No, it’s not a furry animal that eats your vegetables and wears a mask – that’s a Racoon!
Ratoons are second crops that grow from the stumps or stubble of the first. This according to Barbara Pleasant who writes for GrowVeg.com, the company that created the wonderful gardening planning tool I use. You can also subscribe to this newsletter and get great money saving tips like this.
You can read more about Ratoons and learn how to rejuvenate your plants and get a second harvest from the same plants! So do not pull out those plants yet. Try the process Barbara suggests in her article here and let me know the results!
I love hearing from you – please write!
Happy Digging,
Doreen Pollack, The Garden Goddess
www.down2earthgardens.com
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You can do this to indeterminate tomatoes, okra, eggplant, chilis, and tomatillos.
If they are ratty and heat-exhausted in late August, harvest all you can, then prune half of the plants back to stubs.
As soon as they are producing again, cut the other half of the plants.
That way you don't have a 6-week gap with no veggies.
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