Fruit and Vegetable Gardening

mostly ok so far

all organic gardens, some amended with leaves, shredded bark, plant debris from last year, a few (onions, beets, chard)...

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posted by songbird

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by songbird

cucumber dying

i have two cucumbers in my green house both in the same grow bag one is thriving with loads of fruit the other also has...

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posted by graeme.tunnah.a627696

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garlic end game

For onions (and shallots?), I've read that you should "expose the upper 2/3 of the bulb after the stalks start to yellow...

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posted by gbeccles

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Purslane?

I've been (not-very-successfully) fighting purslane in our garden for years. Now, I hear that maybe it's a beneficial c...

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posted by gbeccles

5 comments posted 14yrs posted by gbeccles

How to kill a pyracantha!

I have had an apple tree that has been growing nicely from seed on the border of my garden. Its 10 years old and is onl...

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posted by liampenn(REMOVETHIS)

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Cucumbers

I have one plant out of 4 that has turned brown. It still has cucumbers on it but very few new flowers. I see no bugs an...

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posted by mjciccarel

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Any 1 use a hotbin

Hi we have had a hotbin for 3 weeks now, it would not heat up, but it was my fault lol, put to much compost from my dar...

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posted by growvege.a5644b6

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Summer progresses

I have picked about a dozen cucumbers this week and 2 pretty green zucchini this morning. A couple of yellow ones will...

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posted by susan_r23666

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Hello grean finger guys and girls

Hi we live on Anglesey, and do no have a large garden, and for health reasons my son made some raised beds for us. We a...

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posted by growvege.a53a1b6

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Plum tree disease

I have a mature yellow plum tree which in recent years has been developing a problem causing the fruit to malform soon...

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posted by Tom.thacker.a52f8f7

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Army worms!

For the last two days we've had literally battalions of army worms marching in a southerly direction through our proper...

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posted by Ross

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Some Walking Onions

followed me home today from an estimate ... now I need to find a good place , they're perennials according to the info...

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posted by snag_one

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Little Tiny White Things

My Peppers in the Greenhouse and the Zucchini in a pot just out side the door are covered with little white specks. The...

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posted by mjciccarel

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by mjciccarel

Diagnosing disease/pest in tomatoes and chillis

Hi all. I'm new here and totally new to growing plants and vegetables. I'm trying my hand at growing some tomatoes and...

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posted by FirstTimeGrower.a4e0757

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by FirstTimeGrower.a4e0757

camouflage

had to get on the roof to do a little patching today... funny blob of concrete? http://www.anthive.com/fun/100_6906_Whe...

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posted by songbird

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