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Edible gardening topics.
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1st Seed Catalog of the season
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Yep- just got the 1st seed catalog for 2010 - Pinetree Garden Seeds. I had some good luck with some of their seeds last year, and I like the fact that many of their seed packets are smaller (and cheaper!) than other mail-order firms. And it's printed on cheaper paper. Chas
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Potato experiment.
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Every year we seem to have volunteer potato plants which have grown from potatoes we've missed when digging the previous year's crop. These volunteers always seem to produce a large healthy crop of tubers. Because of this, we've been meaning for several years to try some fall planted potatoes and finally, this year, we managed to plant several... more »
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Potatoes
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I had my first garden potatoes this year. It was just a test plot of 5' x 4'. For an investment of two seed potatoes, I got two colanders of potatoes back. The soil is heavy clay, so I lightened it with sand, and compost, plus the normal soil amendments. Additionally, it is where I now dump our coffee grounds (including filters). The area gets less sun... more »
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fixing potting soil
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This question is applicable to a lot more than edible crops, but I'd like to understand better about potting soil, whether for starting plants or for container gardening. I've been using the cheap Lowes potting soil for a few years. It looks to be largely organic stuff. That is, it isn't just garden "dirt". OK, so that sounds right. Nice... more »
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Help: are these really persimmons?
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I bought a persimmon tree years ago as an ornamental, (I'm in BC, Canada, near the 49th paralel, so its fruit would not ripen here). The tree produces a heavy crop each year, but my "persimmons" don't look much like the ones I occasionally see in stores. Here is a link to a high-res photo: [link]... more »
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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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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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