Recent content by Schroeder

Well, I LOVE cantaloupe, but don't like watermelon nor honeydew, which to me tastes a lot like watermelon. I remember reading once that most people who don't like watermelon, also dislike cucumbers. That is true for me, and most watermelon-haters I have questioned. Odd.

I bought a semi dwarf from Stark Brothers several years ago but I don't remember which variety. It produced fruit the 3rd year and has been going strong for about 6 years now. It self pollinates and produces numerous fruit with few spot. Asian pears cost $1 each in the grocery and mine are...

Last winter was one of the most severe winters in my Zone 5 area ever. I had no peaches or cherries, which had fruited well in prior years, but I had numerous Asian pears on a tree that previously had been an outstanding performer. This year, however, there were lots of fruit, but almost all...

I have a tree on my property, which I did not plant, that has been called by others, an "ornamental crabapple" tree. This year it is thick with marble sized red fruit. I was thinking from my childhood that crabapples typically were closer to golf ball size. Should I have any reluctance to...

We have had a lot of rain, but the raised beds drain quite well. Who knows?

Several years ago, before the strawberries, I added horse manure with lime from the stalls. Ever since I have been trying to reduce the Ph but it still tends towards alkaline, so you may have nailed the problem. Thanks.

I have Allstar berries in a raised bed, Zone 5. I just got the first quart from my 2nd year plants. They are a lovely red,nicely formed, and solid throughout but they aren't very sweet. Is this most likely due to the variety, or to growing conditions?

Very funny! :clap

I never see the offenders, just their handywork. Maybe they do their building at night?

I have a crawfish (aka crawdad) in my raised blueberry bed. It is a good 30 yards from the pond. I just built the bed this spring. I keep removing the mud "castles" and filling the holes with pine bark mulch, but he/she won't leave. Any ideas how I might get rid of it? I hope the bed is...

Oh no, why should I have added lemon juice?