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When to plant garlic?
Hi All, Now this is all over the web, but I'd rather hear it from someone I trust. I got my garlic in the mail yesterday. have usually waited till after the first front to plant. What actually is the...
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plenty of rain
it is pretty much the end of the gardening season here now with recent rains putting an end to this round of the dry bean harvest. the dry beans were picked through pretty well before the rains...
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last batch of tomatoes
finished up last night for the canning season, 20 quarts. this is very early for us to be done but the plants don't have enough on them now to do a batch with. we'll just pick and eat them when...
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Dry Farmed Tomato?
Hi All, What in the world is a "Dry Farmed Tomato"? And how do they avoid "blossom rot" from the lack of water? Perplexed, -T
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first tomatoes put up
picked yesterday morning and put them up last night once it cooled off a bit outside. i don't really much like the variety of tomatoes we planted as they are texturally like store bought tomatoes,...
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2 years ago
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Cukes + Tomatillos ??
Hi All, I goofed and double planted Cucumber and Tomatillos seeds in the same ground pot. Both came up. The tomatillo towers over the cucumber. Here is the weird part. Both of them are doing about...
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2 years ago
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Does a plant drink water from the leaf?
When we water the tomato plants does it matter if we water the leaves? Do the tomato plants "feel" the water when it's "on" the leaf? Can they absorb the water from the leaf? Or only from the ground...
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OT: Ping Frank: Dad joke for you
Hi Frank, This "dad" might cause brain damage, so be careful. Don't say you were not warned. Now I know you as a retired chemist HAVE to know the answer to this PRESSING question! If not, my faith in...
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Solution for apple maggot and codling moth problems?
apple cider vinegar or distilled vinegar? or will any vinegar do? i'm all in favor of not spraying a bunch of poisons on the trees. i was going to start a cider apple patch out back but i never got...
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onion experiment
the seeds i planted last year worked out fairly well. today i was out weeding and lifting up what i want to keep or use. there's plenty more tiny bulbs left in there that will keep growing for this...
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Tomatoes, v2021
So I went out to the garden to check on just how much of a disaster it is (and it is), and discovered a double handful of ripe Black Plum tomatoes. I'd expected the tomatoes to be struggling, as I...
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Speaking of critters
Wife looked out at noon to see a groundhog messing with flowers on our deck. Highly unusual as our deck is 10 ft. off the ground and he had to climb stairs. He was a youngster and I checked the area...
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What critter is doing this?
Hi All, Some critter is making 6" diameter half circle holes in my garden. They stay away from the plants so no harm seems to be done. Yesterday, I found two next to each other. There does not seems...
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Dormant garlic question
Hi All, When garlic goes "dormant" in the early spring, how long does it stay dormant? Is it waiting for fall and the weather to cool down? And should I water my dormant garlic? Many thanks, -T
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Dad Joke for Gardeners
Hi All, All of have grown or tried to grow a tomato at some point in our lives, so each and every one of us should instantly know the answer to this pressing question! Q. Why did the tomato blush? A....
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