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Tomato blossom set hormone - how to use?

I have had a plastic spray bottle (mechanical, not pressured) of "Tomato Hold" for probably over 20 years. Of course, I...
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Broad beans

Helo group UK gardener here I am trying to solve a problem which I had last year as a newbie gardener. 50% of my broad...
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Gardening Project for Kindergarten

I am teaching a kindergarten class about plants and one of the "science" projects is growing a series of plants from se...
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posted by cuhulain_98
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Earth Day

Good a day as any to go over what is necessary to get healthy food. This was posted 10 months ago, probably by Charlie,...
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posted by wildbilly
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From our "Way To Go" Dept.

Here's an example of a face-saving charity move gone horribly, horribly wrong: Dow Chemical is sponsoring Walleye Fest,...
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posted by me
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Country Wines

Is there anyone out there making country wines? I started because I didn?t know what to do with all the Gooseberries an...
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posted by PeterGreenMan.464d3a6
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Well, it's been awhile since I've posted

but nothing much has changed... http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/21/1523206&art_pos=3"Monsanto, a US ba...
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posted by me
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Never Rains But What It Pours

We've been sitting on our arses most of the spring, enduring rain and cold and itching to get things going, doing what...
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posted by Charlie
1 comments posted 17yrs posted by Charlie

Roundup to kill daylilies in raspberry patch?

I've got some old daylilies that keep coming back in my raspberry patch and I don't know what to do about them. I can't...
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posted by whit9000
22 comments posted 17yrs posted by whit9000

Good organic/IPM supplier in Idaho?

Hi, my dad has been ordering all his organic gardening supplies from an outfit somewhere in Idaho, only now he has lost...
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posted by whit9000
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Any way to improve rubbish Top Soil?

Hi there, Last year on a budget we made some raised beds & I was suckered by a skip company into buying top soil from t...
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posted by iantib.462d967
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Time release fertilizers

I grow everything in containers, and use Pro-Mix BX as the soil medium. Very happy with it. It drains so well, I worry...
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posted by Tim
50 comments posted 17yrs posted by Tim

Help! Do I keep digging?

Total newbie in need of help! We've had so much rain here. Do I try to keep on digging on wet sticky clay soil or wait...
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posted by ElleJay.46230a6
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by ElleJay.46230a6

Greenhouses

I live in XXtreme SW Utah at 3900' elev., north of St. George. Not sure what zone, as it varies with the book. 6 I thin...
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posted by oldfart
7 comments posted 17yrs posted by oldfart

What to do with dead squirrel?

Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap...
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