Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Wasps: Muddabbers and Yellow Jackets

[posted to ba.garden, too--TR] Damnation and Brimstone! These pests are raiding my beef steak, Brandywine, and cherry t...
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posted by cuhulain___98
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New Mexico Chile Peppers

I just bought 10 pounds of roasted Hatch, NM chile peppers. These look like the Anaheim peppers we grow here in Texas,...
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posted by jwxyzferg
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Cooper Fungicide

Hi, Ive just sprayed my plum and cherry with murphys traditional coppe fungicide, using the dose recommended. (My plum...
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posted by gasdoctor.2czqlq
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Anyone tried to grow ahipa, or seen seeds?

Ahipa or Ajipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa) is a close relative of the yam bea or jícama (Pachyrhizus erosus). It has large root...
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posted by echinosum.2cyfle
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Celery

I'm growing celery for the first time and have already picked individual stalks for my salad for the last couple weeks....
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posted by lnvalid
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Shallot Preserve

I'm looking for ways other than drying to preserve shallots and garlic. I find that a certain percentage of my annual h...
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posted by nospam
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Yellow Submarine Cucumber

Burpee has a cucumber called "Yellow Submarine"....
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posted by neutrino1
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Basil Buddings?

[Another article posted to ba.garden, too. -- TR] I live in Zone 9. We've been experiencing some wild weather with temp...
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posted by cuhulain___98
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Rejuvenating pole beans

If I cut my tired pole beans down to about 3 feet tall, strip any remaining fruit off the vines, and side dress them wi...
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posted by zxcvbob
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Unknown squash/pumpkin

I planted 3 Rouge pumpkins, 3 New England pie pumpkins, 3 "Sweet Mama Buttercup" squash, an acorn squash, a butternut s...
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posted by mag
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What's your verdict?

I start seeds in styrofoam cups. I do exclusively square foot gardening and have several boxes going. I use the 32oz cu...
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posted by jccsplace
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jujube seeds

Has anyone cracked open jujube seeds in order to sprout the embryo? All the ones I've opened are hollow. Is a hollow see...
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posted by rtdrury
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