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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
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by T

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
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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
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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

yellow squash blossom end rot .

I guess that's what it is since they rot on that end . Anyway , I read that it's caused by a calcium deficiency . And s...
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posted by Snag_one
6 comments posted 3yrs posted by Snag_one

tilling depth

How can a DR tiller with 13 inch tines till 11 inches when a Yardsman with the same 13 inch tines can only till 6 1/2 in...
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posted by rmowery42
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planting moving along

onions are done and so i can get on to the tomatoes and peppers. will take me a few days for them. then squash and melo...
2 comments posted 3yrs
posted by songbird
2 comments posted 3yrs posted by songbird

Drip irrigation update

Well , I've got the system all installed , though I might add one more run across the strawberries to the taters . The...
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posted by Snag_one
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rear tine tillers

Has anyone used the DR PRO XLDRT tiller ? If so what is your opinion of them or that brand of equipment? Any other subju...
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posted by rmowery42
8 comments posted 3yrs posted by rmowery42