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Not sure if 'frost' can be classed as a pest?

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by Rubykitchen » Tue May 10, 2011 10:46 pm

Despite earthing up like I've never done before, the tops are growing just too fast, so I've been a bit slack the past week.

Noticed yesterday brown...

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Last post by glallotments
Wed May 11, 2011 7:03 pm
Strawberry Black Eye

Last post by The Mouse
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by The Mouse » Sat May 07, 2011 8:52 pm

After last week's frost, I noticed today that the central part of my strawberry flowers has gone black. A bit of quick research on Google suggests...

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Sun May 08, 2011 10:50 am
showmaster onion plants (Marshalls)

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by sincerity » Thu May 05, 2011 9:37 pm

This year I ordered two packs of 'Showmaster' onion plants ( they are not available as seed or sets ); each pack consists of 25 plants. I opened the...

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Thu May 05, 2011 9:37 pm
Yellow Spots on Pumpkin

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by PrincessJelly » Tue May 03, 2011 3:57 pm

Help! My pumpkin plants are sporting bright yellow spots on their leaves and today I noticed that one of the stems is turning yellow too - what could...

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Last post by peter
Tue May 03, 2011 6:43 pm
Any ideas for protecting Sprouting Broccoli?

Last post by Johnboy
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by Colin_M » Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:16 am

I've found enviromesh works well for most of my brassicas and have set up tunnels that are around 2' 6" high. However Sprouting Broccoli can...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon May 02, 2011 11:15 am
Raspberry pest

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by wessie » Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:17 am

My autumn fruiting raspberries have curled and deformed leaves which seem to contain an insect.What is this and can I treat it and will it harm the...

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Last post by wessie
Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:14 pm
Damaged Fruit Tree

Last post by Geoff
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by Johnboy » Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:05 pm

My most wonderful tasting Greengage was struck by lightening about 10 years ago and I thought that I had repaired it with grafting across the split...

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Last post by Geoff
Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:00 pm
Aubergine looking sad

Last post by Primrose
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by Catherine » Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:06 pm

I bought an aubergine plant from a garden centre which looked very healthy. I am also growing from seed, but just in case I bought this plant.

It is...

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Last post by Primrose
Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:43 pm
Cucumber Plants browning at edge

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by julie » Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:10 pm

Hi, not really a newbie, but am perplexed by my cucumber plants which are browning at the edges - not all the leaves are affected - they are in the...

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Last post by julie
Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:50 am
House flies

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by Elaine » Sun Oct 03, 2010 1:52 pm

Does anyone know of an effective fly killer please? Every time I open the door, another few zoom inside and I spend the next few hours trying to swat...

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Last post by DiG
Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:02 pm
Weed killer and the lunar cycle

Last post by alan refail
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by Barry » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:40 pm

A bit of an odd one this, but...

...have any of you planned the use of week killer using the lunar cycle? For example, when would be the best time...

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Last post by alan refail
Tue Apr 19, 2011 6:12 am
What insecticides do you use?

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by alan refail » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:31 pm

I am prompted by a thread in General Chatter to wonder what insecticides people regularly use and for what pests.

I don't use any pesticides at all...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:05 am
HELP - what pesky creature is eating my pansy flowers, etc?

Last post by FelixLeiter
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by JuneBug » Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:25 pm

No matter where I plant pansies - in beds or in pots, something always chews on the flowers and ends up completely destroying the plants. I also have...

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Last post by FelixLeiter
Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:28 pm
Quince Rust? Help!

Last post by JohnN
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by alan refail » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:45 am

I have an eleven year old quince - Meeche's Prolific. Five or six years ago it started cropping prolifically. Two years ago it came into leaf late...

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Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:55 pm
Janese knotweed - eat it!

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by alan refail » Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:30 am

Chef cooks up recipes for Japanese Knotweed

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Last post by Rubykitchen
Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:42 pm
sciarid flies killing my seedlings?!

Last post by John Walker
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by bigpepperplant » Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:21 am
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I've got loads of little black flies hopping around the surface of the compost on my germinating lettuce, pak choi and chilli seedlings. I think they...
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Last post by John Walker
Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:57 pm
Cucumbers - True or Old Wives Tale ?

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by Primrose » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:42 am

I recently received the following, which is an extract about cucumbers from one of those Round Robin emails which circulates around the system....

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Last post by Kleftiwallah
Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:13 pm
Thrips I think??

Last post by Fair Weather 33
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by Fair Weather 33 » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:15 pm

Ok I appologise in advance for this vague rubbish explination.

Can anyone tell me if the damage on my courgette is thrips. The leaf veins left...

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Last post by Fair Weather 33
Sat Mar 12, 2011 1:41 pm
A New Pathogen

Last post by Elle's Garden
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by Nature's Babe » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:07 pm

Just for information, completely new pathogen found by scientists,

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Fri Mar 11, 2011 6:06 pm
Moss on plastic roof

Last post by Geoff
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by JohnN » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:05 am

Having got most of the lumps of moss off a roof made of clear poly-something sheets I need to give it a final clean, especially under the overlapping...

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Last post by Geoff
Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:38 am
What is this weed & how do I kill it?

Last post by Beryl
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by peter » Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:00 pm
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Prostrate creeping purple leaves with yellow flowers.
Reminiscent of trefoil.
When dug up it has a 2 to 3 inch taproot with a circle of roots at the...
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Last post by Beryl
Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:35 am
Apple Moths

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by Geoff » Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:21 pm

Has anybody any experience of trying to control Apple Moths (Codling) with pheromone traps and / or nematode treatments? Particularly does anybody...

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Last post by Beryl
Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:14 pm
Leek Moth

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by Cider Boys » Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:09 pm

Two weeks ago a neighbouring farmer was praising my leeks, how things can change in a fortnight. Now the whole lot, hundreds of plants, have been...

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Last post by moonraker1104
Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:28 am
nemotodes for slug control ?

Last post by Geoff
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by Bitzy66 » Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:40 pm

Hi All , last year I was locked in a constant battle to the death with the dreaded slugs ,out every night with a bucket collecting them up before...

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Last post by Geoff
Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:30 pm
Cabbage white chrysales

Last post by Monika
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by Monika » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:05 pm

I have been trying to find out from books and the internet whether this winter's very low temperatures (minus 13 here at home and probably minus 14...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:03 pm
One Weed to Cultivate - Nettles.

Last post by Stephen
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by Nature's Babe » Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:28 pm

Why every garden should have a patch... of nettles.
Please feel free to add other tips.

Nettles support up to 40 species of insect including some of...

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Last post by Stephen
Fri Feb 04, 2011 5:02 pm
Is January too early to use glyphosate effectively?

Last post by Stephen
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by Stephen » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:56 am

As it says really.

Sorry about neglecting you all; the good news is that I have been in demand for work, the bad news is that I didn't see the...

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Last post by Stephen
Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:37 pm
Can you grow beans up sunflowers?

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by John Yeoman » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:56 am

There's a lively discussion on allelopathy - or plant toxins - developing in a thread elsewhere in this forum: "Is this the ultimate organic...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:54 pm
Is this the ultimate organic remedy for perennial weeds?

Last post by Elle's Garden
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by John Yeoman » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:15 pm

Has anybody else tried this totally organic remedy for perennial weeds that just don't succumb to any other method - even fierce proprietary...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:30 pm
raspberry beetle

Last post by glallotments
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by The Mouse » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:39 pm

I was wondering how many of you treat your raspberries against raspberry beetle, and how many of you don't.

For the first couple of years that my...

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Last post by glallotments
Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:04 pm
Couch Grass

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by Westi » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:17 pm

My raspberry bed has been overtaken with couch grass. I have completely lost the battle with trying to pull it up as it enjoys the
manure mulch I...

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Last post by peter
Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:38 pm
Whitefly advice needed

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by Colin_M » Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:08 pm
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I don't know if it's something we're doing (or not doing) but most of our brassicas seem to get whitefly at different times of the year.

Can anyone...
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Last post by oldherbaceous
Mon Nov 08, 2010 6:35 pm
Ants in the Compost Bin

Last post by Lee Nic
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by Lee Nic » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:47 pm

Hi All,

New to "grow-your-own" gardening this year and have been trying to compost using one of the black plastic bin type composters....

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Last post by Lee Nic
Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:22 pm
Slug trails

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by JohnN » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:06 am

Just come to clean off the white shading on the greenhouse glass and once again puzzled by the "trails" going right up to the eaves. I...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:39 pm
Actively encouraging Mycelium

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by Nature's Babe » Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:43 am

Seing evidence of mycelium in my garden now, their little friuts are popping up,( eg beans in loo rolls filled with home grown compost, popping...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:08 pm
LEEK PROBLEM

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by Compo » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:38 pm
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My leeks appear to have a problem the upper leave appear to have a rust or mildew on them and the white bits are going spongy / rotting any idea what...
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Last post by Parsons Jack
Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:47 am
What's the news on tomato blight?

Last post by Elle's Garden
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by John Yeoman » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:49 pm

How many people have had tomato blight this year? I know blight has been a frequent topic here but I hear conflicting reports that 2010 has been a...

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Last post by Elle's Garden
Sun Oct 03, 2010 3:44 pm
Blackthorn

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by ltweddle » Fri Sep 24, 2010 5:15 pm

Hello, a few years ago I planted a hedge which included blackthorn, I think prunus spinosa is its botanical name. Our cottage backs onto a railway,...

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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:47 am
Whats after my sweet corn?

Last post by lucysmum
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by lucysmum » Sun Sep 19, 2010 4:47 pm

This is the first time I have grown sweet corn & it is looking really impressive now. This morning one of the plants was crashed on the floor.On...

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Mon Sep 20, 2010 11:46 am
Onion White Rot

Last post by John P
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by John P » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:51 pm

Is it true that the soil must be left fallow of onions for up to seven years,if Onion White Rot contaminates it. Iwas unfortunate enough to have this...

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Last post by John P
Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:59 pm
Overwintering antirrhinums

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by Monika » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:07 pm

Our antirrhinums have flowered very well this year and are still showing lots of buds on lower branches. I was thinking of keeping them in over...

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Last post by Monika
Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:32 pm
Has this been a "light" year for Tomato blight?

Last post by Chantal
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by Colin_M » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:50 pm
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So far of course?

I pretty much given up trying to grow outdoor tomatoes, because of the number of crops I've lost to blight. However I was struck...
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Last post by Chantal
Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:44 am
COPPER / SLUGS / BRASSICAS

Last post by Compo
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by Compo » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:12 pm

I am bout to plant out some brassicas for the winter, and have some old copper waste pipe which is about 40mm inside diamater, I intend to slice it...

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Last post by Compo
Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:57 pm
Help Fig Tree problem

Last post by Beryl
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by Polly » Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:15 pm

I have 2 fig trees in containers. Both watered and fed the same and in the same position. One is fine the other is now looking a bit droopy and has...

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Last post by Beryl
Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:05 pm
Flies under our Enviromesh

Last post by Colin_M
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by Colin_M » Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:12 pm

Since we started using Enviromesh a few years back, things seem a lot better. One thing puzzles me though - under some of our Enviromesh tunnels,...

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Last post by Colin_M
Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:24 pm
White tomatoes

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by Chantal » Wed Aug 25, 2010 8:16 pm

Has anyone ever seen anything like this? This is one tray of mixed type tomatoes. All the other trays are fine. What the hell is wrong with them? :?

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Last post by Chantal
Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:02 pm
what fungus

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by richard p » Mon Aug 23, 2010 8:10 pm

was looking round an empty shop today, its a several hundred year old building, been a shop as long as i can remember... found this stuff in the...

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Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:27 am
Understanding how blight affects tomatoes

Last post by Johnboy
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by Primrose » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:46 am

Blight free here so far, despite a blight warning, but I have sprayed as a precaution. Can anybody answer this question though, just in case it does...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:36 am
buttercups

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by Meow » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:24 pm

the grass between the beds on our allotment is covered with buttercups, is there anyway of getting rid of them as they spread really quickly. we...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:57 pm
Strawberry Problem

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by porsmitj2 » Mon Aug 23, 2010 12:49 pm

I am having a problem with the strawberry plants in my imitation victorian planter.

As you can see from the attached photos the leaves have been...

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Tue Aug 24, 2010 1:34 pm

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