Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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my entire back yard is infested with mites!

I've never seen them this bad. They're all over my lawn, and they're all over my garden. I just don't think the little...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by d-duperault
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by d-duperault

immature grapes are disappearing

I have a robust (table) grape plant, but something is picking off the immature grapes as they first bud. I had ants wal...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ob
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by ob

sweet corn spout leaves all yellow

My sweet corn sprouts are all green and yellow. Are the yellow parts dried out? I have been watering everyday-every oth...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ben1
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by ben1

motion-detecting owl?

Hi folks; I was wondering if anyone could comment on the effectiveness of motion-detecting owls, such as this: http://t...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dc2772
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by dc2772

Bending/Breaking Garlic Plants

Recently somebody told me the either bent over or broke off their garlic plants in order to drive more energy down into...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by bob
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by bob

Anybody fiddleheading?

Here in northern Maine the fiddleheads are just sprouting. Picked enough for 2 meals the other evening near the swamp....
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jingome
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by jingome

Question about tractor

I use a 1955 Super MTA in my garden and I was hoping for some help. I want to convert it to a wide front end. The deale...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by purduenospam
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by purduenospam

The Mystery of the Cut String

Five times now this Spring I've gone out in the morning to find that one of the coarse white cotton(?) strings in my ga...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by galt_57
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by galt_57

heating pad for seeds

I got a really late start planting my seeds (indoors)I was thinking of putting my seeds (tomato, bell/hot pepper, basil...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lotus33
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by lotus33

tomatoes grown in pots on patio

I am growing two tomato plants in large pots on my patio. I got one Green Zebra and one Purple Cherokee. Both say they...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by no
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by no

Artichoke

I live in the Mojave desert in California (I don't know what zone it is). My question is, since the area I live in free...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by Waltbros
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by Waltbros

Re:Getting rid of Whitefly

>tobacco of any kind is not a good idea. it was used in the Victorian age, >it >will kill all insects including the goo...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by glenna
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by glenna

home made insecticide

Is there a home made insecticide/repellent that i can use to spread on my plants? I want to stay away from poisen, and...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ben1
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by ben1

Hungarian Wax versus Hungarian Hot

Just got off the phone with a buddy who is new to gardening. He was looking at Hungarian Wax, and Hungarian Hot at the...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by DUSTkapna
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by DUSTkapna