Garden Talk: January 6, 2005 From NGA Editors Best Vegetable
Varieties for Gardeners Are you sometimes overwhelmed by the
number of vegetable varieties available? Wouldn't it be great if
you could know, before you plant, which varieties will perform
best in your area? Researchers at Cornell University have
created an interactive database that does just that. The
Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners citizen science project allows
home gardeners to enter the name of the vegetable variety they
have grown, indicate their geographic location, rate its
performance, and write a detailed review. Presently there are
more than 2000 vegetable varieties in the database that you can
browse through. To participate in the Cornell University's
Vegetable Variety database, go to their Web site at:
www.cce.cornell.edu/veg/ Fish Emulsion Stops Damping Off If
you've ever started seeds, you've undoubtedly experienced having
seedlings suddenly keel over at the soil line. This condition,
called damping off, is typically caused by two d