Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Tomatoes

Something's in the ground where I raise tomatoes, killing the back row. I planted them about 3 feet forward last year a...
12 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nobodyhere.edu
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by nobodyhere.edu

Miniature orange tree

Hi I brought a miniature orange tree a few months back. Tree seems very healthy, I have had some problems with a bug I...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by mazda28.8b84db6
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by mazda28.8b84db6

squirrel took a chunk out of my cantalope.

A squirrel took a chunk out of my cantaloupe. About the size of a nickel. and half a nickel deep. Cantaloupe is 4 inche...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nospam
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

almost 40 pound watermelon

We just picked the watermelon. I weighed 1/2 of it, 19.5 pounds. Tastes pretty good too. I will post links when I get pi...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by susan_r23666
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by susan_r23666

squirrel & Brussels sprouts questions

I have two garden issues right now that I would appreciate some help with: 1) Although I didn't see a single squirrel o...
9 comments posted 15yrs
posted by none
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

Greenfly on sweet peas

I had a bad infestation (on sweet peas) so I drenched them in soapy water. The greenfly were washed away, but now the p...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by Tufty.8b5aab6
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by Tufty.8b5aab6

A Good Read

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576486421307171028.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Life%26Culture#art...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by derald
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by derald

organic gardening, actual experiences

a fun season so far... with the soil being fairly heavy here the drought has been a challenge at times, but we've kept...
7 comments posted 15yrs
posted by songbird
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by songbird

My garden plants are huge.

My tomato plant are 6 ft tall. falling over the cages. my eggplants are 3 ft tall. peppers are kicking ass. onions are...
8 comments posted 15yrs
posted by nospam
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

The smell

of freshly picked cantalope is wafting throughout my house . When I went out to check the garden early this morning , I...
42 comments posted 15yrs
posted by snag_one
42 comments posted 15yrs posted by snag_one

split cantaloup/melon - still safe to eat?

If a melon/cantaloup splits while on the vine, can you still eat it? I only saw two ladybugs and a bee on the split sect...
1 comments posted 15yrs
posted by standish22
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by standish22

broccoli has failed to flower at all

My plants look pretty normal, nice big leaves etc. The only problem is, here it is August and not one of them has flowe...
2 comments posted 15yrs
posted by girod1
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by girod1

Progress? report

So far my zucchini has given up the ghost. We planted a few more and will see if we can get enough before frost. My cuc...
0 comments posted 15yrs
posted by susan_r23666
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by susan_r23666