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Moles
any good devices for mole prevention. I got cats. Greg
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Overwintered onions
Last year I planted a row of onion sets. Ate about half of them as spring onions and left the rest in the ground to harvest as dry onions in the fall. They went dormant in late summer, then just as I...
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Manually polinate plum tree?
Plums are almost always pollinated by bees, there is little or no wind pollination apparently. Some are self fertile, others are not and some in between. The other trees might or might not be a...
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?? Pine Bark for pH regulation?
Anyone have experience using pine bark for long-term pH control? I'd be interested in reading about your technique/method, quantities needed, and long-term results.
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Manually fertilize plum tree?
I think the word you want is pollination. Have fun ! For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than search it for themselves.
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pear tree - 2nd year - how many pears should I leave on?
I have a small pear tree out front, one of those grafted ones that has 5 different varieties. It just finished blooming, and now it looks like it has 200 to 250 tiny pears on it, since the petals fell...
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Happy Ether
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GMO Pollution
A tip of the hat to "chatnoir" for the following and much more. Western Australia records country¹s first GM contamination By Ricky Roxas | December 27, 2010 7:46 AM GMT Western Australia now earns...
 
Mulching materials
I have a small urban organic vegetable garden within the city limits of Boston, and I'm trying to mulch the heck out of it this year to save on weeding and water. (I have soaker hoses I plan to place...
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Sweet Peppers
Hi Could anybody please tell me how long sweet peppers take to germinate? I have sown the seeds about two weeks ago and had nothing. Also would it be worth trying some more. Thank You Cabbage Patch
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garden cress
Hi, people, I decided to grow some garden cress a week or so ago, the reason being I had a pet budgie, and I am looking to introduce more veg, fruits etc into his diet, read online that they can eat...
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Just another onion question
I finally went outside and looked at my garden boxes today- and, woo, my lettuces are finally sprouting and coming above ground! I got a better germination rate than I thought, and i'll definitely be...
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Botrytis
Hi I'm new and posting on behalf of my father. He would like your recommendations for a suitable fungicide for botrytis on tomatoes, cucumber (both in-doors), strawberry and gooseberry mildew (both...
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Assistance please with Victoria Plum
Hi, I have a small victoria plum tree that has been trained against a sun facing fence. I have noticed that the branches are covered in what I can only describe as tiny barnacle like attachments. The...
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SUPERWEEDS
Scientific American, May 2011 AGRICULTURE The Growing Menace from SUPERWEEDS Pigweed, ragweed and other monsters have begun to outsmart the advanced technologies that protect the biggest U.S. cash...
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