Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

Shrooms

Hi all, First post! I've been viewing for a while and followed much advice fro Sue about tomatoes. Basically I have com...

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posted by Buried.in.Peat.1tyqwf

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Lettuces eaten

Hi to all.. I am a first time lettuce grower (growing them in pati pots), the type im trying to grow is an all year rou...

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posted by cookyfemale.1tyqwe

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Fertilizing established plants

Hi, This is my first year attempting to grow some vegetables and I have a question about fertilizing after the plants a...

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posted by szeik

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flavorless homegrown tomatoes

We bought a home last summer that came with 2 nice raised veggie beds. Previous owner had kindly planted one of the bed...

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posted by ntantiques

9 comments posted 21yrs posted by ntantiques

Tomatillos

I am extremely frustrated trying to grow these. I planted two this year, side-by-side, because I had heard they needed...

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posted by jwxyzferg

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Sunflower Seeds ?

Dumb question but I have one sunflower head that I want to save the seeds from then the birds can have the rest. This i...

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posted by noones_home

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collecting seeds from koriander and other herbs

As an extension of my last post, any suggestions on how to properly fetch viable seeds from koriander plants and other...

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posted by dlwebb

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pumpkin pollination

Regards pumpkins... Pumpkins clearly have distinct and separate male and female flowers on a single pumpkin plant. Can...

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posted by dlwebb

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Corn tastes bad...

... planted Sweet Corn here in Zone 5 NE Indiana and it looks GREAT but has no 'sweet' flavor.. did I wait too long to p...

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posted by Pkevinf

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Why?

I have a healthy crop of strawberries that are flowering but are no producing fruit. Their are plenty of bees for pollin...

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posted by Barzene.1tvywe

5 comments posted 21yrs posted by Barzene.1tvywe

When is tomato sweetest?

Does leaving them on the vine till totally red taste any better than picking them a week or so before? Does chilling or...

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posted by j0069bond

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Strawberries - Hand-Pollinate?

Hi, Everybody, It is just about the end of (a very mild) winter here, but I am already getting some flowers on my straw...

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posted by usenet2005

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Tomato fungus problem.

A few of my tomato plants have developed brown spots and yellowing, which according to a book on tomato problems I have...

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posted by _remove_spam_block_rzitka

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Recommendations for planting in NC?

I am planting an orchard for a sustainable community in NC (15 households) and would love suggestions for edibles to pl...

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posted by invalid1

2 comments posted 21yrs posted by invalid1

Herbicide Made from Corn.

I have read several articals about a preemergence herbicide made from Corn Gluten Meal (CGM) . A biproduct of making co...

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posted by nospam

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