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    Wierd Black Stuff In An Heirloom Marion Tomato? PIC

    Good day all, DH is the gardener here. He came in yesterday with his first, freshly picked tomato of the season, a Marion heirloom. Proud as punch! Promptly going to make a sandwich, poor guy was mighty disappointed to find the situation as shown below. Any advice and/or help appreciated!
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    Hot Stuff! Too many Green CAYENNE PEPPERS! What to do?

    DH was bemoaning the unhappy death of all his pepper plants, so a co-worker kindly brought him this big basket of green cayennes. (the co-worker calls the "cheyenne" peppers :P " Besides pepper vodka, what can I do with these? Thanks in advance! :rainbow-sun
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    My Avocado Pipped! Uh, I Mean Sprouted!

    There was a thread earlier this month about starting avocado pits, and I lost it. I did say it takes patience. And I wasn't kidding! This has been in water since February or so. The root started growing in late April, and just the other day it pipped! The world's slowest hatch! (I spend waaaay...
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    Droopy/Wilting Pear Tree Tops - Any Ideas Why?

    This is a cheapo pear tree, and has done very well- until it was planted last Sunday! It is tagged as a "Pear Bartlett YL DWF". A dwarf Bartlett. It is about 6' tall. Since it went into the ground, the green, new stem parts have drooped, no matter how much water we pour on it. The brown, older...
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