Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

tomato side shoots as fetilizer??

Am I imagining this? Many years ago I think I read somewhere that the sideshoots taken from corden tomatoes could be so...

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posted by darkbrowneggs.86ece16

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Question about my Corriander?

Hi folks, ive been growing corriander in my garden and using it pretty often for cooking. However weve had a lot of sun...

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posted by gmb27.86ece16

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Pruning - long branches with leaves ONLY on top

I have several bushes that have long branches (from 12 inches to 3 feet) where there are only leaves on the top. The sh...

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posted by ackeiyword.86e2556

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Leaf Growing ON Cucumber

Hi There, it is my 1st time growing anything and it may sound a strange questions, but I have a Mini Petita Cucumber pl...

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posted by Steveclarke1961.86d7c97

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Is farming to blame?

We're all getting smaller and our brains are shrinking... is farming to blame? Cambridge University experts say humans...

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posted by Wildbilly

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Is my apple tree sapling dying?!

I have grown this apple tree from a seed and so far it has been healthy and growing really quickly. It sits on my windo...

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posted by Lucyj.86690b6

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Courgettes ready to cut?

Hi folks, can anybody tell me at what length I should be cutting off my courgettes? In cm would be good thanks as Ive on...

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posted by gmb27.8659396

11 comments posted 15yrs posted by gmb27.8659396

Bees

I thought there was a bee crisis in the U.S. I have seen more bees in the last few weeks than I have ever seen. I am no...

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posted by mjciccarel

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Pollinating Cucumbers

Curiously the Persian cucumbers have started developing mostly females flowers and only a few males. This morning I had...

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posted by coykiesaol.863edb6

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Time to repot tomatoes?

Last year my tomatoes were over 2 feet tall before they started flowering. Somebody told me not to repot from 4 inch to...

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posted by BigKev.8614ab6

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Snow peas fencing. Question .

Due to the weather I put snow peas in seedling trays under lights for about 2 weeks tops. I guess about 50 plants. I di...

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posted by nospam

5 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam

New threats by Monsanto to family farmers

headline: Family Farm Defenders: Monsanto's failure to provide binding legal covenant to protect family farmers threate...

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posted by Wildbilly

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by Wildbilly

New to cucumbers

Hi I am growing the cucumber variety ?Tasty King F1 Hybrid?. Only thing is, the packet they came in have very little in...

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posted by anthony123hopki.85d5636

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Geranium cuttings

I love white geraiums and last year I had some pure white plants from a supermarket. I liked them so much I decided to...

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posted by coykiesaol.85d01d6

17 comments posted 15yrs posted by coykiesaol.85d01d6

Stupid weather

It's gone from fairly nice temps if rainy here to near 100° temps . I was just out sprinklin' the garden and noticed at...

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posted by snag_one

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