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  1. JaimeB

    Ants!

    Si, this us my first year growing cukes, and they just started flowering. I haven't seen any bees around them, so yesterday I plucked a male flower, and placed it on the female. Today I went out to see the next female bloom, and noticed thief ants on my male blooms. They had taken: what looked...
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    Melons

    So, I'm new to melons. I tried to grow some watermelon the summer before last, but it never came to fruit. My questions are, when should I let my cantaloupe fruit? I transplanted a 6" seedling a couple weeks ago, and it's been blooming. It's still very small, will it even fruit on it's own...
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    How is you're garden doing?

    There's not much left of mine. I planted tomatoes, pumpkins, corn, watermellons, and strawberries. My pumpkins haven't been doing so great this year, they started off strong but haven't been producing any large pumpkins. They ripen within a couple weeks, but hopefully they'll pick up soon and...
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    What could be making my corn stalks bow and break???

    I don't know how to add images so a description will have to do but, the stalks are starting to bow. The two that have early corn are doing fine, but a couple of the others who have set out the pollen tasseles are bowed and the top pollen stem is snapped over. They aren't bearing any weight from...
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    My tomatoes are taking 'forever' to ripen.

    I don't know how anyone else's plants are doing but I have plenty of tennis ball sized green tomatoes. My neighbor told me so far he's only had one ripe tomato, my sister in law has got the same problem. The only one of us having any luck is my mother in law. I'm not using any food, much or...
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    My watermelons arent coming in as fast as I thought?!

    Hi all. Haven't posted in a while but I'm back this year with a bigger garden. Last year I just had late pumpkins, but this year I have corn, jack-o-lantern and pie pumpkins, tomatoes, strawberries, and crimson sweet watermelon. I started my garden April 12-13 (I'm in zone 8b) and everything is...
  7. JaimeB

    Can anyone answer some Pumpkin questions?

    I'm a first time grower of pumpkins and google only offers so much information. I'm in zone 8b and sowed my seeds directly into the ground four weeks ago. It was a little later than planned but we had a very wet and cold spring. They're growing very nicely and all have 5-6 true leaves but no...
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