Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Pineapple

Does any one know what a good mulch for pineapples would be? I have about 20 of them but the weeds are getting a little...
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posted by jfma
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Harvest Time

Well, the persimmons are about ready to pick... the scrub jays have shown up. Bill
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posted by spamtrap
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Garden Photography

Hi, I've started a new Yahoo! group on garden photography - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GardenPhotography/. My goal f...
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posted by TheNandakumars
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bannanas in San Diego?

Greetings, I've lived in San Diego, CA since 1969 and am now seeing (for the first time) bananas growing on the local b...
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posted by not
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%&*&^#@?? deer

Returned home today after being away a few days. Deer had eaten all of the beets, all of the swiss chard, half the bean...
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posted by allan.matthews
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How to prep a garden for winter..

I have about a 20 x 10 garden that I started last year. It overgrown with a pumkin vine and some other weeds have gotte...
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posted by steve_sagerian
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When to harvest pumkins..

Hi, I have grown some pumkins this year and I was wondering when I should pull them. We are growning them primarily for...
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posted by steve_sagerian
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Novice - Growing Arugula

I thought I'd try my hand at some container gardening and decided to start with Arugula and Mizuna. I direct seeded in...
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posted by garamand
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Bitter Cucumbers

What makes cucumbers taste bitter? What causes this in the growing process? I have had a purchased (from the grocery st...
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posted by cdonahey41
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Hot Pepper Oil

So, I made some hot pepper oil. I always make some out of the habaneras. They make a lovely scarlet-tinged oil that mak...
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posted by pamrudd
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Cirtique this plan, please.

My smaller secondary garden (maybe 30' x 50')has abysmal soil. I've been planting winter rye in it for the past three y...
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posted by orthwp
14 comments posted 23yrs posted by orthwp

seeds rotten inside fruit

I've got a Roma tomato plant. When I cut open the ripe fruit, I find that some of the seeds have started to rot with si...
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posted by jputters
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Corn question

I've got a question, I've been having a bit of a problem getting my corn to actually create full cobs, last year the yi...
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posted by p.tuley
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Pepper problem: No heat!

I need some advice for next year. I grew Jalapeno, Thai, Cayenne and 1 other hot pepper from Sarawak. None of them are...
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posted by mike.cormack
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What's eating my melons?

In my area we have the usual suspects:squirrels, possums, rabbits and an occasional racoon, although I have not seen on...
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posted by rgoldste
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by rgoldste