harvest mistakes

Couper la tige des courges au ras du fruit : pourquoi elles pourrissent

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I cut my winter squash flush with the fruit just to make the pile look tidy: by December, what was spreading under the sta...

That neat, flush-cut squash stem you admired in September becomes an open wound by December. Gardeners who trim stems too short sacrifice months of storage life, inviting rot, mold, and bacterial decay that spreads across entire shelves. The fix is simple—but only if you know the rules before you harvest.

Why Your Onions Rot in Storage: The Watering Mistake That Ruins Entire Harvests

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Why Your Onions Rot in Storage: The Watering Mistake That Ruins Entire Harvests

Bent onion tops aren’t a distress signal—they’re a finish line. Continuing to water after this stage waterlogged your bulbs and invites the fungal pathogens that destroy entire harvests in storage. The solution lies in understanding what’s happening inside the bulb during senescence and respecting the narrow curing window that determines whether your onions last three weeks or six months.