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Edible gardening topics.
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Chives Going To Seed?
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Hey, everybody, long time no write... I've got some chives that seem to be blossoming. It is a sort of spherical thingy on the tip, with a bundle of purple bumps. It is only happening on a few of them. Can anyone advise about how to get through the cycle to have some viable seeds? BTW, it is late springtime in this hemisphere, and the chives... more »
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?? seed potatoes vendor
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Anybody have a line on a U.S.A. seed potato vendor who has stock for autumn delivery? An online vendor would be frosting on the cake. Even if I'm too late for this year, I'd like a reference to contact for next year. December is traditional potato planting time in this part of Florida; unfortunately, seedsmen in northern climes all seem to think... more »
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Bad potato crop
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Due to a severe bad back during the summer and early autumn I have TODAY harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I may have enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber was full of holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin. Inside the tubers I found short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different... more »
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Garden Lime
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Can anybody tell me how garden lime is sold in france. I've looked in 'SuperU' and garden centres but I can't find Chaux anywhere.
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Fruit trees
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So, I took all of your advice and now have the mini-orchard of my dreams. Thanks for all your help. Okay, so now I am hovering between excitement over what I hope will be a nice garden/orchard and horror over what we have bitten off, so to speak. This is what we got: Babcock peach (semi-dwarf), Panamint Nectarine,... more »
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Garlic "seeds"
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I have a small quantity of Ukrainian garlic which has produced "seed heads" (small miniature cloves) about 1/4" in diameter. If I planted these would they produced proper garlic next year or am I wasting my time.
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apple and apricot tree shoots
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hallo, have some old apples and an apricot tree in garden. they all throw up shoots from the roots under the soil. moving house, would like to take both with me to new garden. Question:a) is it any use digging up these shoots to take with me - are they likely to be the same as the parent - have no idea what variety... more »
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Nicotine for pests... but electronic cigarette safer
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Many gardeners know home made remedies and tips to make sure their garden blooms. A nicotine solution may well rid certain plants of nasty bugs but there is no doubt cigarette stubs don't aid a good crop. You don't have to be a gardener to see the damage chewing gum, empty cigarette packets and butts are doing to our environment not to mention the... more »
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