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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...
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posted by bill
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by bill

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 retire...
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posted by T
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

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...
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posted by songbird
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by songbird

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...
6 comments posted 5yrs
posted by drew
6 comments posted 5yrs posted by drew

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 t...
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posted by invalid_unparseable
20 comments posted 5yrs posted by invalid_unparseable

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 se...
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by T
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

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 we...
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posted by T
3 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

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 inst...
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posted by T
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

Gardening, yes. Edible, maybe.

I'm in the Brood X cicada territory, but in a town that was mostly cleared farmland until the '60s or '70s. No woods, n...
0 comments posted 5yrs
posted by drew
0 comments posted 5yrs posted by drew

A new, better, year planted

The garden is approximately a disaster, but there is food planted and some growing. After the past year, this is wonder...
2 comments posted 5yrs
posted by drew
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by drew

Just talked to a farmer

Hi All, A customer just called me that use to do farming. He confirmed my suspicion that seeds from Burpee, etc. are no...
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posted by T
2 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

ping songbird: garlic seeds

Hi Songbird, If I like the Trader Joe's garlic I just planted, I was thinking of letting a few go to seed. They are rig...
10 comments posted 5yrs
posted by T
10 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

Plant a store bought onion?

What happens if you plant a store bought onion? Can you cut it into pieces like a potato?
13 comments posted 5yrs
posted by T
13 comments posted 5yrs posted by T

Blackberry prune questin

Hi All, My Blackberry plants are three years old now (and still no flowers or fruit). Each spring, the branches go gree...
19 comments posted 5yrs
posted by T
19 comments posted 5yrs posted by T