Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Last year, fungus fungus everywhere

Hi all, I live in Zone 4 - Northern VT. Last year was not a good year for my garden. We had a very wet, cold rainy summ...
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posted by Mess
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by Mess

paprika

I bought some fresh paprika in Hungary. How long is it good for storage?
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posted by slyboots9
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Storing Seeds

What is the best method for storing saved seeds? Just dried and shelled some bean seeds and would like to keep them for...
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posted by dannyb
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corn half grown

I just got a cob of corn from the garden, and it looks perfect on on end, has nice juicy kernels that have a milky liqu...
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posted by Witchy.Mama.1il0vy
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Attn: NZers

Hi, Everybody, New Zealanders may want to start checking for cabbage loopers about now. I just found my first ones of t...
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posted by anyone
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Haas Avocado didnt Fruit last year -- Please Help

We have a 4-year-old Haas Avocado in Southern California and it has been giving us from 20-35 fruits per year, until la...
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posted by sysaron
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by sysaron

Idaho potatoes

What variety is the well-know Idaho potato? The seed catalogs never identify any of their varieties as the "Idaho" pota...
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posted by DUSTkapna
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by DUSTkapna

tomato black spot

Each year, my tomatoes have a black rotten spot on the lower side that ruins half the crop. Does this indicate some kin...
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posted by billbernice1
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Seeking source for cheap tomato seeds

A relative in the Caribbean asked me to send them some tomato seeds. Normally, I could find them in Big Lots and Walmar...
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posted by cindi
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by cindi

scallopini squash?

I'm curious about the 'scalloped' summer squash I'm seeing in the seed catalogs, particularly the yellow varieties with...
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posted by d-duperault
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is there a difference in seeds?

Now that I'm being inundated with seed catalogs, I find myself wondering if there is a difference between the seeds I c...
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posted by d-duperault
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by d-duperault

Vegetable garden for guinea pigs (and people too!)

Since we got our guinea pigs a couple of weeks ago, I've been feeding them most of their greens from what I have in the...
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posted by cpetersky
13 comments posted 21yrs posted by cpetersky

Organic garlic growers

Are there newsgroups which talk directly about organic garlic growing? Thanks Magdalena Bassett
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posted by magda
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by magda