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Adventures In Seed Starting
I wanted to try and start an indoor herb garden for my windowsill, so I bought seeds for basil, chives, and spearmint. I purchased some peat pot along with 'Seed Starting Mix'. I got a couple of small plastic saucers to hold them in. I filled the pots with the… More
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"California Home Gardener"
I visited mastergardeners.org which led me to "Garden tips for Los Angeles County" (other Cali. County info. available). Thought people from Cali might want to know about the sites and people from Los Angeles (are there any? :( ) would want to read the following I copied from http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/Garden_Tips_for_Los_Angeles_County/January.htm "January… More
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Photos of my Raised Beds as Promised
... is a challange in the desert to have a vegetable garden. The soil is not very good and quite alkaline and gets as hard as a rock. The mixture I use is one third organic compost, one third peat moss and… More
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Shot, an a Bud
...h of their houseplants. The stems and leaves grow too much… More
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Horseradish plant and making horseradish condiment.
http://xrl.us/rys6 Horseradish: All of the roots were dug from the plant. The roots were washed and lightly scraped, then cut in small pieces and put in the blender with sufficient vinegar to make a smooth paste. It is important to complete the process relatively soon after picking the roots, since… More
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How warm?
...scraps, but it doesn't seem to have "done" much - too dry I think, and not enough stirring, so… More
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Stunted Veggys
...nes and the fruit are about half the normal size. Watermelons will grow good for a while but then the blossom end will… More
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Losing buds on daylily
I moved a daylily in April to another part of my garden. It's been doing fine, full of buds, but now they are turning yellow and falling off. It went from a hot afternoon sun condition to a spot that gets all morning and early afternoon sun. What could be… More
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Container Problems Found, " Maybe"
...le Garden was a success but not without problems, too little water, too much water, soil mix was too heavy didn't drain well, fertlizer " too much, too little, how much , how often, I learned one thing containers must be watched very carefully because things happen FAST… More
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Transplanted Iris
...ing the plants every day. I'm not sure if this is too much water or not until the bulb/plants are established. Should… More
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New to GG from New Mexico
...sil. Funny how things happen. I have a small home garden that was originally sand and weeds...wasted space. I put up a 6ft chain link fence thinking I would keep our German Shepherds… More
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Minnesota gardener
...rning. I have sowed various vegetable seeds in my garden this spring. Thus far, a few have sprouted. They are all in the same patch of earth i have dug up and are in direct sunlight from early morning to late… More
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Four O'Clocks from seed...
...om seed...nearly 250...most are for a Hummingbird garden. The only ones that are giving me issues (a big headache)...are the Four O'Clocks. Currently they range from 8-10" in height and I'll be starting to harden them off about the middle of this week...if… More
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Self Watering
...rilled holes in the bottom so the tubs would hold water. * the top insert tub was cut down… More
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Came into a harvest yesterday!!!
...onsidering the weather here is getting cooler, my garden is still growing strong!!! I stil have alot of cukes growing, and should possibly picking some more next week,… More
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Tomatoe/Jalapeno Problems
...ds with good soil. The problem is that this year, much like last year, as the tomatoes and jalapeno peppers flower the flower buds just fall off and do not produce fruit(tomatoes or peppers). I went to a garden center in San Antonio(6 miles… More
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