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grapes

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by tigerburnie » Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:43 pm

I don't think many folk grow vines from seed, certainly don't recall seeing any for sale.

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Last post by Westi
Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:07 pm
Moving Fruit Trees

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by Westi » Wed Feb 08, 2017 6:19 pm

I believe I posted that I wanted to move my Red Love apple so it is against the garage wall as by some fluke of nature there is no growth out the...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Feb 09, 2017 7:56 pm
Duck poo

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by Barry » Tue Jan 17, 2017 12:06 am

I've been offered some chicken and duck poo.

I know chicken manure is very good, but is it possible to use duck waste, too?

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Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:00 pm
Carrot news from the farmette.

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by Ricard with an H » Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:05 pm
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After three years of trying and improving, last years carrots were a resounding success and more than a little is owed to Westi for reminding me to...
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Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:38 am
Peach Tree Pruning

Last post by tigerburnie
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by melliff » Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:06 pm

I have a peach tree that I planted a year ago. It has grown very well and is now about 8 feet tall. Can I prune the leading branch at the top of the...

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Last post by tigerburnie
Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:47 am
Padron Peppers

Last post by Mr Markey
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by Mr Markey » Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:02 pm

Having become addicted to Padron Peppers as a summer tapas treat, I had a go at growing my own in my polytunnel.
And I was successful, at least in...

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Last post by Mr Markey
Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:54 pm
Globe Artichokes

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by Westi » Fri Jul 29, 2016 6:56 pm

My artichokes are well established but this year I noted even when small the artichoke scales were pretty tough, too tough to cook small & whole...

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Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:38 pm
Grapes

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by Westi » Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:30 pm

Kind of for Pawty but please anyone post a response.

I'm now thinking of downsizing for when I have to give up Lottie 2 at the end of the year. I...

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Last post by Westi
Sun Jan 15, 2017 6:34 pm
Tamping prior to planting seeds

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by Barry » Mon Jan 02, 2017 10:53 am

I have just been watching a rerun of the Victorian Kitchen Garden series and was fascinated to watch Harry Dodson tamping down soil prior to planting...

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Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:00 pm
Root Stock

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by Barry » Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:04 pm

Our allotment allows the planting of dwarf fruit trees, which I always interpret as being either M9 or M27.

Interestingly, one of our plot holders...

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Last post by sally wright
Fri Dec 30, 2016 7:00 pm
Szechuan pepper plants .... help please

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by Pawty » Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:02 pm

Hi,

So, knowing my love of growing a few different things, my mum in law gave me two very lovely Szechuan pepper plants for Christmas. However,...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:08 pm
Can I grow different tomatoes in a single growbag

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by MikA » Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:06 pm

I have several varieties of tomatoes nearly ready to go in a growbag. Can I grow three different varieties in a single bag or will the most vigorous...

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Last post by Westi
Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:18 pm
shop garlic growing?

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by dan3008 » Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:07 pm
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I'm really confused today. In this months kitchen garden mag, in the question time, Bob Flowerdew specifically stated not to grow supermarket...
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Last post by OscarSidcup
Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:44 pm
Harvesting tomato seeds

Last post by Westi
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by FredMunson » Thu Oct 20, 2016 4:25 pm

Does anyone have any tips on harvesting seeds from tomatoes for next years plants? I have some Grubbs mystery green tomatoes that I would like to...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Dec 14, 2016 6:43 pm
Raised Beds, sometimes I'm baffled

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by Pa Snip » Wed Nov 23, 2016 9:27 am
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Sometimes I just cant see the point.
I have always been firmly of the belief a raised bed should be filled with soil
Something like this:-...
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Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:08 pm
Fig tree for patio

Last post by larosi125
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by Pawty » Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:05 am
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Hi, I've wanted to get a fig tree for ages. I'm after some advice on which variety to get as I want to grow it in a pot on the patio rather than in...
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Last post by larosi125
Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:20 pm
Grapes

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:06 pm

Actually should read question for Pawty!

I've cut back my grapes & tied them in like the plot holders down the road who get a good crop of...

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Last post by Westi
Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:23 pm
All gone very pear shaped

Last post by Westi
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by Pa Snip » Thu May 26, 2016 7:32 am
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It was, until a couple of days ago, a very healthy looking tree.
There had been lots of blossom on it, we had covered it in fleece during frost...
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Last post by Westi
Wed Nov 23, 2016 7:07 pm
Growing blueberries

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by Primrose » Sat Aug 06, 2016 6:55 pm

I'm very tempted to order a couple of blueberry bushes after seeing the feature in the September issue but understand it's a fruit that is...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:09 pm
Tarragon

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by OscarSidcup » Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:41 pm

Hello,

This summer I brought back from France a nice looking plant of (French) tarragon which liked living in my herb raised planter. It had three...

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Tue Nov 22, 2016 12:51 pm
Anybody tried this?

Last post by Westi
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by Primrose » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:45 pm

I came across this comment on another website and wondered if anybody else had tried this and whether it works on any viable scale?

"Some leeks...

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Last post by Westi
Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:05 pm
Chrysanthemums.

Last post by snooky
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by snooky » Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:52 pm

First real try at seriously growing chrysanthemums and on doing a search of the Forum couldn't find an answer to what happens now.Do I lift the...

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Last post by snooky
Fri Nov 18, 2016 7:39 pm
Sweet potatos and crop rotation

Last post by Westi
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by mr-cecil » Sat Jan 09, 2016 7:05 pm
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Hi there,

It is not clear to me where sweet potato's fit into crop rotation. They don't appear on any of the standard examples I can find, and they...
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Last post by Westi
Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:27 pm
Radish or Mouli taste?

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by Primrose » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:12 pm

I was sorting out my seed boxes today and came across this one dated 2008. (Yes, i know but we all have a few oldies lurking in our collections,...

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Last post by Primrose
Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:12 pm
Soil mix.

Last post by Colin2016
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by Colin2016 » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:39 pm

Just gone out & got 5 bags of compost & 200 litres of Vermiculite which I want to mix with soil that is discibed as freely draining slightly...

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Last post by Colin2016
Sun Nov 06, 2016 2:17 pm
Make your Own Seaweed Juice

Last post by Primrose
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by Colin2016 » Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:25 am

I have read that seaweed juice/extract is good for the soil so am wondering as there is an abundance of the stuff on the beach I could use it....

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Last post by Primrose
Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:47 pm
Moving an Apple Tree

Last post by peter
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by Westi » Sun Oct 09, 2016 7:24 pm

My Red Love apple tree is in the wrong place at home & I want to move it. I made an observation ducking under it constantly over summer that it...

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Last post by peter
Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:18 pm
New varieties for a new year!

Last post by Westi
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by Bean » Tue Jan 12, 2016 11:35 am
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Having less mouths to feed these days, so less emphasis on using my 'regular' varieties for assured volume, I thought I'd try something new. Instead...
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Last post by Westi
Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:04 pm
When to harvest winter squash?

Last post by peter
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by Pawty » Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:55 pm

Hi,

I thought I knew the answer to this but given what happened to my winter squash last year I wanted to ask when is the earliest time you can...

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Last post by peter
Thu Sep 15, 2016 7:40 pm
Peach trees in pots

Last post by Westi
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by PLUMPUDDING » Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:08 am

I've been growing a"Bonanza " dwarf peach in a pot for about 10 years now. It s been potted up and fed and is about 3 feet high and 3 feet...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Sep 15, 2016 6:57 pm
Given up on potatoes.

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by Ricard with an H » Thu Sep 01, 2016 7:52 am
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I know it's early days after two crops and just one failure to blight though even the first spring crop blighted. I cut the foliage quickly and am...
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Last post by Westi
Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:45 pm
Gardening, hosepipes and water meters

Last post by snooky
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by Primrose » Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:34 pm

There are only two of us living in our house and on the law of averages we would probably benefit financially from installing a water meter. However,...

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Last post by snooky
Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:25 am
Runner bean varieties

Last post by Pawty
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by Pawty » Tue Sep 06, 2016 8:33 pm

Hi,

I tried a couple of varieties the year. Polestar was good - long tasty beans, although a bit stringy now.

However, I also tried a variety...

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Last post by Pawty
Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:00 pm
Too green or not too green

Last post by Monika
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by AndyTwin » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:36 pm
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Hi everyone.
I'm a newbie so please be kind.
A friend of mine gave me some potato sets to plant. The chits looked very healthy but he must have left...
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Last post by Monika
Sun Aug 28, 2016 7:07 pm
Keeping carrots

Last post by Beryl
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by Monika » Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:11 pm

Why is it that when I BUY small carrots (with or without green top growth), they always stay crisp and hard for a few days, but when I harvest our...

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Last post by Beryl
Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:42 pm
Using sharp sand

Last post by Pa Snip
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by Barry » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:49 pm

I have been using quite a lot of sharp sand bought from Wickes to break up my heavy clay soil.

However, it has been suggested I should be using...

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Last post by Pa Snip
Thu Aug 25, 2016 9:00 am
Problems with herbs

Last post by Primrose
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by Pawty » Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:27 am

Hi,

I love keeping a good variety of herbs in the back garden. Usually, pretty trouble free, but this year I've had a few problems which I'm after...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:28 pm
Molasses

Last post by hilary
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by Cider Boys » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:33 pm

I have an ICB container that was full of molasses (used to sweeten hay etc for my son's cattle and sheep). It is now full of water and the diluted...

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Last post by hilary
Sun Aug 14, 2016 8:51 am
Tomato feeding

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by Tony Hague » Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:04 pm
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Title says it all really - what do you use ? And does it work well ?

I've used Chase organic tomato feed, and EcoCharlie recently. But the orgainc...
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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:23 pm
Thornless blackberry

Last post by Westi
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by JoannaH » Wed Jul 27, 2016 12:59 pm

I inherited a thornless blackberry with my house 5 years ago and it used to throw up 3 or 4 new canes each summer but last year just 2 and this year...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:03 pm
Walnuts

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by PLUMPUDDING » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:04 am

I've had a walnut tree for about ten years and it produced it's first nuts three years ago, not many, 9 or 10 max, but this year it has hundreds.

I...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:26 am
Decreasing fertility of growing land

Last post by Westi
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by Primrose » Sat Jul 09, 2016 7:41 am
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I was looking at my vegetable patch and border the other day and thinking that these days I don't seem to be growing the same quality of crops that I...
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Last post by Westi
Tue Jul 19, 2016 6:30 pm
Peaches or apricots in the poly tunnel

Last post by Westi
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by pongeroon » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:21 pm

Hello everyone:-)

Does anyone know anything about this? Not much headroom, only about 7ft. Would it be feasible to keep it in check with pruning?...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:46 pm
Sickly beetroot

Last post by Monika
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by AndyTwin » Sun Jul 03, 2016 5:24 pm

Hi again.
What's gone wrong with my beetroot ?
At first they were doing fine, looking very healthy plants but, they have seem to have stopped...

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Last post by Monika
Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:23 pm
Garlic Confusion?

Last post by Primrose
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by dan3008 » Mon May 09, 2016 3:10 pm
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Hi

I've over wintered my first "winter" garlic this year (October onwards), and the stem now seems to be splitting? 3 individual stems,...
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Last post by Primrose
Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:38 pm
Potato spraying

Last post by Primrose
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by JohnN » Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:29 am

I did an anti-blight spray on my spuds 48 hours ago - and last night it p….d with rain. Does heavy rain wash it all off, and I now have to re-spray...

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Last post by Primrose
Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:34 pm
Pruning Cordon Apples

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by Colin Miles » Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:09 pm

My cordons have always been a bit untidy - I'm an untidy gardener - so they haven't really been shaped very well. Although the advice for summer...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Mon Jun 20, 2016 12:09 pm
Repairing pear tree

Last post by Barry
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by Barry » Tue May 31, 2016 5:34 pm
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My one-year old pear tree became a victim of today's gales here in Kent.

About three inches above the graft, the main trunk has splintered away and...
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Last post by Barry
Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:30 am
Funghi

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by Westi » Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:12 pm

Having a little look around down lottie & found this guy. Any idea what type it is? It about the size of a side plate and about 3 inches thick....

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Last post by Westi
Sun Jun 12, 2016 6:13 pm
leaf miner: to treat or not

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by dan3008 » Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:01 pm

Well this is a new one on me. I've got a serious infestation of leaf miner ... In the weeds...

Ok more information, the patio area has some broad...

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Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:19 pm

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