i was wondering if anyone heard of the Goldoni compact tractors? Id so are they useful for market gardening? What are their strengths and weaknesses. k. densu ...
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Hello Gardeners- I have planted green beans, AKA "snaps", for 3 or 4 years now, and other than rabbits eating the plants when they first emerged, have not...
Rebecca Chappell
rebachappell@...
Jun 4, 2002 1:46 am
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The American Gourd Society now has a web site that includes much good information on growing gourds, gourd craft, and includes gourd related links and other...
Laurie Tumer
snakerock@...
Jun 4, 2002 3:40 am
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Rebecca, What's eating your beans, well it could bean leaf beetles, flea beetles, Mexican bean beetles, mites or caterpillars. Until you can identify the...
john.santiago@...
Jun 4, 2002 5:14 pm
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I was just graciously given the following tomatoes transplants: Miracle Sweet Brandywine Old German Beefsteak Black From Tulsa Siberia Green Zebra Marvel STR ...
tear up the lawn and plant them all. Siberia - early fruit, good for short season celebrity - dependable hybrid, good hamburger size Brandywine - heirloom,...
I LIKE the black ones. I believe the spelling is Black From Tula (not Tulsa). The person who sent me seeds said it's a Russian tomato. I agree though with ...
Hi, Do you have any organic solutions to get rid fo flea beetles? They have decimated my eggplants, and I fear will soon move on to the rest of the garden. I...
Someone on another list I subscribe to catches them. According to her: "I dip my fingers in soapy water. When they jump they stick to me. I rinse off the stuck...
Hi all -- I'm mystified by what's destroying my bean, cuke, and squash seedlings. The seedlings are cut off, sometimes at soil level but sometimes several...
I had flea beetles on my potatoes a couple years ago. I watered them with compost tea, the next day the beetles were gone & they never came back. San ... ...
You might try covering the plants with floating row cover when they're small to protect them. You can also make traps from a white or yellow board covered with...
Happy Spring almost Summer everyone, I've decided to grow a tomato patch this year. I've just transplanted about 30 tomato plants I started from seed (Seeds of...
Brad Lundy
blundy@...
Jun 5, 2002 4:24 am
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... There is apparently an IPM 'cure' out there, also. It involves releases predatious nematodes during one of the flea beetle soil cycles. Check with one of...
Erika, Birds - rabbits - woodchucks have done this to us. In fact one day it was terribly windy outside so we moved our kohlrabi & tomato sets inside our...
Suzi, We plant radishes and kale or mustard in with the crop we want to be flea bettle free. We use lots of "host plants" in our garden. Plant something the...
Plant them all! You won't be sorry that you did. Do you have flower beds? Plant them there. Do you have space for flower pots? Stick one in a pot and put...
Jerry Baker has a recipe for insects that I've used fairly successfully: 6 cloves garlic (chopped fine) 1 small onion (chopped fine) 1 tbsp. of cayenee pepper,...
Dr. Sara E. Austin
seaustin@...
Jun 5, 2002 2:34 pm
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I live in an apartment and therefore have to grow my herbs in potted plants. Though I love food, gardening etc..I fear that I might have a black thumb. For...
Sarah I live in Wisconsin & we grow Aloe as a house plant. You can usually find a small plant with the Easter Lilys in Kmart or WalMart in the spring. Of ...
I am starting a new veggie garden this year--we have been in this house for a year and a half. We are in Los Angeles about 3 miles from the ocean. This is a ...
I have had similar problems with the same crops - but the culprits are slugs. I know, they say slugs only come out at night, or don't devour entire plants, but...
ss
skashaii@...
Jun 5, 2002 4:20 pm
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Audrey, In regards to tomato fruit set, it sounds like the plants are growing and producing. One thing to remember is that the six pack contains different...
john.santiago@...
Jun 5, 2002 5:00 pm
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In regards to your kitchen garden, a few things to note. Some herbs like cilantro, cress, dill, and chamomile are short-lived annuals that, when cut for...
john.santiago@...
Jun 5, 2002 6:02 pm
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Try shaking the plants near the blossoms once or twice a day .. some tomatoes are a little more stubborn about shaking loose the pollen and do better with some...
I was thinking of starting some perenial seeds now for planting in August or September. The space under my grow lights looks so empty! If I follow this plan,...
Suzi, Even if you are in the north country, you should have plenty of time. You can plant seeds in the nest few weeks and transplant to the garden a month or...
