Indian Summer and the Garden
Hi folks!
Some parts of the country have been experiencing an Indian Summer-here in NYC it was 90 degrees! The unusually warm weather may be inspiring your plants to put out new blossoms. If so, and the plant already has fruit on it waiting to ripen, pinch off any blooms so that the plant will concentrate all it’s energy on ripening the fruit it’s already produced rather than on making more. There just isn’t enough time left in the season for both in most parts of the country.

Take advantage of these last warm days of the year to clean up your garden. Remove spent plants, clean out pots and store, and mulch anything you’re leaving in the ground. You’ll be rewarded in the spring with heathy plants, sturdy non weather weakened pots, and a neat and tidy plot ready for another growing season.
gardening, plants, cleaning up the garden, indian summer, mulch

September 30th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
That is a great tip! “If so, and the plant already has fruit on it waiting to ripen, pinch off any blooms so that the plant will concentrate all it’s energy on ripening the fruit it’s already produced rather than on making more.” my tomato plant is doing this right now and we are trying to keep it warm and watered so things will ripen.. I have got to go pinch off some flowers.. Thanks a ton!