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  1. akyramoto

    How to use crushed egg shell in garden

    I heard some where that tomatoes don't like ash. I had some planted last year over an old burn pile area, I didn't get any tomatoes all season. I could be totally wrong, but that's what I've heard.
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    tomatoes not turning red!?!

    i'm gonna laugh if all them ripen at the same time. tomato overload hehe.
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    tomatoes not turning red!?!

    yes i probably am. lol. thanks tho.
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    tomatoes not turning red!?!

    My tomato plants have TONS of tomatoes on them - but they're not ripening.......i saw my friends garden about 20 miles north of me & she's having the same problem. All of her plants are filled, but no red! anyone know whats going on??
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    Composting chicken poop

    I personally let my chicken poo compost it least 4 months, if not longer. I don't use the deep litter method. I have straw that gets taken out to the compost pile every week or two. I would recommend letting it compost in the pile for awhile. I would say it wouldn't be ready for that spring's...
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    I planted blue corn today. My friend gave me six that she had started. This weekend I planted white corn, I think it's 'Silver queen' had quite the time finding corn seeds around here this time of year.
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    Mulch, Mulch, Mulch

    i wish I could do that, my grass clippings have tons of foxtails in them :(
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    another corn question :)

    here's a little info about the companion planting of corn, squash & beans it's called the 'three sisters' The Three Sisters: Age-old Companions One of the oldest and best-known examples of companion planting is the Three Sisters garden, planted by many Native American cultures. The sisters...
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    Feeding veggies

    My best friend who is my main 'gardening' mentor - has told me in the past to use Osmacote plant food for everything. It seems to work well. Is there something else I should be using? also is there a difference between plant 'food' and fertilizer?
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    chicken poo 'tea'

    i found this...... Laboratory analysis showed that raw poultry manure tea is not a complete fertilizer solution, but that nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and zinc are at adequate levels in the solution from this link - it goes into great detail about the 'tea'...
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    chicken poo 'tea'

    depends on how old it is, chicken poo is super hot. You can't go wrong with putting it in the compost pile
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    When is the best time to plant onions and garlic?

    REALLY!?! wow i learn something everyday on this forum.
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    When is the best time to plant onions and garlic?

    I honestly have no idea! i'm in zone 9 - and i just planted some onion seeds, going to plant some garlic too. sorry, I'm not a lot of help!
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    another corn question :)

    ok - so i def want to do the flood irrigation type system..... i have a question ( i'm thinking its a dumb one! lol), can I still put mulch around the corn & pumpkins in the 'flood area' ?? would i still be able to irrigate if I were using straw as a weed mulch or would it just fill in my...
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    i just started some seeds today I planted big max pumpkins sweet 'cooking' pumpkins cilantro buttercup squash walla walla onions
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    garlic(if its not an herb, its close enough)

    i just 'harvested' those 'seeds' from my garlic. I'm going to plant them & see what happens :) I'd love to grow enough garlic to keep up with my consumption of it :)
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    Size VS Time

    Ya I figured that would be the response. Had to ask though!! lol
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    Mulch, Mulch, Mulch

    be careful if you have dogs, the chocolate smell will attract some dogs to eat the cocoa hulls - there is a substance in the shells that are toxic to dogs. http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp
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