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Need vegetable gardening advice or have a question or problem? Use the menu on the left to find answers to your vegetable gardening problems. You'll get advise and tips about organic gardening, or using compost and manure, compared to mineral fertilizers. Our vegetable gardening expert will advise you on how to grow a great garden in any soil. And you'll get some great tips on effective watering and weeding to maximize your yield and gardening enjoyment - and much more!

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  • Make Your Own Weekly Feed

    Would you like to remove the guesswork from growing healthy plants, and know you’re feeding them just what they need? The Mittleider Magic fertilizer formulas provide all 13 ...

    Last Modified: 2009-10-06Number of views: 180

  • Vegetable Gardens Are The Best Protein Producers, But Animals Have Their Place

    For a vegetable gardening guy to be talking about animals may seem inconsistent to some, but since both provide food they are closely related, so I will discuss the general to...

    Last Modified: 2009-09-19Number of views: 176

  • Finding the Mittleider Magic Ingredients? We've Made It Easy!

    Q Does anyone else have a hard time finding the ingredients in the M method? A. We struggled with this issue for many years until Dr. M and I: (1) simplified the Pre-Plant...

    Last Modified: 2009-09-14Number of views: 244

  • Ideal Growing Temperatures

    Ideal temperatures for growing tomatoes are above 70 degrees daytime and 55 degrees nighttime, and below 95 degrees daytime and 80 degrees nighttime. A 15 degree differenti...

    Last Modified: 2009-07-30Number of views: 321

  • How to Compost For Yours and Your Garden's Health and Safety

    Compost includes 4 basic elements including air, water, carbon, and nitrogen. There are two types of composting, aerobic and anaerobic, meaning with oxygen and without. ...

    Last Modified: 2009-07-30Number of views: 347

  • Weekly Flood Irrigation vs Daily Automated Watering

    Q. The church lot that we have has water rights to the canal adjacent to the property. We can have flood irrigation scheduled for up to an hour once a week. I know you ...

    Last Modified: 2009-06-19Number of views: 440

  • Correct Ratios of Materials for Grow-Boxes (Containers)

    Q. In looking at the mixes for the grow boxes... say the 25% sand and 75% peat moss - is that by volume or by weight? A. Your container mixes should be measured by volume....

    Last Modified: 2009-06-19Number of views: 580

  • Shade Cloth or Other Partial Covering to Reduce Heat

    Q. I live in Mesa AZ and already we are having temps of 107 in May. I need to understand better how to shade my plants so that they don't overheat but still get enough sunl...

    Last Modified: 2009-07-30Number of views: 330

  • Slow-Release Osmocote 14-14-14 Fertilizers Used - What Now?

    Q. I have a square foot garden and I have already planted and used Osmocote 4Mo timed release 14-14-14 fertilizer. Can I still use your fertilizer mix and how much do I use? ...

    Last Modified: 2009-07-30Number of views: 309

  • Lime or Gypsum - Which to Use

    Q. Do I need to add lime or gypsum for my pre-plant mix. I live in Edmonton, Alberta and we have an average annual rainfall of 33cm (13in) and an average annual snowfall of 13...

    Last Modified: 2009-06-19Number of views: 479

  • What String Should I Use to Grow Plants Vertically?

    Q. I'm using t-frames for my tomatoes,and the tomatoes are growing in to the string; should I loosen the string or cut it? I'm afraid the plants' circulation will be cut of...

    Last Modified: 2009-04-28Number of views: 598

  • Using saline well water

    Q. Can I still plant a veg. garden even tough I have well water (salt water)? Its not very salty but still I'm worried. A. You can certainly use well water if it's not t...

    Last Modified: 2009-04-28Number of views: 582

  • Mixing Fertilizer In Small Batches

    Many people only have small containers in which they are trying to grow vegetables, and they only need small amounts of Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed Mixes. Here's how to mix ...

    Last Modified: 2009-04-19Number of views: 700

  • Do I need to prune peas?

    Q. My question is about snap peas. I'm going to grow them vertically and I want to know if they should be pruned like other vining plants. I can find info on beans, tomatoe...

    Last Modified: 2009-04-28Number of views: 578

  • Does the Mittleider Software Run on Vista?

    Q. Why Can't you make some software that runs on VISTA? All newer windows computers have vista on them - we really wanted to buy your software, but all our computers have vis...

    Last Modified: 2009-04-28Number of views: 585

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