I live in Phx Az and I planted some tomatoe seeds in peet pots. I first tried it outside on an enclosed patio. They grew but they were extremely spindly. I...
Hello Gregg, I grow tomatoes, too. I live in coastal Texas, zone 8/9. I once thought that with the hot & strong sun (the intensity) like ours, my tomato...
Dear Gregg, How's it going? Years ago, when I was a braver [stupider] hippie I grew a plant inside a locked closet with a grow light that was also spindly. I...
Lack of sunlight will yeild spindly growth on tomato plants. I grow mine under shoplights. I use a timer to cut the lights on and off. I have the lights on...
We have a bouganvilla (sp) plant on the side of the house. On Sunday, I noticed that it had white powdery substance all over it. It just looked ugly. Does...
Hello Lois, It looks like powdery mildew to me from the largest pic. I could be wrong, though. Powdery mildew may be fixed with baking soda/water spray....
Greg hi, I also live in Phoenix. Im not sure when and if you moved your seedlings up to the next step with regular soil. What i find is that at around 4 to 6...
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1 part milk and 9 parts water is also good for mildew ... From: dapong@...<mailto:dapong@...> To:...
BIODYNAMIC FARMING AND GARDENING ASSOCIATION 2004 AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE Durham Armory - Downtown, Durham, North Carolina Hosted by Josephine Porter Institute...
Friends - You've got to make an effort to attend this one!! Saturday, August 21 in Shepherdstown (location and directions given with your RSVP) Sandor Katz,...
Hello Everyone, Well, here I am again seeking your expertise with a problem...This time, the problem seems to be 'destructive nematodes'. My carrots are ...
Hello Richard! If you have the evil nematodes, try the tagetes patula marigolds. I cover cropped half my garden one year because of the same problem. They...
Thank You Lynn,,,, I can ALWAYS count on Ms Muddy Toes !!!! TAEPOVG seedsofchange@yahoogroups.com wrote: There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in this...
Hi Katie! Can you let it dry on the stock? You could probably hang it inside if need be, depending on how much you have and space available. I know that here...
i wish to unsubscribe to this group.i just don't seem to have time even to read the e-mails thank you, KATHY weiner [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Well, my two yacons are about a foot tall. They have lovely medium green, fuzzy leaves and sturdy stalks. They needed extra water on the days when the...
Heather, My yacon is almost a foot tall. It has being growing painfully slow. I planted it in May and it took so long to start new leaves. I've noticed that...
Brian, Glad to hear from another Texas gardener with this plant. I planted mine at the end of April. I planted one in a garden plot with compost and the...
Hi, Okay, what in the world is Yacon? What does it taste like? Thanks, Leon Zone 6 New Mexico __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail -...
well it has been a strange year. tomatoes have been alarmingly successful -- I've been drowning in 'em, despite giving a lot away! summer squash have been...
Ugh De! I know the feeling, but think of it this way. Every year with different climates is a learning experience. You may not get much, but your also...
A number of your "failures" were not truly failure, but were tried out of season. Carrots, chard, brassicas like tat tsai and broccoli, etc., are great for...
Well Pennsylvania has had the wettest Spring and Summer weather in a long time. The early crops of peas and spinach were good. My zukes and crooknecks did...
You made me giggle with so many cukes! My son would be in high heaven! I'd be busy pickling as he loves, as do the rest of us, homemade pickles! We still...
We had some great sucesses and some miserable failures too. Red Currant tomatoes are producing tons of teenie tiny tomatoes and we have been eatsing some and...
Spinach, lettuce, peas, chard, beets, carrots are all cool weather crops. I guess it depends how cold it gets! We sometimes have a hot box to extend the...
I heard recently that signs of el Nino forming in the waters west of Central America, if this is true then I am looking forward to a 'wet' winter here in...
Leon, This is my first year growing yacon, so I don't know what it tastes like. Seeds of Change has an article on the yacon on their website. It was what...
