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  1. insiderart

    Impulse Buy: Coleus

    I've grown coleus in full sun. Just make sure you water it amply.
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    scrawny, skinny seedlings - why?

    What you are seeing is etiolation from lack of light. As many have mentioned the grow lights must be very close to the seedlings if they aren't in a full sun greenhouse. The plants are "stretching" to try to catch more light.
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    disease is attacking my tomatoes.

    Photos would help immensely.
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    Planting seed from Store Bought Produce

    I planted some seeds from tiny sweet bell pepper that I harvested from fruit I purchased this winter. It took forever (at least 2 weeks) for those seeds to begin sprouting but they are finally up.
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    Perennial or biennial cane

    Hydrangea does have a growth habit of stems. And in cooler climes will often die back to the ground during winter. Leaving the next year's growth to again produce long apical stems again. It will be interesting to see what the coop extension office says.
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    Perennial or biennial cane

    Looks like hydrangea to me.
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    Lets Talk ROSES!

    I wouldn't recommend tea roses unless you want to fret over them all summer. Lot of work IMHO. As Hattie said, the old fashioned varieties are much hardier, have great fragrances, and some even have repeat bloom or repeat bloom bred into them now. Look for things advertised as disease...
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    A Fungus among us???

    You're welcome. I hope it helps someone. :)
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    A Fungus among us???

    Yah just looks like the plants underwent a little drought... some of the tips were permanently damaged. It's good to stress your plants prior to planting in the garden. We always would let them drought to a crook and then water.. holding back on the water and stressing them signals the plants...
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    Tomato Sprouts Inside the Tomato

    Looks like this tomato was fairly ripe and maybe had been hanging there a while. Warm, moist, acidic condition most likely stripped the gelatine capsule off a few of the seed, and voila! sprouting. It's this gelatine capsule (that you generally ferment off the seed if you save your tomato...
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    Can someone identify this weed?

    I think it's just bermuda. If you don't want to use a 2,4-D product you are reduced to pulling. You could try spraying with vinegar on lightly infested areas... but it's not likely to kill the stolons.
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