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I have 2 fertilizers that call for 1 tablespoon per gallon of water. If I combine 10 ounces of each into a separate container ,would I need 2 tablespoons of the new mix in order to get the proper amount of each fertilizer, per gallon of water, from the new mix. Please humor me, I know it is not...

My grandmother used to dig a really deep hole for the potato and she would pour water mixed with fertilizer into the hole, put some dry dirt back in so the potatos were not sitting on the wet dirt and then cover the potato. She always had good luck with her potatos doing it this way. She used...

Do any of these look like poppy somniferum seedlings?

Zinnias are one of my favorite annual flowers to grow but determining wether they are hybrids is a tough thing to do even when they are marked in the description one-way or another. I have seen them marked as a hybrid in one seed store and marked open pollinated in another and it's the same...

I have a lot of tomato, peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe and various other melon seeds, Lettuce, various root crops, cucumber, squash, beans and many other seeds. I have one corn seed and that is "japonica maze", it has dark ruby seeds and the leaves are green white and pink it is a very...

Does anyone know of a database that contains sunflowers .I want open pollinated sunflowers so I can keep the seeds but it can be very difficult to tell if the sunflower is a hybrid or not. I only have one sunflower in mind right now (dwarf incredible ) but I am going to be growing a few other...

I have been using, exclusively, fertilizers designed for hydroponics this year and I am having wonderful results. I have to put this out there because I am sure this has a lot to do with my success. Where I have my garden this year, is a spot that has never grown anything but grass and grazing...

I have a fertilizer that mixes 1 tsp per gallon and it is ready to use. What I want to do is make a concentrated liquid solution where 5ml equals 1 tsp per gallon and I have a 250 ml mixing bottle for the concentrate

Has anyone ever tried making there own hort. Oil with the mineral oil from the pharmacy? Some articles recommend ultrafine canola oil, but they don't make it any more, or vegetable oil but I am more interested in the mineral oil, since that is what they use in some commercial brands. Also has...

I am looking for information on a plant that my grandmother used to have and she called it a "sweet pea bush" it was a shrub and they called it a "sweet pea bush" because the blooms looked like a sweet pea bloom. I don't remember much about the way it looked other than it had what looked to me...

I am looking for some poppy seeds . Either Papaver somniferum or California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) I have lots of fresh seed for trade or I can pay you for the seeds . Also I would like to have some (Papaver nudicaule) Iceland poppy. I don't care if they are still in the seed heads ...

I have several different watermelon , cantaloupe , tomato, peas, green beans and sunflower seeds for free . Let me know what you are interested in and I will send you a list of what I have . Then send me SASE (postage should be enough to cover mailing 2 ounces, depending on what you want ) and I...

Here is a variety that I have been growing and selecting for a couple years. I am trying for a small stuffing tomato. If you would be interested in growing out some, let me know and I will send you some seeds. The tomatos from the parent are a great tasting tomato itself. Even if you don't get...

This is a new variety for me this year (Don Juan) I got the seed from J&L seed seed. It is so solid that I will have to buy more seed next year because I am not getting any. It has made a great tasting sauce.

I just got done saving some peace vine cherry tomatoes and they have a slight red tinge to them. Is that normal for this variety? I have never saved this tomato before.

I have been growing a family Heirloom tomato for about 20 years now called "ziegler's fleisch" up until now I have had the same tomatos show up year after year (same shape, size, color). However this year I have a new shape showing up, it's a ribbed shape. I don't think it's a result of an...

Has anyone grown this cantaloupe "Noir des carmes"? I was just wondering what to expect with this melon. I already had a little surprise. The leaves are crinkled, I didn't expect that. By all the descriptions I read, this is supposed to be a wonderful eating melon and I was just wondering if...

I am looking for a dwarf rugosa rose called schneezwerg or sometimes called snow mountain. I found it at high Country roses but they were out of stock. It only reaches 4-5 ft tall and I had one but lost it in my divorce. Then she tore it out instead of offering it to me. If anyone has seen it...

One of my apple trees (Rubinette) is leafing out 2"-3" above the graft union and after 6 weeks has failed to leaf out any higher. I scraped the top half and it's still green underneath. Should I prune the top part off or leave it be. I included a picture so all of you experts can see what I am...

I am replanting my watermelon & cantaloupe and I thought I would ask everyone how do you plant yours? Hills, rows etc. I am always looking to improve my gardening techniques and love to hear from you all. I might learn something new.