Graham, WA A….
Day: December 3, 2005
Tomato Blossoms But No Fruit
Q. This year my Early Girl tomato plant had an abundance of blossoms all summer but did not produce one mature ripe tomato. Another tomato plant in the same area did fine. Walter Lachnit – Gig Harbor, WA A. Tomato blossoms are self contained with male and female parts so usually the wind or insects…