Vegetables benefit from incorporation of fertilizer at planting and throughout the summer to keep plants producing. Scout plants several times a week to stay ahead of heavy insect infestations.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
Summer can be a challenging time for gardeners, especially when it comes to the excessive heat and high humidity.
Tomato plant infected with Southern bacterial wilt (left) next to a healthy plant.
—LSU AgCenter/Raj Singh
BATON ROUGE — Vegetable growers all over Louisiana are facing Southern bacterial wilt and bacterial spot in tomatoes and pepper production.
Tomatoes should be caged or staked to help prevent disease and to provide support for large, heavy fruit.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
There are many things to be done in the lawn and in the garden as we transition from the spring into the summer.
LSU AgCenter agent André Brock shows off tomatoes during the virtual tomato field day held recently in St. James Parish.
—LSU AgCenter/Johnny Morgan
PAULINA. — The annual tomato field day had to be canceled this year, but the research continued.
Improper watering and calcium deficiency can be the cause of blossom end rot in tomatoes says an LSU AgCenter horticulturist.
—LSU AgCenter/Heather Kirk-Ballard
I’ve been getting a great deal of questions about tomatoes lately. ‘Tis the season. Most folks who planted vegetable gardens in this spring are now reaping the fruits of their work.
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