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Growing young tomatoes from seed

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by phill » Sat Feb 07, 2015 12:28 pm

Good afternoon people!!
Need some advice please, I am growing Tomato Ailsa Craig from seed in small pots on a bedroom window. Planted them 2 weeks...

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Last post by phill
Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:24 pm
Fertiliser use

Last post by Geoff
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by JohnN » Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:25 am

I know this is silly but I went down the society shop the other day to get some fertilisers and came home with a bag of Blood, Fish and Bone. I then...

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Last post by Geoff
Wed Feb 18, 2015 11:19 pm
Sweet Potatoes

Last post by Pa Snip
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by Pa Snip » Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:28 pm

Has anybody any experience of growing sweet potato slips.

Since they do provide a tasty alternative to standard potatoes I am thinking of giving...

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Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:07 am
T or D on spades?

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by Monika » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:11 pm
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I notice that in the current KG magazine, the spades discussed all have D handles and it says "Most spades these days come with a D shaped...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:39 pm
Plant pots

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by Stonecoloured » Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:59 pm

I'm starting off my fruit&veg garden &have jumped in with both feet. Having read that you should plant 3 times as much as you need, as there...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Thu Feb 12, 2015 10:42 pm
Blackberries and Raspberries?

Last post by Stonecoloured
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by Stonecoloured » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:46 am

From reading up on companion plants, several sites mention that Blackberries and Raspberries should not be planted together due to virus disease. I'm...

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Last post by Stonecoloured
Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:16 pm
Garlic matters.

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by Ricard with an H » Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:42 pm

Each of the last three years I good crops of garlic sown in the autumn. I didn't sow garlic last autumn because of moving beds around and sowing...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Sun Feb 01, 2015 4:06 pm
Uses for Box plants

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by PLUMPUDDING » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:58 pm

I always pot up a handful of prunings when I trim the four little box balls in an ornamental bit of the garden and they root very readily. Over the...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:49 pm
Composting and vacuum cleaner dust

Last post by summermartin
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by Mr Markey » Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:34 pm
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Hello kitchen gardeners,

When emptying my vacuum cleaner into the wheeley bin today, I had a thought that rather than sending this dust off to land...
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Last post by summermartin
Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:05 am
North to South 'v' East to West

Last post by Gerry
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by Cider Boys » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:51 pm

We as gardeners are invariably reminded that crops should be grown North to South to get the benefit of the sun moving across the sky giving each...

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Last post by Gerry
Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:15 am
greenhouse

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by chris1208 » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:08 pm

i have just been given a second secondhand greenhouseand would like to join them togeather If it is a good idea.How would you you join them togeather...

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Last post by chris1208
Tue Jan 13, 2015 3:54 am
Parsnip seedlings in seed pots

Last post by Chantal
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by bill_j_smith » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:44 pm
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Hi

Last year i tried growing my parsnip seedlings in those cardboard pots you can buy from the garden centres; when it came time to transplant them...
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Last post by Chantal
Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:21 am
STRAWBERRY BED

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by Compo » Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:54 pm

Having got good value out of some various market brought and other sourced strawberry plants, over 8 years or so I have cleared the bed and want to...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:53 pm
Carrots news.

Last post by Ricard with an H
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by Ricard with an H » Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:40 pm
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Remember I was moaning about this years carrot choice which was a stumpy variety ? Most of the year this carrot produced a really thick and pale...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Thu Nov 20, 2014 11:38 am
Raspberry canes

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by Elen » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:04 am

We took on another plot that had been planted with Raspberrys, but left unwanted and untouched.I think they are at least 4 years old and only 2ft...

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Last post by Elen
Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:59 pm
Honeyberry

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by John » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:22 pm

Has anyone tried these?
I've got room for a couple of currant/berry bushes and came across these in the catalogues. They are described as being...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Oct 24, 2014 11:20 am
Figs - second harvest?

Last post by retropants
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by retropants » Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:49 pm

We picked a handful of figs in late summer. There are now about 20 smaller figs, some of which appear to be ripening. The ones which don't ripen, do...

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Last post by retropants
Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:25 pm
Swede

Last post by Geoff
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by Bren » Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:57 am

This is my first year growing swede do I leave them in the ground and pick as I need them or would it be better to bring them home and store them in...

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:09 pm
Green Peppers

Last post by Bren
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by Bren » Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:36 pm

Should I cut off my green peppers now ( they are as big as the ones you buy in the super markets ) and put them on a sunny window sill to go red or...

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Last post by Bren
Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:42 am
Spring Onions

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:33 pm

Try as I may my Spring Onions never do well. They are always very short with skinny green foliage, then they bulb. They get watered well as are in...

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Last post by Westi
Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:54 pm
Arum lillies. And Hollyhocks seeds

Last post by Primrose
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by Primrose » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:45 am

I'm after some advice on whether to prune back the leaves of a newly grown clump of arum lillies (Zantedeschia - the large white ones you see in...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:28 pm
Cucumber woe

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by ken » Sun Aug 31, 2014 12:07 pm

As well as tomatoes, I grow a couple of cucumber plants in my 6x6 greenhouse. This summer has been very hot, and the greenhouse has inevitably got...

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Last post by ken
Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:58 am
Storing onions.

Last post by Ricard with an H
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by Ricard with an H » Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:54 pm
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I've done enough research and had a little experience though I was confounded by what I found when I dug up the first bed I used for onions to sow...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:56 pm
Cowslip

Last post by Elaine
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by Elaine » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:16 pm

Hello folks. Has anyone grown Cowslips from seed please?
I've collected seed from the plant in my garden, (originally bought from a garden centre)...

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Last post by Elaine
Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:17 am
Tomatoes - the hunt goes on!

Last post by Beryl
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by ken » Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:10 pm
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I think there's probably a debate every year about best-flavoured tomatoes - and still I continue to look for a good flavoured large, slicing tomato....
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Last post by Beryl
Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:56 pm
best way to store red peppers

Last post by Primrose
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by Bren » Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:59 pm

I picked a lot of red peppers and some chilli's yesterday my question now is how to store them so that the skins remain nice and firm like you see in...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:01 pm
carrots

Last post by Ricard with an H
Replies: 38
by BarbaraE » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:59 am
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Please advise: I planted Autumn King in large troughs ( to avoid carrot fly) which I filled with a mixture of sharp sand, peat free compost and...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:23 am
Green Manure

Last post by AlexMason
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by Colin Miles » Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:07 pm

I am considering leaving some or all of my garden allotment fallow next year, to give the soil and myself a rest and maybe do a bit more traveling....

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Last post by AlexMason
Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:33 am
Parsnips

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by dirtydigger » Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:28 am

My crop of parsnips taste lovely, nice and big and firm. My only problem is that have 3 to 4 stems, twisted and some growing sideways. I planted them...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:30 pm
pruning blackberries

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by dirtydigger » Fri Aug 22, 2014 4:31 pm

I have prune all this years crop and tied in all next years canes. I have 2 canes that are growing very vigourlys 's. Do I prune them back or leave...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:46 pm
Moving redcurrants

Last post by Motherwoman
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by Motherwoman » Sun Jul 13, 2014 7:54 am

Well, push has come to shove and I'm giving up my smaller 5 rod plot, keeping the 10 rod plot and here's the problem... my fruit bushes are on the...

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Last post by Motherwoman
Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:03 am
Winter Brassicas

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:04 pm

Due to waiting for beds to be free I left my winter brassicas in the nursery bed longer than intended & they were quite big. Today they looked OK...

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Last post by Westi
Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:59 pm
Early apples

Last post by Beryl
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by ken » Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:58 pm

I have a James Grieve double cordon apple which I've just summer-pruned. I was aware that two or three full-sized apples had either fallen to the...

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Last post by Beryl
Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:43 pm
Pruning parsnips!

Last post by peter
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by Primrose » Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:24 pm

Well, not really, but their leaves are now so tall they're swamping the row of veg on their shadier side. Will it stunt their root growth if I give...

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Last post by peter
Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:03 pm
Melons

Last post by Westi
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by Geoff » Wed Jul 02, 2014 11:08 am

Do you use melon bras or do you just let them swing?

I usually support each fruit in a net bag that lemons or the like come in but they are a bit...

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Last post by Westi
Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:53 pm
Unhappy peas 'Cavalier'

Last post by Elaine
Replies: 5
by Monika » Mon Jun 30, 2014 5:27 pm

We have grown peas Hurst Greenshaft and Cavalier this year. The former are doing fine, in fact we are picking them daily in the garden though the...

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Last post by Elaine
Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:47 pm
onions

Last post by Ricard with an H
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by robo » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:11 pm
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Hi all , my onions are looking good this year unlike last year, ive been told I should bend the tops over and tie them I know this was done in the...
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Last post by Ricard with an H
Thu Jun 26, 2014 7:26 am
Celery

Last post by robo
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by Westi » Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:17 pm

Afternoon All!

Can I ask what everyone does with their celery? I have planted mine in a ditch & they're now at the top so about 8 inches or more...

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Last post by robo
Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:41 pm
Blight rant

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by hilary » Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:12 pm

Hi,
Yesterday I sprayed for blight up on the lottie since there was no wind and it poured during a thunderstorm over night so not much good done...

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Last post by hilary
Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:12 pm
Potato harvesting

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by ken » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:38 am

I'm growing Charlotte salad potatoes in bags this year. I was browsing an RHS book in Waterstone's and read the comment that earlies and salad...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Wed Jun 11, 2014 2:43 pm
Help with winter squash please.

Last post by Gerry
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by Gerry » Sat May 31, 2014 2:15 pm

I am growing Hunter winter squash in my greenhouse and there are lots of female flowers but not one male flower to pollinate them.

Should I remove...

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Last post by Gerry
Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:16 am
Pruning apples

Last post by John
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by JohnN » Sat May 31, 2014 11:04 am

Despite being submerged in a lake of water for several weeks my small Bramley tree has produced a tremendous crop. (Perhaps because I sprayed with...

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Last post by John
Sat May 31, 2014 11:22 am
trailing begonias

Last post by retropants
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by retropants » Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:45 pm

I have some beautiful vibrant red ones that are just lovely. I know it is a long shot, but is there any way of keeping these going for next year,...

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Last post by retropants
Thu May 29, 2014 2:44 pm
pruning photinia 'red robin'

Last post by retropants
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by retropants » Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:04 pm

i have a very large, slightly out of control red robin in the garden, I want to prune it hard, will it survive and re-grow? it will probably be quite...

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Last post by retropants
Thu May 29, 2014 2:43 pm
Fruit trees

Last post by Brenjon
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by Brenjon » Sun May 25, 2014 8:55 pm

I have six dwarf fruit trees all have set fruit more than ever before. They are now growing more new shoots should I let these grow long or should I...

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Last post by Brenjon
Mon May 26, 2014 5:59 pm
A good moan about multi-purpose compost.

Last post by George Gray
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by Ricard with an H » Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:35 pm
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Maybe its time I started buying compost designed for sowing seeds though multipurpose ranges from the sublime to 'Are they taking the mickey'.

I...
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Last post by George Gray
Wed May 21, 2014 10:42 pm
floopy rhubarb!

Last post by Ricard with an H
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by retropants » Mon May 19, 2014 11:49 am

every year, our rhubarb goes all floopy , generally about now. it is not short of water, is mulched in winter, and very well looked after. it then...

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Last post by Ricard with an H
Wed May 21, 2014 5:47 pm
Aspirins against blight?

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by ken » Mon May 12, 2014 12:04 pm

Big article in The Independent on Sunday yesterday, reporting on research by the US Department of Agriculture, saying that spraying tomatoes and...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Wed May 14, 2014 6:32 pm
Any experts on geraniums?

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by Primrose » Mon May 12, 2014 9:07 am

The leaves on my over-wintered geranium cuttings have gone very red instead of green and several of them are now in flower. They look quite seedy...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Wed May 14, 2014 6:22 pm
Onion's flowering already!

Last post by Westi
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by Westi » Mon May 05, 2014 4:22 pm

Glad I decided to plant some more onion sets this year as my overwintered ones are trying to flower. I was concerned with all the rain & the...

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Last post by Westi
Wed May 07, 2014 6:50 pm

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