1. Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office
Home Vegetable Garden
Part 2
Vegetable Plant Care
Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office
June 2002

2. Sometimes a little special care pays off
Removal of tomato suckers increases fruit production

3. Blanching is a process of denying light to certain plants to make them more tender, less bitter, more attractive

4. Pollination assistance
Transfer ripe pollen from male to female flowers
Touch anthers to stick pistil in center of female flower

5. Pollination Assistance
Squash, Cucumbers, Melons
Small Corn Patch
shake the stalks
Tomato Plant
shake plants to assist self pollination and initiate fruit set

6. Control of Pests

7. Plant pest resistant cultivars

8. Beneficial Insect

9. Plant a mix of flowers & herbs
Queen-Anne’s lace, goldenrod, yarrow, penta, herbs

10. Companion Planting

11. Identify Pests
Chewing Insects
Corn ear Worm
Tomato fruit worm

12. Piercing / Sucking Insects
Stinkbug
Aphid

13. Disease Tomato Early Blight Prune out & destroy disease shoots
Disinfect shears b/w cuts

14. Powdery
mildew

15. Harvest Time