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Hedgehogs

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by cockneycarrot » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:28 pm

I sometimes catch hedgehogs in my back garden in the nets covering my fruit bushes. I aways free them and they go away. I wondered if when I catch...

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Last post by Monika
Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:12 pm
Strange "stuff"

Last post by alan refail
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by Trevor Holloway » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:26 pm

Went out to check on the allotment this morning to find something growing near the garlic.

It looked like custard but had a coral effect on top...

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Last post by alan refail
Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:27 pm
mice

Last post by david71
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by david71 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:42 am

i sow my peas in modules. lately they are being eaten by mice before they germinate.
can anyone offer advice on this problem with the exception of...

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Last post by david71
Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:21 pm
creepy crawlies on acer

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by jopsy » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:13 pm

went to a friends today her acer trunk is covered in creepy crawlies like grey hardbacks
not really sure what they are
they are about half a...

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Last post by jopsy
Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:13 pm
Blackberries -new growth

Last post by sue-the-recycler
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by Peejo » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:55 pm

I started planting blackberries on my allotment three years ago, (13 certified stock over that time) and expected by now to have strong growing...

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Last post by sue-the-recycler
Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:51 pm
Is there any such thing as one rat?

Last post by sue-the-recycler
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by Barry » Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:06 am
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I came back to my allotment the other day and shuddered horribly, finding a dead rat on its back where I had planted daffodils the previous day.
We...
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Last post by sue-the-recycler
Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:42 pm
Scale insect on bay tree?

Last post by sue-the-recycler
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by Monika » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:42 pm

Our small bay tree which spent the winter in the unheated greenhouse is covered with "sooty mould" and I read that it might be from scale...

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Last post by sue-the-recycler
Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:34 pm
Pest-predator friendly plants from seed

Last post by toffeeman
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by toffeeman » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:33 pm

What plants that can be grown from seed now are best for encouraging friendly predators into the garden ?

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Last post by toffeeman
Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:02 pm
Greenfly on lettuces

Last post by cevenol jardin
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by Granny » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:07 am

When I was a child (late 50's early 60's) we always spent ages washing greenfly off lettuces we'd bought from greengrocers. I know why we don't get...

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Last post by cevenol jardin
Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:35 am
Rat in compost bin !

Last post by dewwex
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by Gilly C » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:45 pm
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I have managed to get rid of it with poison no activity for past 2 weeks :twisted: , my problem is would you use the compost on the veg plot, I think...
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Last post by dewwex
Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:12 am
"White" purple sprouting broccoli

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by Monika » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:00 pm

Some of the curds on our early purple sprouting broccoli have gone a sort of creamy white and don't look very healthy. What could that be? Others are...

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Last post by dewwex
Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:04 am
Natural Whitefly Control

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by DJmrcmb » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:45 am
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Hi

I noticed a few posts on Whitefly problems and I just wondered if you'd heard of this one.

I only discovered it myself at a visit to...
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Last post by DJmrcmb
Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:48 pm
Citrus pest

Last post by vivienz
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by vivienz » Sun Apr 01, 2007 5:24 pm

We have a lemon tree and clementine tree, each around 7 years old. They're doing well enough and spend the winter/colder weather in our unheated...

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Last post by vivienz
Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:57 pm
flippin' aphids everywhere!

Last post by retropants
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by retropants » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:12 pm

please help! my beautiful purple sprouting broccoli is absolutely smothered in horrid grey aphids. Is there any way to get rid of them? I have picked...

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Last post by retropants
Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:07 pm
Will they eat everything?

Last post by alan refail
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by dovesails » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:04 am

Hi All,

I hope you can help me with a problem I've discovered. Lately, whenever I dig on the plot I find worms in almost every spadeful. Are these...

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:17 am
WHITE FLIES

Last post by Weed
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by Compo » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:40 pm

Our bungalow is plagued with white flies around it, we even found some living and breeding indoors, small white chrysalis living under a carpet) they...

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Last post by Weed
Sun Apr 01, 2007 8:24 am
Systemic insecticide for pots

Last post by sandy_v
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by sandy_v » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:28 am

I know this isn't strictly kitchen garden, but does anyone know what happened to Plant Pins. They were wonderful in indoor plants that had whitefly...

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Last post by sandy_v
Sat Mar 31, 2007 9:06 am
odd fungus

Last post by Myrkk
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by Alison » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:25 am

This is not exactly a gardening query, sorry! We found a fungus/mould growing on the inside of our wooden window frame, in the crack where the...

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Last post by Myrkk
Tue Mar 20, 2007 3:39 pm
Broad Bean pests

Last post by alan refail
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by Bec » Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:51 pm

it's nearly time for me to be sowing broad beans so I'm thinking ahead- last year I had quite a few orangey-red 1/2 inch long almost oblong shaped...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:39 pm
mole in the compost ?

Last post by yummyveggies
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by yummyveggies » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:07 pm

Well at first I thought it was ratty ... but the heaps have been burrowed from below and prodigeous quantities of lovely mole hill crumbly earth...

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Last post by yummyveggies
Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:39 pm
Poppies and Basil

Last post by Alison
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by Szmiti » Sun Feb 25, 2007 10:23 am
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Somewhere I read (maybe here but can't find it now) that sowing poppies close to peppers can / will help to reduce aphid infestations .... they...
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Last post by Alison
Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:13 pm
Wee white worms

Last post by Brenjon
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by nannygreen » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:45 pm

No doubt this is a silly question-emptying the compost bin we found thousands of wee white thread-like white wormy things. Friend or foe?

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Last post by Brenjon
Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:24 pm
Whitefly

Last post by Colin_M
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by Monika » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:46 pm
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Has anybody else noticed a proliferation of whitefly this winter? We don't usually have much trouble with them but this year (even during this cold...
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Last post by Colin_M
Sun Mar 11, 2007 1:28 pm
Un-wanted 'visitors'

Last post by peter
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by tea-shot » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:37 am
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Wasn't sure whether to post this here or in the livestock section - as we appear to be feeding the whole site :x We have MICE :!: - in very large...
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Last post by peter
Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:41 pm
Worms - again

Last post by nannygreen
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by Monika » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:32 pm

I never got a reply from Wigglywigglers to my query about brandling worms and earth worms but I am getting a book from Father Christmas (you see, if...

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Last post by nannygreen
Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:42 pm
Encouraging hedgehogs

Last post by Johnboy
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by Marge » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:20 pm

I was wondering what are the best ways to encourage hedgehogs into the garden (and whether this is advisable)?

The reason being I understand they...

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Mar 06, 2007 12:52 pm
onions

Last post by cevenol jardin
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by nickd » Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:12 pm

I am in my third year on my allotments. The first year i lost a few onions and quite a few shallots to what an old timer called onion blight,the...

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Last post by cevenol jardin
Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:41 pm
getting rid of convolvulus

Last post by lizzie
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by vivie veg » Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:08 pm

I've just been given a well rotted horse manure heap, unfortunately it is FULL of convolvulus roots, so needs careful spreading out and pulling out...

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Last post by lizzie
Mon Feb 26, 2007 12:15 pm
Is this a friend or foe

Last post by vivie veg
Replies: 15
by longpod » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:47 am
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I have found a white slug type insect with brown tip curled up in the soil, opened up it would be about an inch long, not slimy like a slug, can...
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Last post by vivie veg
Fri Feb 09, 2007 4:58 pm
flame weeding carrots

Last post by Mole
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by fen not fen » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:05 pm

I've heard a lot about flame weeding carrots just before they emerge to give them a head start over the weeds. Does anyone know how long after sowing...

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Last post by Mole
Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:01 pm
How to destroy grape hyacinths?

Last post by David
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by David » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:46 am

Morning all and a happy new year,

I have a recurring problem with grape hyacinths taking over the plot and this year Ive vowed to beat them by...

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Last post by David
Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:33 pm
pigeon controll.

Last post by Gerry
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by sally wright » Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:15 pm

Dear All,
I have seen the perfect pigeon control on the BBC website. Apparently there is a pelican in one of the london parks gulping down the local...

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Last post by Gerry
Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:26 pm
First problems

Last post by newbutkeen
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by newbutkeen » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:36 pm

Hi folks,

I only started gardening in September and recently I noticed my broad beans were being eaten by something. I made organic bug spray by...

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Last post by newbutkeen
Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:36 pm
cabbage white's

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by michael » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:53 pm

Hi everyone. whilst on a visit to hellagan gardens in Cornwall i noticed that there were no caterpillars or butterflies on their brassicas. i asked a...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:07 pm
'Preferred' Slug Killer

Last post by Piglet
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by Wellie » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:39 pm
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With reference to KG's Top Tip on page 20 of the newly arrived Jan'07 edition of the magazine, and specifically in relation to the article (KG...
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Last post by Piglet
Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:10 pm
Flies in Christmas bulb gift bowl

Last post by John
Replies: 4
by Primrose » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:31 am

The compost in a Christmas flowering bulb arrangement I've been given has started breeding tiny flies by the hundred. How can I get rid of them...

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Last post by John
Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:53 pm
Does it kill snails?

Last post by Tel
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by Monika » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:34 pm

I have been following the slug killer debate and nobody has mentioned snails which give us much more trouble than slugs, as we are surrounded by...

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Last post by Tel
Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:25 pm
Leaf Spot

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Colin Miles » Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:23 pm

I have a bad case of Leaf/Ring Spot on my Sprouting Broccoli (and Sprouts) which I have basically being ignoring in the hope that it would go away,...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Wed Dec 06, 2006 5:44 pm
green caterpillars

Last post by John
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by seedling » Fri Nov 17, 2006 4:46 pm

My mum lives in Dorset, on the coast, and her garden is crawling with green caterpillars. They seem to be eating everything.Does anyone live in this...

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Last post by John
Mon Nov 20, 2006 8:15 pm
apple mould

Last post by Geoff
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by Alison » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:54 am

Lots of our apples, especially those on the lower branches of the trees, have got a light black sooty-type covering, which I don't remember seeing...

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Last post by Geoff
Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:35 pm
tomato blight

Last post by Jenny Green
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by Granny » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:35 am

Hello everyone. I bought a greenhouse earlier this year and grew indoor tomatoes for the first time. I have grown outdoor ones for about 6 years and...

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Last post by Jenny Green
Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:49 pm
Cauliflower disaster

Last post by hancock
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by hancock » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:39 pm

Our first attempt at cauliflowers has resulted in disaster. We left several plants, with small curds, for a weeks holiday. Upon our return, they had...

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Last post by hancock
Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:53 pm
New allotment with lots of thistles

Last post by Allan
Replies: 14
by Colin » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:17 am

Hi everyone,
We have recently taken on a very overgrown plot :) about 60% of which is thistles :( the remainder seems to be couch grass.
After...

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Last post by Allan
Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:10 am
potato blight

Last post by jane E
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by karlywarly » Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:53 pm

This happened to mine last week :cry:
If it is blight what do people reccomend I clean the containers with? They are the black plastic bag like...

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Last post by jane E
Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:39 pm
Again it's woodlice.

Last post by Allan
Replies: 8
by Gerry » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:12 pm

Hi all, I've read all the recent threads on this and am still worried. My compost bin seems to be a haven for woodlice and is very infested and...

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Last post by Allan
Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:16 am
Red Cabbage Caterpillars

Last post by Jenny Green
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by Colin Miles » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:15 pm

Are Small Cabbage White butterflies less attracted to brassicas? If not are their caterpillars red instead of green?

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Last post by Jenny Green
Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:42 pm
Is my Gooseberry a Gonner?

Last post by Primrose
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by sue-the-recycler » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:54 am

Hi
I've just returned from a few days away to find my 3 gooseberry bushes completley defoliated by what I assume is gooseberry sawfly (little black...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:27 pm
Blight

Last post by sue-the-recycler
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by Chantal » Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:02 am
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Blight hit my tomatoes yesterday. :( Only two affected but I've picked the lot and washed them in disinfectant as suggested on another thread (which...
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Last post by sue-the-recycler
Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:03 pm
red spider mite woe

Last post by Allan
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by bigpepperplant » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:52 am

My aubergines in the polytunnel are infested with red spider mite. I've only just worked out what it is or I would have done something sooner. My...

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Last post by Allan
Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:32 pm
sweet corn

Last post by cevenol jardin
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by bluenose » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:43 pm

hello went down lottie this morning to harvest my sweet corn some of thecobs were ready but some of the plants had grown like a extra stem and a cob...

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Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:20 am

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