Mid-American Gardener

Got tomato problems?

 

Kay and Jen are in the studio this week and teach us how to deal with more tomato challenges. Blossom end rot may be plaguing your tomato vines, but Jen shares her tips to combat the weather and while they don’t look pretty, she reassures us those tomatoes are still good to eat! 


Kay also brings in her heirloom varieties, including Cherokee Purple tomatoes and teaches us how to encourage basil to keep producing leaves. They also answer your questions about growing ginger, tackling crown vetch in flower beds, how to over winter fuchsia, and care for pitcher plants. 

 

If you’ve got any questions for our panelists, please send us an email at yourgarden@gmail.com com, or you can find us on Facebook and Instagram.

 

Air Dates and Times

Channel Day Time
WILL-TV, Urbana Thursday 7 pm (live)
  Saturday 11 am (repeat)
WTVP-TV, Peoria Saturday 11:30 am
WEIU-TV, Charleston Sunday 1:30 pm
WSEC-TV, Springfield Saturday 11 am
WQEC-TV, Quincy Saturday 11 am
WMEC-TV, Macomb Saturday 11 am
Lakeshore PBS, Chicago/Northwest Indiana Friday 1 pm

Featured Entry

Luffa Gourds, Winter Pruning, & When to Start Your Spring Blooming Flowers

Large loofah harvest! Now what? Jennifer Nelson shows us her haul from last summer, and shares some possible ideas of what she’ll do with the unusual fruit. Then, Martie answers questions about pruning dormant trees and shrubs, and when to start cool season crops, as well as early spring flowers every gardener needs!  

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