Growing Guides ·
When to Pick Jalapeños: Green, Red, and Corked
Pick green at full size and firm for classic heat, or leave them to red for sweetness. What the white corking lines mean, and why picking gives you more.
Harvesting & Storing
8 guides in Growing Guides.
Growing Guides ·
How to Store Garlic So It Keeps Until Next Summer
Cured garlic keeps six to ten months in a dark, dry, airy spot at room temperature. Why the fridge ruins it, and what to do with a bulb that has sprouted.
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When to Harvest Butternut Squash: Three Signs, Not One
Butternut picked early never sweetens and never keeps. The colour, the stem and the fingernail test, plus the curing that turns it from starchy to sweet.
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When to Harvest Sweet Potatoes, and Why Curing Matters
Sweet potatoes are dug on days-from-planting, not on a visible sign, and they taste of nothing until cured. The 100-day count, and the ten days that make them sweet.
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How to Store Cilantro So It Lasts More Than Two Days
Cilantro wilts fast because it is mostly water with thin leaves. The jar method, what actually freezes well, and why drying it is largely a waste.
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When to Harvest Pumpkins: Three Signs, Not the Calendar
Rind hardness, stem colour and a hollow sound tell you it is ready. Why you must cut the stem rather than carry by it, and the curing that decides storage life.
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When to Harvest Potatoes: Two Crops From One Plant
New potatoes come at flowering; storage potatoes need the tops to die back first. How to tell which stage you are at, and how to cure them so they keep.
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When to Harvest Garlic (Count the Brown Leaves)
Garlic is ready when three or four lower leaves have browned and five or six are still green — usually July. How to read the plant and test before you dig.
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