Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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Help! Ripeness of Eggplant Varieties

Hello, I have 3 eggplant varieties in my garden that were purchased unmarked, and am having a hard time figuring out wh...
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posted by sacarter
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Tomato seeds, supermarket or packet?

Hi all, I was planning on growing some tomatoes next year. What is the difference between the tomato seeds that i take...
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posted by dommy.scz1z
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gardening on IRC real-time chat

Hello, Just an occasional reminder that there is real-time chat on the Undernet IRC network. You can access it with win...
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posted by sfrom
12 comments posted 23yrs posted by sfrom

Chicken Wire Help

Ok, it has come to putting up a chicken wire fence around my veggies. The rabbits have left nothing but stems of my gre...
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posted by lkcite
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by lkcite

Would a tree make that much of a difference?

Hi, we garden on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada's and have a large willow tree on the East side of the garden....
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posted by rubes
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by rubes

Fortrex pole beans

For what its worth, the J. Beetles are attacking ONLY my Fortrex pole beans. I have a number of other lima and green po...
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posted by hornworm
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Sunflower seeds

Since we have so many sunflowers this year and since they almost all decided to produce (yes, I'm sharing with the bird...
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posted by jsdeboo
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Speaking of Pickles.....

Anyone who saw the old "Andy Griffith Show" episode about Aunt Bee's pickles will get a kick out of this: Oh the County...
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posted by saddlepill
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by saddlepill

Saving pepper seeds

This year I've gotten an awesome crop of habanero's. My question is, how do I save the seeds for use next spring?
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posted by waltbros
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by waltbros

Pepper seeds not true.....

I purchased several varieties of pepper seeds this year from Tomato Growers Supply including a "reduced heat Habanero"...
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posted by hizing
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by hizing

Just picked my first tomatoes!!!!!!

My husband and I built a raised bed for tomatoes this year, and I got carried away and planted 22 plants. I just came f...
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posted by savoye
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by savoye

Got my first tomato!

Hey all, well I got my first Tomato! Although it is really acidic, any way to cut down on the acidity of tomatoes? I al...
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posted by d2do2dmremovetoemail
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by d2do2dmremovetoemail

protecting pumpkins?

we are growing a couple of pumpkins, (whew, the vines!) should i be turning them? newspaper underneath them? anything?...
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posted by readandpostREMOVETHIS
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Felco Pruners?

I am in need of some new pruning shears, and have been thinking about ordering some "Filcos" because of all the good th...
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posted by ken
11 comments posted 23yrs posted by ken

How to save seeds from sweetcorn plant?

I have 7 out of the 30 or so seeds that I planted live, so I want to save a few cobs for seeds to plant next year en-ma...
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posted by noway
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by noway