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Blackfly on the runner beans

Last post by Beryl
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by mikepearce45 » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:26 pm
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Just had a stroll round the veggie patch and am somewhat dismayed at the sudden appearance of blackfly on the runner beans, and not just a few...
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Last post by Beryl
Mon Aug 23, 2010 6:31 pm
My neighbours weedy Courgette plants

Last post by armstrom
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by Polly » Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:04 pm

I have been asked to plant sit two of the sorriest looking courgette plants I have ever seen. They are weedy looking in fairly small pots and their...

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Last post by armstrom
Mon Aug 23, 2010 10:17 am
Cucumber plant - yellowing leaves

Last post by percy
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by percy » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:11 pm

Hello all,

My first post, this.

I have 4 cucumbers in a mini-greenhouse - each year they produce well to start with .... and then the leaves start...

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Last post by percy
Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:42 am
Can you make a liquid fertiliser with Alkanet?

Last post by Granny
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by Primrose » Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:29 pm

I know you can make one with Comfrey, which I don't have, but I'm fighting a continual battle with Alkanet in my garden (the weed with tiny blue...

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Last post by Granny
Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:40 pm
Peppers rotting on plant

Last post by percy
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by longpod » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:15 am

Hello All, I need advice please.This year I bought four pepper plants. I am growing these in pots in hot sunshine, no drastic drop in temperatures....

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Last post by percy
Thu Aug 19, 2010 3:07 pm
Browny cauliflowers

Last post by John
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by JohnN » Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:07 am

My not very large caulis (5" or so) have grown with a brown "speckle" all over them, making them look most unappetising. They've grown...

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Last post by John
Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:40 pm
enviromesh

Last post by Mike Vogel
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by ltweddle » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:50 pm

Hello. I've some brassicas growing under enviromesh. When would it be safe, if ever, to remove this?

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Last post by Mike Vogel
Thu Aug 12, 2010 7:10 pm
Runner beans - after the blackfly come the birds

Last post by mikepearce45
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by mikepearce45 » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:33 pm

I am not having much luck this year re my runner beans. I recently posted a topic headed "Blackfly on the runner beans" which attracted a...

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Last post by mikepearce45
Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:05 pm
BER on tomato 'San Marzano'

Last post by pongeroon
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by retropants » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:42 am

Every year we get this. Have tried everything to keep watering regular. I think we need to try a different variety, but I love this one for making...

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Last post by pongeroon
Wed Aug 04, 2010 7:58 am
Onion Mildew

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by Binky » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:01 pm

We have had a lot of downy mildew on our allotment site this year. The chap on the next plot to me isn't too fussy about garden hygeine and has left...

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Last post by Binky
Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:01 pm
Tomato problem, Help please.

Last post by Johnboy
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by Gerry » Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:07 am
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Can someone please identify what is wrong with my tomatoes and tell me what I can do about it.
I grow in a poly tunnel and it has mesh...
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Last post by Johnboy
Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:36 am
mangetout

Last post by Meow
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by Meow » Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:34 pm

my mangetout are not looking too good, about 2/3 of the pods look like they've got acne! they're all nobbley, some of the nobbles are black and some...

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Last post by Meow
Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:50 am
Downy mildew on onions

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by Catherine » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:55 pm

We have found our onions have downy mildew :shock: :shock: We have pulled them all up and cut the necks and put them in the pt in the racks pointing...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Sun Jul 25, 2010 2:18 pm
Earwigs

Last post by Ken65
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by Ken65 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:46 pm

Something is eating holes in my cabbages and the only thing I can find in or on them is Earwigs do they normally attack cabbages and how do I get rid...

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Last post by Ken65
Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:47 pm
Blueberry Disease?

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by Smurfy » Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:43 am

Hi All - I have a problem with one of my blueberry bushes. The stem, trunk and leaves turned bright red and now all the leaves have dropped off and...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:07 pm
Pest or disease on tomatillo leaves

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by cowshill » Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:24 pm

Can anyone identify and give me any advice on what is attacking my tomatillo plants? Pictures below. The tomatillos are being grown in a small...

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Last post by cowshill
Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:49 pm
Envirofleece

Last post by Beryl
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by geacher » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:03 pm

Hi

i am after a large roll of enviromesh, I have found it cheapest on

I think i need the ultrafine because i grow oriental leaves and have loads...

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Last post by Beryl
Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:08 pm
ugh RABBITS

Last post by Cider Boys
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by tracie » Wed May 12, 2010 7:30 pm

Hi all,
at our site we have been invaded with rabbits that just eat everything (except the weeds) as soon as you plant out. I also suspect that the...

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Last post by Cider Boys
Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:26 am
Mouldy Leaves

Last post by alan refail
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by geacher » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:34 pm

Hi
I pulled back my fleece today that has been covering my oriental leaves
and they had not grown the same as usual, probabily about 50% yield and...

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Last post by alan refail
Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:58 pm
My french dwarf bean in trouble

Last post by Monika
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by Littlesmall » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:03 am

i use multipurpose compost to grow them in pots and give them some multi purpose plant food, npk 7-7-7 ,move to outdoor in a clear plastic cover...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:54 pm
The tomato plant turn to yellowish..

Last post by Primrose
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by Littlesmall » Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:28 am

i grow 6 tomatoes plant in pots and move to outdoor, but i made a clear plastic cover up (sort of green house ), they all looked healthy , and every...

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Last post by Primrose
Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:22 pm
Maggots/larvae in my comfrey tea

Last post by Granny
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by Granny » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:23 pm

I've be brewing comfrey tea (just leaves in water in a bucket with a lid on it) for about 3 weeks. When I took the lid off today there were a lot of...

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Last post by Granny
Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:07 am
HOLES IN PAK CHOI AND ROCKET

Last post by geacher
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by Compo » Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:58 pm
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There are pin size holes in my rocket and a neighbours pak choi, she has got leaf damage and bigger holes as well which I did not get on the rocket...
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Last post by geacher
Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:32 pm
Moss killer

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by JohnN » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:40 am

Have just done the first "moss rake", after dowsing the lawn in "lawn sand" and watching it turn black with "dead"...

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Fri Jul 09, 2010 10:15 pm
Out with the bathwater again?

Last post by Johnboy
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by Johnboy » Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:58 am

It appears that there are to be changes made into the Soil Association rules on what is to be considered as organic. One of the changes mooted is...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:23 pm
Is this the end for the vine weevil?

Last post by Nature's Babe
Replies: 2
by alan refail » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:57 am

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Jul 07, 2010 8:20 am
Purple tomato leaves

Last post by Johnboy
Replies: 7
by Barry » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:15 pm

My outdoor tomatoes are showing some really odd signs. The very uppermost leaves are folding inwards, revealing a purple underside. The rest of the...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:17 am
Pollen beetles - " strippers" or just a nuisance?

Last post by glallotments
Replies: 5
by bevparker » Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:02 pm

My garden has recently been infested with thousands of pollen beetles - small flying beetles that make for blooms to eat the pollen. Apparently they...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:12 pm
Potato protection

Last post by peter
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by Tony Hague » Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:03 pm

I was wondering ... those of you who spray potatoes against blight, what is your plan now that Dithane 945 is no longer to be available for domestic...

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Last post by peter
Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:32 pm
To kill or not to kill, that is the question.

Last post by alan refail
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by alan refail » Tue Jun 29, 2010 2:08 pm

Following the threats to Gardener's Question Time panellists from animal rights activists - - where would you draw the line about what to kill and...

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Last post by alan refail
Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:58 am
Water damage?

Last post by Monika
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by Monika » Sun Jun 27, 2010 10:13 pm

I noticed today that some of our beetroot leaves and French bean leaves have large dry, papery patches on them, in fact some of the beetroot leaves...

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Last post by Monika
Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:00 pm
Problems with pigeons, rabbits etc?

Last post by alan refail
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by Colin_M » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:17 pm

I remember a few people raising this earlier this year. We just received the summer mailshot from Marshalls, and included in it was something called...

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:31 pm
slugs,snails

Last post by alan refail
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by iknownothing » Fri Apr 02, 2010 11:28 pm
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have read lots of threads on this but still not sure which way to go - am just starting to grow veg for first time in plastic raised beds on paving...
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Last post by alan refail
Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:51 pm
Small round yellow eggs

Last post by Galatea
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by glallotments » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:56 am

I've just been emptying some tubs of pansies and in one tub found some very small yellow ball shaped objects. They're about the size of snail eggs...

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Last post by Galatea
Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:45 pm
Red curranr problem

Last post by Primrose
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by seedling » Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:07 am

I went to a friends house over the weekend and her red currant bush has a leaf problem. Its got raised yellow lumpy areas on the leaves as if the...

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Last post by Primrose
Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:48 pm
Fewer slugs?

Last post by glallotments
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by JohnN » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:08 pm

Is it just my patch or are there fewer slugs and snails about this year? I'm not complaining mind you, just curious. Perhaps it was the cold winter?...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:41 am
strawberry plant death

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by retropants » Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:40 am
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Can anyone help pinpoint why a percentage of our new strawberry plants, full of developing fruit are collapsing? They start off looking a little...
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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:11 pm
'blind' tomato plant

Last post by retropants
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by yummyveggies » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:27 am

Hi , I have two tomato plants ( out of about 35) which have grown 'blind' .. they have two trusses and then no central growing point at all. Normally...

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Last post by retropants
Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:54 am
Pitted radishes

Last post by glallotments
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by Monika » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:22 pm

Every year, our radishes are pitted with small white surface holes, making them look unappetising, though they are perfectly ok to eat. Is it flea...

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Last post by glallotments
Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:59 am
Got many caterpillars?

Last post by Colin_M
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by Colin_M » Sun Jun 13, 2010 2:14 pm

I not complaining, but after seeing a few butterflies and the odd caterpillar several weeks ago, we don't seem to have very many at all here at the...

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Last post by Colin_M
Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:51 pm
Blight Alert 2010

Last post by Primrose
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by Chantal » Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:49 pm

I've received my first Blight Alert for the CV22 area from Blightwatch UK. The last two days were so humid we've had our first Full Smith Period, so...

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Last post by Primrose
Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:14 pm
Holes all over my fruit cage netting

Last post by glallotments
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by elizajane » Sat Jun 05, 2010 10:03 am

Hi I put up a fruit cage this year to cover my raspberries and a couple of fruit trees. I used some netting (green plastic) that my father had used...

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Last post by glallotments
Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:36 am
Leek Moth already.

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by Parsons Jack » Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:34 pm

Not content with ravaging my leeks later in the season, the little b****rs first generation have attacked my garlic :x

Anybody else with this...

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Last post by Parsons Jack
Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:42 pm
Woodlice

Last post by Nature's Babe
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by GatehouseFarm » Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:44 pm

I am having problems with woodlice eating my pepper and chilli plants ! Any suggestions please.

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Last post by Nature's Babe
Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:10 pm
Whats this bug

Last post by alan refail
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by geacher » Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:11 am

Hi

I think this may be the bug responsible for eating my oriental brassica mix?
What is it? and how do i get rid of it?
I have been covering my...

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Last post by alan refail
Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:29 am
VARMITS

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by Cider Boys » Mon May 31, 2010 8:14 am

Perhaps it is just my lack of prevention but I have suffered far worst losses this season due to 'varmits' stealing my vegetables than in other...

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Last post by Tigger
Mon May 31, 2010 11:19 pm
Strange Strawberry

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by larkspur » Mon May 31, 2010 3:37 pm

We live in SW of France, and we have some plants specie Cijosee, and several of them have developed strange shapes like this. Does any one know the...

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Last post by larkspur
Mon May 31, 2010 3:37 pm
potatoe leaves wilting

Last post by John
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by iknownothing » Sat May 22, 2010 8:09 pm

Hi
I am growing potatoes in bags for the first time (first time at growing anything!) and the leaves of the potatoe plants in one bag are beginning...

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Last post by John
Mon May 24, 2010 8:39 pm
ants

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by iknownothing » Mon May 24, 2010 4:20 pm

hi sorry to ask more questions but I have an invasion of ants in my raised beds I have found one cauliflower seedling and 1 cabbage seedling chewed...

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Last post by iknownothing
Mon May 24, 2010 6:34 pm
Problem with Black/Red Currant

Last post by glallotments
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by acoriola » Sat May 22, 2010 11:43 am

I am asking for help here because one of my Black/Red currant has a leef problem. The older leefs, not the new ones, start to get some black spots...

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Sun May 23, 2010 5:57 pm

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