Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

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today's pic of a bean cross

i planted these on June 8th. https://www.anthive.com/img/beans/thm/DSC_20230811_090131-0400_2173_Purple_Dove_Cross_thm....
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posted by songbird
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by songbird

Zucchini

It was mentioned on here not long ago about end rot. My zucchini plants took off, and are huge. I picked one over a foo...
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posted by michael.trew
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garlic harvest

two days ago i got it lifted and cleaned up enough to cure. i'm trying something a bit different to see how it goes. i...
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posted by songbird
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by songbird

Onions from seeds?

Are they one or two year to harvest?
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posted by T
4 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

Of Tomatoes and Light

Hi All, I occasionally take picture of my garden at various point in its lifecycle. I though I was only taking a pictur...
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posted by T
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Zuke Test

Hi All, Another silly test of mine., Since squash bugs only lay eggs one, it is recommended to plant zukes AFTER the ov...
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posted by T
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scarification: is this a joke?

Hi All, Is this a joke? https://morningchores.com/growing-thimbleberries/ Birds spread the seeds in the wild, so to sta...
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posted by T
17 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

question on bone meal and onions

Hi All, Organic bone meal (phosphorous) promotes flower, fruit set up, and root growth. Question: does the root part app...
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posted by T
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Liquid fertilizer question

Hi All, I water my ground pots with a watering want on sprinkle. I picked out a liquid fertilizer that I liked as it ha...
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posted by T
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

seed planting question

Hi All, I planted a bunch of very small tomatillo seeds this year in my ground pots. And they came up, Yippee! But I di...
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posted by T
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

Ping: songbird: when to harvest for seeds?

Hi Songbird, To collect onion seeds, you told me a few years ago to cut the stalks off about 10" or so below the cotton...
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posted by T
3 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

Eeny meeny greeny beany

This morning was first picking of green beans . I brought in 2 one gallon ice cream buckets , and I'm not sure yet how...
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posted by Snag_one
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My silly test

Hi All, I have planted the bottom 3" of white onions from the grocery store before and have had wonderful results. Onio...
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posted by T
5 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

first significant rain in a while

we've had a few sprinkles between Apr 5 and now, but probably all totalled less than a half inch of rain. normal for us...
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posted by songbird
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by songbird

Blight(?) on my potatoes :(

Checking on my potato plants this morning, it seems they might've been in the early stages of some kind of infection. S...
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posted by dan
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by dan