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Peppers dropping flowers and immature fruit
I can't do much about the heat here in SoCal. Even the shade is 92F today and literature says peppers drop over 90F. So my bell peppers have started to drop their buds and small fruit. I have several...
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Pine Tree
How do you kill a pine tree short of cutting it down? (It is not ours to cut). So far 5 gallons of gas has not helped. MJ
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Plants droop in the hot sun
Some plants, especially the broccoli. Perks up afterward and it's developing normally. It's mulched like crazy and the soil's nice & damp and of perfect tilth. 80 degrees, sunny. Lots of rain in...
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Bell Pepper Spot
My first attempt at peppers. I have a couple of bell pepper plants that are fruiting. I have had two of them that have developed a tissue thin brown spot on them. Is this something that just happens,...
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Bonnie Tomato blight
Just heard an NPR story about tomato blight from Bonnie plants. Three of my tomatoes have it, but another (from a nursery) was planted later 10 feet away that is growing very well and producing fruit.
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Help My Blue Rug Junipers
I have 344 Blue Rug Junipers planted on the hillside in front of my house. They were planted 13 years ago. They are quite large and healthy. The drainage is good and they get enough sun. The problem...
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New plant discoveries at least to you
Watched about 10 minutes of TV this AM on a garden program. They depicted this shade loving red flowered plant which I just ordered from parks . Likes to zone 4. Hope it propagates easily. 1 3 inch...
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ID plant/flower please?
Pic: is growing in Cleveland, Ohio about 3 miles from my house. Not sure how many different types are in that planter, but something was filling up the whole area with aroma from that planter. I do...
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Garden hose
I have two of the home depot variety "kink free" garden hoses. They are far from kink free, in fact they kink all the time when you stretch them out. When you roll them back up you have to keep...
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How soon after I laid sod can I mow it
I just laid new sod 8 days ago, how long should I wait before mowing the lawn? Location is south Florida Miami area, the new sod has already grown to 6" tall, it has rained almost every day. Thanks,...
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Stuff our food
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Plants and Fire Good read
NYT provide a interesting view of fire and plant life. Sort of reminded me of some national parks letting fires burn here in USA. Bill
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Plant a fruit tree at work
I bought a nice mandarin tree today. That is going in to a sunny site along a wall at the office tomorrow. The existing garden has a few shitey little shrubs and what looks like some rubbish clay...
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Canning Peppers
Does anyone know how to can peppers? We did some last year and of course can't find the book. Do you blanch them or do you have to cook them through? Thanks for any ideas. MJ
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Damaged tomato plants
While cleaning out my tomato pots and trimming my plants I noticed my yellow pear had 2 main branches of 4 that had broken spots. It looked like the branch had been twisted like a dish rag aka wrung...
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