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Re(2): tomato watering regimen?
Thank you, Bill. I had some last year and wasn't sure if it was calcium or changed watering that was the problem. This year, I placed 3 or 4 calcium pills with each plant. If it worked for you, it'll...
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Re: Yellowing and Slow Growing Pepper Plants
Ut, oh. Bloodmeal (or more poopy) is your friend. Pat hit it on the head ... you have a recipe for N shortage going there. Two thoughts come to mind. 1) the bloodmeal or additional source of N is a...
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Re: Spreading asparagus yields
There are a lot of factors that come into play here. A major one that the mulch will keep the soil cold longer. How much longer? How much mulch? Another factor to consider is that having the mulch...
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Re:Tomatoes not ripening
LOL, Pat. Yes I know, but to be completely honest with our fellow gardeners, we must refer to those raised in the garden, at least from plants. I am so pleased because I found some almost ripe...
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Horse manure in a pit question
So I've dug these 4' deep by 5' diameter pits in order to put soil into my potato tire towers. A kind friend gave me a load of reasonably dry horse manure, which nicely filled the pits back up to...
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Dog eats tomatos
Our female MinPin has once again decided that our tomato plants are in *HER* yard for *HER* dining pleasure. Nice green tomatos that are lightening up are slowly picked by her, and enjoyed. I come in...
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Possible cure for Fusarium Wilt infected soil
Everyone, I've been researching this Fusarium Wilt problem for some time now and suspect I also have this problem in my garden. It seems that once your garden soil has been infected the cure requires...
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cilantro flowers - prune?
I have seen some messages on this newsgroup that suggest removing the flowers from herbs to keep them producing during the summer. Should I do this with my cilantro, which is now covered with tiny...
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Re: problem with ducks, geese & coons
Amen!!!
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Geez! Tomato Hornworms
Hey all -- was gone for the weekend and went to take a look at the garden yesterday (which up until this weekend was doing A-OK). Well, my beautiful tomato plants were all branches and limbs. No...
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Re: Beginner garden, Zone 8a, need tips
Sure. if you start in august, you will be growing mostly fall greens, and those are a) the most nutritious of all veggies and b) in most cases you can let them go to seed and collect seeds for future...
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Re: Water question>> AC condensate?
I've been using condensation water from my air conditioner on my front porch container plants for two years now, and they do extremely well with it. They actually seem to do better with this water...
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Little black beetles in runner flowers.
Hello people, first timer here, sorry if this subject has been covered before but the problem is I have numerous little black beetles is and around the flowers of my runners...no, there not black...
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Re: Grapes
This is not an answer to your question but I was taught that grapes are not native to New England. Growing up in Connecticut we learned that grapes were imports to the continent as were the settlers....
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Re: Tomato problems: potato leaf vs, regular leaf (cut leaf?)
Colour me foolish... laboritories? I dunno; tinkering too much? Human curiousity run amuck? jcm Toronto, Canada Canadian zone 5b, U.S. zone is apparently 4b I'm just trying to find my way amongst the...
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