Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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rec.gardens.edible pawpaw fruit with blackened surface There is a pawpaw tree here with fruit whose skin turns partiall...
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posted by ht
4 comments posted 10yrs posted by ht

should I pull a sick zuke?

Hi All, I have a zuke with short stems (1 to 2") and brittle yellowish leaves. Its leaves crack in half if you attempt...
14 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
14 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

when mildew isn't mildew

Hi All, I freaked out for no reason on the powder mildew front on my Ronde de Nice Zukes. Turns out that is the way the...
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

Rain

We had a nice, soft, rain yesterday, last night and most of this morning. About 2.2 inches and everything in the yard s...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by gms23_39
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by gms23_39

Hot

At 6:15pm CST the thermometer on our back porch, in the shade, is showing 101F. I reckon that's as hot as I've seen in...
6 comments posted 10yrs
posted by gms23_39
6 comments posted 10yrs posted by gms23_39

Germinate chia seeds in jelly o agar-agar

Good evening,I was wondering if it was posible to sprout chia seeds in agar-agar o fruit jelly.
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by Toto.12203b69
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by Toto.12203b69

Crop Rotation for Pumpkins

I cleared an area last year for pumpkins and winter squash and got a good c rop out of it. I'm using it for the same cr...
2 comments posted 10yrs
posted by pintiha
2 comments posted 10yrs posted by pintiha

Last year's peas

The remainder of last year's Red Rippers and WhipPoorWill peas are cooking with some ham from last night for tonight's...
1 comments posted 10yrs
posted by snag_one
1 comments posted 10yrs posted by snag_one

Zuke update

Hi All, Warning: I am rambling here. Okay, I make up for my black thumb with quantity. I counted my zuke plants. Sixtee...
0 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
0 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

okay, it is the soil!

Hi All, Lesson learned, maybe. This year for the first time I had reseeded tomatillos sprouting up. Two of the guys see...
10 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
10 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

when to pick a pepper

Hi All, No Peter Piper jokes, unless they are funny, the yo have dispensation. I have a Sandia plant (Chimayo or Mew Me...
18 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
18 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

'Maters !

Got 7 quarts cooling in the pressure canner as I type , looks like we'll get one or two batches this size every week fo...
16 comments posted 10yrs
posted by snag_one
16 comments posted 10yrs posted by snag_one

My first cherry Tomato!

Hi All, I got my first cherry tomato today! My wife's eyes lit up when she ate it. :-) I have a million more green ones...
7 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
7 comments posted 10yrs posted by T

How to you properly nurture a pepper?

Hi All, I picked up two Sandia pepper plants on sale. These are an heirloom Chimayo (New Mexico Red) pepper. Chimayo is...
16 comments posted 10yrs
posted by T
16 comments posted 10yrs posted by T