Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

The stinkyest smell gardening list.

What gardening smell tops this. I just did this today. And showered and it still isn't coming off. Get a 5 year old bot...

17 comments posted 16yrs

posted by nospam

17 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

How to tell cantaloupe, cucumber and honey dew plants apart

I planted by seed this year and didn't do a good job of marking which was which. What I thought were watermelon plants,...

9 comments posted 16yrs

posted by jeff_thies

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by jeff_thies

Fruits flowering too early?

Hi there, I bought a couple of tomato plants and a strawberry at the beginning of April which are doing well in their c...

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posted by Livs.6620b06

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by Livs.6620b06

Favorite gardening books in no particular order

I would like to know why not how you garden. "Wild Wealth" Library of Congress Catalog card number 70-161240 1971 Sorry...

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posted by b2forewagner

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by b2forewagner

You Can Keep Your "Heirloom" Tomatoes

I live in Florida in U.S.A. In Florida it is summertime and has been since mid-April. Daytime highs (Farenheit) in mid-...

15 comments posted 16yrs

posted by balvenieman

15 comments posted 16yrs posted by balvenieman

Bug, bugs,

Hello, Id like some suggestions for bug control. I got bugs holes in my eggplant leaves already . Two days ago it was 1...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by nospam

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by nospam

Cucumber seedling

Hello, The other day I was given a cucumber seedling for my birthday. I left it for a few days outside, then popped it...

1 comments posted 16yrs

posted by skidia.660b987

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by skidia.660b987

Is stored water safe for leafed crops

I have two 1000 litre storage tanks which collect water from the roof, and I then use to water our vegatable garden. Ob...

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posted by joggerman.6606528

16 comments posted 16yrs posted by joggerman.6606528

Pumpkin help

Hello All I planted a seed from my halloween pumpkin last year and it grew! it flourished into a big plant, it would fl...

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posted by Veggieveg.65fbc66

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by Veggieveg.65fbc66

Tomato Wilt

For three years now I have lost my tomatoes to wilt. Can anyone tell me why? MJ

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by mjciccarel

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by mjciccarel

Strawberries and slugs

I am having a problem with slugs and my strawberries, as soon as they get almost ready to pick these little slugs eat ho...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by aluckyguess

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by aluckyguess

Too cold for beans? and a carrot question...

I planted three kinds of beans early last week. The weather had been quite warm, the soil was warm, and the beans were...

5 comments posted 16yrs

posted by just_a_ghost

5 comments posted 16yrs posted by just_a_ghost

Help with my tomato plants

Hi everyone, I have decided to give growing my own veg ago, all seemed fine unti now, i need some expert help! I have a...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by Veggieveg.65e1686

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by Veggieveg.65e1686

cucurbit stem woes

The stem of one of my cucurbits (I thought it was a watermelon, but it is probably some other melon) has gotten flatten...

1 comments posted 16yrs

posted by jeff_thies

1 comments posted 16yrs posted by jeff_thies

Asparagus confusion

I'm somewhat enamored with the idea of crops you don't have to plant every year, so I've bought some asparagus, after m...

8 comments posted 16yrs

posted by jeff_thies

8 comments posted 16yrs posted by jeff_thies