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How to fix my cracking regular & grape tomatoes

I've read that it is most likely inconsistent watering. So am I watering too much/too little. Too much at 1 time, not e...
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posted by standish22
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by standish22

My Allotments Wk27 Update

Hi all, despite the weather being dreadful of late as far as a Summe goes most of the crops are enjoying it and the sof...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by PLOTTY.2ea7526
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by PLOTTY.2ea7526

Herbs on North Facing Wall

hello, My new house has a barfe patch of soil beside the back door. It i North facing and walled on the South and west...
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posted by Geoff.Potts.2e9cc66
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by Geoff.Potts.2e9cc66

tomatoes in a cold climate

hi everyone, i am a new member so hello to all! this year i didn't d tomatoes as i had a bad experience with blight a w...
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posted by IZI.2e87ae6
5 comments posted 18yrs posted by IZI.2e87ae6

Sumpthin' to Consider

Rainwater Harvesting ideas.......google gives lots of good ideas for this and greywater usage....
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Charlie
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by Charlie

Tomato Horn Worms

Besides pulling them off when you see them. what's a good way to keep them from cominig back? I don't really want to use...
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posted by tonia73986
16 comments posted 18yrs posted by tonia73986

Gardens in the News

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/04/whats_growing_at_the_white_house/?page=ful...
8 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
8 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Tiny black specks on my Basil and Mint

I have 3 basil plants and one mint plant on my window sill. They needed to be moved to larger pots so I went to my pare...
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posted by ryanmaloof
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by ryanmaloof

Growing Kabochas - When to pick them?

I grow kabocha squash, the so-called Japanese pumpkins. The plants look for all the world to me just like pumpkins, zuc...
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Today's terrible tomato travail theorem.

In past posts I bewailed the poor performance of the tomatoes in my greenhouse, with their leaves turning over and chan...
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posted by videochas
26 comments posted 18yrs posted by videochas

Pulling weeds versus hoeing?

Which would take the least total work, pulling weeds or hoeing? I know that if you can pull a weed up roots and all it...
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posted by neutrino1
9 comments posted 18yrs posted by neutrino1

No Till Farming

If you are interested, you might want to look at the article on no till farming in the July Scientific American (page 7...
11 comments posted 18yrs
posted by wildbilly
11 comments posted 18yrs posted by wildbilly

Allotment in July

Hi I am having a reasonably successful first year on my allotment and i a loving every minute of it! As my crops grow a...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by mw80.2e2e087
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by mw80.2e2e087

Furmint Grape Vines Sought

I've been googling to find a location that sells furmint grape vines without any success. If anyone knows of a vendor, p...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by Pavel314
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by Pavel314