25 GARDENING MYTHS DEBUNKED

Here are more gardening myths that may or may not be true

MYTH #4. Adding sugar to the soil will make your tomatoes taste sweeter.
FALSE — Tomatoes don t get their sweetness from the soil. That is determined by the type of tomato, as well as plant photosynthesis.
MYTH #5. Nothing grows under a walnut tree.
TRUE — The black walnut produces a chemical that destroys or deters plants from competing with the tree for nutrients in the soil. If you have one, pick up the leaves in autumn and dispose of them, or compost them really well. Some other trees do the same thing, like pines and oaks.
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MYTH #6. Plant potatoes only on Good Friday.
FALSE — Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday, and Easter Sunday occurs at different times in March and April in any given year. Potatoes were never mentioned in the Bible anyway, and are native to the Andes of South America and weren’t introduced to Europe until the 1500 s. Some people called them the Devil s Food, so the Irish would plant them on Good Friday to deter anything devilish about them. There is some snippet of truth, though, since they should be planted in the Spring when the ground starts to warm up, so that s close to Good Friday.