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Old 08-25-2013, 06:24 PM   #211
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Simple answer to that powdery problem. Snip those flowers, stuff 'em with goat cheese and fry the suckers.

You can get great squash at the market, flowers...not so much.

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Old 08-26-2013, 10:36 AM   #212
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My zucchini was jammin until I got the powdery mildew......wiped them out.
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for the next time that occurs

if you have a bag of powered sulfur at the ready
it is supposed to kill off the powdery mildew

which generally happens when there's been a combination of rain,
watering of the foliage, followed by / afternoon SUN or very high humidity.

Also, if you check the details some strains have
powdery mildew resistance....
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Old 08-26-2013, 04:37 PM   #213
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An extremely mild mixture of Dawn and water(mostly water) works wonders on broadleaf vegetable plants.Like I said for me it was too little too late.
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Old 08-26-2013, 05:03 PM   #214
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were gonna need BIGGER STAKES

it's BEEFY


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Old 11-05-2013, 08:28 AM   #215
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But, I want one Big enough to put wheels on it
so I can drive it around town
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Old 11-05-2013, 09:11 AM   #216
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never have i seen a tomato that big...
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Old 11-05-2013, 10:29 AM   #217
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Arrow me neither

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it's real

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Old 11-05-2013, 08:30 PM   #218
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veggies grown in Alaska are pretty enormous too.

https://www.google.com/search?q=larg...&bih=640&dpr=1

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Old 11-06-2013, 06:40 AM   #219
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they should make graphene hexagon panels
that conduct electricity
super strong too
and make giant geodesic grow domes up there
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Its almost time again for the garden. Who's growing what this year?



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Old 04-09-2015, 05:09 PM   #221
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brocolli doesn't mind snow or cold period!
neither do sugar snap pea's
but check out this utuber video
great idea as weeds always win in the end
four day carrot germination
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...ur+day+carrots
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Old 04-09-2015, 09:04 PM   #222
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started turning over my three compost piles. saved all the kitchen waste in the barn over winter, and started adding that to the three working compost bins. Heat it all up again with the first lawn cutting.
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Put in the spinach and broccoli yesterday.



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Old 04-20-2015, 09:41 AM   #224
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pre soaked my sugar snap seeds (6 packets) yesterday (started in the moon sign of Taurus)
planted them PRE -swelled today because it's going to RAIN HARD
and that vibration on top of them from the drumming rain says "grow peas grow"
i'll count how many days it takes for them to pop up.
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Old 04-22-2015, 04:04 PM   #225
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Wood Chucksters are already out ,beware
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Old 04-23-2015, 06:43 AM   #226
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Raven,
What seeds do you pre soak and which do you leave? Never tried it before. How long in water?
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Old 04-23-2015, 07:00 AM   #227
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I can tell you I have had good luck pre-popping Peas and Beans. I put them in a single layer between a couple of wet paper towels in a Ziploc bag for a couple of days until they swell and "pop" and then plant them.

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Old 04-23-2015, 07:30 AM   #228
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i put mine in a big zip lock and pre-soaked em overnight
making sure to pour off the water come morning leaving
it open sitting side saddle in a tupperware...

i was a little P.O.'d because my pea inoculant which was granuler
ran out @ half my row... Hate when that happens.... grrrrr

so now i'll have to poke some holes near the row and water in some inoculant
to make up for the lack of it.... surprised to see it @ Hd's half off sale on burpee seed rack ... 68 cents each for everthing
but i didn't buy some while there because the container i had felt heavier.

fingers got sooo cold after planting them like i was just making snow balls...
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Old 05-03-2015, 06:30 AM   #229
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my sugar snap pea's are breaking thru today yay
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Old 05-03-2015, 05:16 PM   #230
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So are mine .

My hops vines are exploding as well... Chinook is growing about 3" a day it seems. Centennial are growing slower.
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Old 05-03-2015, 05:17 PM   #231
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I can tell you I have had good luck pre-popping Peas and Beans. I put them in a single layer between a couple of wet paper towels in a Ziploc bag for a couple of days until they swell and "pop" and then plant them.
I bed you did this in high school with some other seeds
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Old 06-23-2015, 08:36 AM   #232
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dammit

F-ING MICE & F-ING Hornets... well the mice chewed on the lid
of the big green flip top trash can that i had full of shade cloth
just enough so the friggan yellow jackets had a perfect entrance.

they had a nest in there and when i got near it and jiggled it
out they came in a cloud and i got stung 4 times....
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Old 06-23-2015, 02:01 PM   #233
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House lot across the street from me just cleared for construction, and I seem to have acquired a family of woodchucks. They ate my kale, parsley, and sunflower plants and started on the zucchini plants. I have a beautiful patch of arugula, which they haven't touched - must be too peppery.
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Old 06-23-2015, 05:48 PM   #234
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one thing about wood chucks
they are time sensitive ... just like dogs
i've found...creatures of habit always leaving
their dens @ the same time of the morning.
knowing this from timing them.... i waited for one.
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Old 06-25-2015, 06:50 PM   #235
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F-ING MICE & F-ING Hornets... well the mice chewed on the lid
of the big green flip top trash can that i had full of shade cloth
just enough so the friggan yellow jackets had a perfect entrance.

they had a nest in there and when i got near it and jiggled it
out they came in a cloud and i got stung 4 times....
Rub a fresh cut onion on a yellow jacket sting, near instant relief. Cherokee remedy.

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Old 06-26-2015, 06:14 AM   #236
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made a paste of baking soda and water ,,, worked great
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Old 07-01-2015, 08:13 AM   #237
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meat tenderizer works good on those things too.. but I also am partial to the baking soda remedy..

I HATE YELLOW JACKETS.. evil little beast made a den under a bush next to the front door.. I got stung a bunch of times last year... so dug around the bush at night.. and yanked it out with the wheeler... rotto tilled the area and exterminated the little stinging missals...

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Old 08-01-2015, 04:23 PM   #238
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Picked a bunch of cukes this morning, and they were as big as a zucchini! We've got blossoms everywhere!

Now if my peppers and tomatoes would do the same I'd be all set!

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Old 08-01-2015, 04:29 PM   #239
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picked my first big tomato Finally
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Old 08-01-2015, 07:11 PM   #240
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Picked 4 tomatoes so far and have a blue ribbon sized one maybe 2 or 3 days away. Slugs crushed my squash and zuchini, now my second plantinging is starting to flower. Waiting a couple weeks then will put in kale / spinach and maybe something else for the fall. What does everyone here do for fall crop?
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