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    Fungicide Question

    For future reference: Baking soda mixed with water is an organic method of dealing with powdery mildew. Also, anything with sulphur will work....
    Post by: LoreD, Jul 11, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    Acorn squash wilts everyday

    I've found the same thing as Phil and that some kinds of my winter squash wilted during the day whether I watered them or not. This can also...
    Post by: LoreD, Jul 8, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    tomato plants turning yellow..

    Melissa1982, If the bottom leaves turned yellow and then moved up the plant then it is very likely that your plant has a magnesium deficiency....
    Post by: LoreD, Jun 25, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    How true is it? Tomatoes and smokers

    This was discussed on another forum and Carolyn Male (100 tomatoes for the American Garden) and several other breeders stated that the only...
    Post by: LoreD, Jun 1, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    Teaching Math in the U.S.A.

    Before I retired I worked retail and I constantly was dealing with people who couldn't do any kind of math without a calculator. COLLEGE students...
    Post by: LoreD, Apr 21, 2007 in forum: The Village Square
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    Stand Back (Floral and Veggie Explosion)

    If you don't want to go the trouble of building a table, a wooden potting table ($39) at a hardware store works. They are usually about 4 ft wide...
    Post by: LoreD, Mar 14, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    source for small amounts of seeds?

    Bountiful Gardens has something nice. They have packs of different kinds of seeds in the same packs. There is 30 tomato seeds in one pack but...
    Post by: LoreD, Mar 6, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    source for small amounts of seeds?

    There is company I've used called Le Jardin du Gourmet (Artistic Gardens). They offer 35 cent packets of seed. The packets are really small. I...
    Post by: LoreD, Mar 4, 2007 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    Question about garlic

    Thank you for those quick responses. You have been very helpful. I guess I'll go out and plant the rest of it. Also it is sprouting and I was...
    Post by: LoreD, Dec 31, 2006 in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    Question about garlic

    Hi, I garden at a community garden so I have never planted garlic before. Another gardener gave me some garlic and I planted it in containers...
    Thread by: LoreD, Dec 31, 2006, 10 replies, in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    When are melons ripe?

    Hi This is the first year that I did a lot of melons. They are all doing great and I'm getting lots of melons. I know how to judge when...
    Thread by: LoreD, Aug 1, 2006, 8 replies, in forum: Fruit and Veg Gardening
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    Cooked cucumbers and radishes

    Years ago, I saw on TV a chef who cooked radishes in butter and I tried it and it was so good that my brother-in-law insisted that I grow an...
    Thread by: LoreD, Jul 30, 2006, 8 replies, in forum: Recipes and Cooking