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Rabbits again

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by Doctor Deb » Fri May 30, 2008 7:32 am

Last year rabbits ate most of my allotment brassicas. I'm growing everything under enviromesh this year.So far, so good. My garden ,which is 2 miles...

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Last post by carole
Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:08 am
Aubergines in greenhouse getting eaten

Last post by glallotments
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by acrylicspud » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:49 pm

Slugs seem to be everywhere this year.

This is my first year with a mini greenhouse (6ft x 2ft) and I can't work out what is eating my plants....

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:52 am
brown spots on garlic/onion leaves

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by romney » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:17 am

my garlic,onions & leeks all are covered in brown raised spots and the leaves are turning yellow, bulbs seem ok, any ideas?

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Last post by glallotments
Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:49 am
Yellow blotches on tomato leaves

Last post by Johnboy
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by FlowerPowerGirl » Tue May 20, 2008 8:26 pm

Hi there. I'm new here so here goes...

I have a dozen or so tomato plants in a mini-greenhouse at the side of the house. A couple of leaves on...

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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:53 pm
Dwarf runner beans with yellow leaves.

Last post by Colin Miles
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by Catherine » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:01 am

Three weeks ago I planted some dwarf runner beans called Blue Lake. I started them in 3" pots and when they were large enough I transplanted...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:41 pm
Cats Cats and More Cats

Last post by skinny_bum
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by liseishere » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:09 am
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Hi Everyone,

This is my 1st post so please be gentle. I have recently relocated and decided to turn part of my garden into a vegetable plot. I...
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Last post by skinny_bum
Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:14 pm
Beautiful pests

Last post by alan refail
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by alan refail » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:28 pm

Even the garden enemies have a beauty that deserves appreciation

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Last post by alan refail
Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:09 pm
Dipel or Garlic spray

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:25 pm

Looking for something organic to get rid of caterpillars (cabbage white). We planted about 40 cabbages at various ages and put collars round, still...

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Last post by Catherine
Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:42 am
Damaged Sweetheart cabbages

Last post by Johnboy
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by Colin_M » Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:53 pm

I had two rows of healthy looking "Peter" cabbages growing nicely, back in May. They'd been started off in our garden, then transplanted...

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:16 am
Blackfly on broad beans

Last post by Parsons Jack
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by penny » Mon May 12, 2008 8:40 am
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Hi all,
How do you like the hot weather - bit too much for me I am thinking where can I put some shade on my plot!!

Despite pinching out I have...
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Last post by Parsons Jack
Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:26 am
Cucumber pests

Last post by Gracie
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by Gracie » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:53 pm

I run a school allotment as well as my own veg garden, and the children planted out two cucumbers that they had grown from seed into the border soil...

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Last post by Gracie
Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:08 pm
Beetroot leaves dying

Last post by donedigging
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by acrylicspud » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:57 pm

more problems this time the beetroot. A few of the leaves started to get white marks / discolouration on them but it seems to be getting worse and...

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Last post by donedigging
Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:56 pm
Garlic white rot

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by womble » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:02 am

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Very unhappy here, discovered what looks very much like white rot on my garlic, its affected about half the crop, all close to one another....

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Last post by womble
Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:02 am
Cabbage root fly - oh no!!!!

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:52 pm

Went to our plot this afternoon and was really shocked to see two of our cabbage transplants have wilted. They were ok yesterday when we were there....

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Last post by Catherine
Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:00 am
Flies in the compost bin!!

Last post by Catherine
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by Catherine » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:51 am

We have two plastic compost bins with lids from the local council. Yesterday when we took off the lid to add some more kitchen waste there were...

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Last post by Catherine
Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:36 am
slugs and cats double trouble

Last post by pump_king
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by amvpugh » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:06 pm

i'm having two problems at the minute,
little slugs tryin to eat my flowers and veg and cats that think my garden is their toilet, any ideas on...

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Last post by pump_king
Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:25 pm
Aaahhhhh! Early blight on potatoes

Last post by peter
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by 456cat » Tue May 27, 2008 7:19 pm

Hi

Just had a wander down the garden and noticed a few of my potato plants have dark spots on the lower leaves. I've had a search on the net and...

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Last post by peter
Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:59 pm
Potato plants with yellow leaves

Last post by Clive.
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by Tiltonblue » Thu May 29, 2008 9:44 pm

Hi folks,

My potato's look great fit and healthy, but on my visit to see them tonight i noticed some of the leaves on one or two plants are...

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Last post by Clive.
Sat May 31, 2008 8:28 am
Savona

Last post by alan refail
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by penny » Fri May 30, 2008 10:38 am

I have read about this in various books but am having no success buying. My old man says I could just make a spray with soap and water but would that...

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Last post by alan refail
Fri May 30, 2008 10:59 am
Raspberries

Last post by Weed
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by Weed » Thu May 29, 2008 7:48 pm

My Raspberries have some lighter coloured leaves and those leaves affected are smaller than the normal looking counterparts.

Could it be due to...

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Last post by Weed
Fri May 30, 2008 7:24 am
Ant damage to broad bean flowers

Last post by Johnboy
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by oxalis » Mon May 26, 2008 2:18 pm

There are no blackfly present at the moment on the broad beans. In the meantime ants are cutting through the base of unopened flowers to extract...

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Last post by Johnboy
Thu May 29, 2008 12:01 pm
What is this on my helianthus?

Last post by penny
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by penny » Mon May 26, 2008 12:54 pm

Looking rather sorry for itself. Can anyone help? Had a suggestion that it is capsid bug, but I'm not too sure..

Penny

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Last post by penny
Wed May 28, 2008 9:38 am
nematodes

Last post by Vegman
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by mugwell_2007 » Mon May 05, 2008 10:20 am

Hi, Hoping someone can help me(1st posting and all). Can anyone tell me the difference between nematodes used to kill slugs & nematodes that...

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Last post by Vegman
Tue May 27, 2008 12:16 pm
Rusty Comfrey

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by Colin Miles » Tue May 20, 2008 6:05 pm

My comfrey is growing very well, but quite a few of the older leaves are 'rusty' and seem to crumble away and die. Any ideas as to what this is and...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Fri May 23, 2008 2:47 pm
spiders or spider mite?

Last post by The Mouse
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by The Mouse » Thu May 22, 2008 9:27 pm

Help!
Went to check on my tomato and pepper plants in my polythene-covered greenhouse this morning and found strange 'clusters' that I couldn't...

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Last post by The Mouse
Fri May 23, 2008 10:57 am
Helenium suffering

Last post by penny
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by penny » Wed May 21, 2008 8:42 pm

Hi Trying a cut garden of mostly hardy annuals but all my helenium are suffering. They are about 9" tall with about 6 leaves each but the leaves...

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Last post by penny
Fri May 23, 2008 9:25 am
Merryweather Damson Tree

Last post by Johnboy
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by Eladine » Wed May 21, 2008 11:21 am

Well, my Damson was covered in Flowers, and now they all seem to have gone a bit brown looking.

Whilst a few of the flower sites have/are swelling...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri May 23, 2008 5:37 am
Gooseberries + Mildew

Last post by Stephen
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by Stephen » Mon May 19, 2008 9:46 pm

The most mature gooseberry bush on my allotment has white powdery covering on the fruit (only). The bush is very leafy at the momment.
The fruit on...

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Last post by Stephen
Tue May 20, 2008 9:17 pm
Womble Weed

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by Chantal » Tue May 13, 2008 10:51 am

This is the weed that's been giving me all the trouble, it goes underground, overground and wombling free.

I've been told it's

a) wild sorrel...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Tue May 20, 2008 3:57 pm
Ants in tunnel

Last post by Primrose
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by aine3 » Fri May 09, 2008 4:54 pm

I have a nest of ants in my polytunnel! Found them crawling all over my broad beans. Are they any harm, can I leave them alone? If not how can I get...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed May 14, 2008 9:21 am
Club root......not cured but dissabled

Last post by mickw

by mickw » Wed May 14, 2008 8:40 am

At our allotment AGM last night we were given a slide presentation by a grower of exhibition vegetables during which the speaker told us of a product...

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Last post by mickw
Wed May 14, 2008 8:40 am
All my plants are looking diseased. Help appreciated.

Last post by Cyclone
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by Cyclone » Fri May 09, 2008 9:57 pm

I am a total armature when it comes to gardening and this is the first year that I decide to start so many plants in doors. I have in the past but...

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Last post by Cyclone
Wed May 14, 2008 8:36 am
Dandelion query

Last post by Colin_M
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by JohnN » Thu May 08, 2008 9:42 am

On my regular dandelion hunt on the lawn I note that some have a deep tap root, while others are shallow, with lots of tiny roots. An internet site...

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Last post by Colin_M
Fri May 09, 2008 7:18 pm
Cheeky devils

Last post by Granny
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by Granny » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:16 pm

For the last week or so something has been digging around in the same patch of onions - right in the middle of about 200 onions. They weren't eaten,...

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Last post by Granny
Thu May 08, 2008 11:09 am
Slug Alert

Last post by Gerry
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by PLUMPUDDING » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:19 am
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I've just come in from my first slug hunt of the year and have caught 946 mainly slugs but quite a few snails too.

They are mainly on Aubretia,...
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Last post by Gerry
Tue May 06, 2008 8:00 pm
Black squirrels

Last post by Stephen
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by alan refail » Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:43 pm

Any sightings?

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Last post by Stephen
Tue May 06, 2008 5:36 pm
Badgers

Last post by Beryl
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by Beryl » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:11 pm
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We have had badgers on our allotment site for some years now. They dig holes, cause damage,eat our crops etc but we live with them. However, they...
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Last post by Beryl
Sun May 04, 2008 7:31 pm
Poorly rhubarb

Last post by Primrose
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by Brooklynodog » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:18 am

In Feb I moved two crowns and planted two new ones. One old crown is thriving, but of the other three, two are struggling (two tiny leaves) and one...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:48 am
edible weeds

Last post by Johnboy
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by woozle » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:50 am

I am looking for a good book to identify edible common garden weeds.As a bit of a novice one with colour photos to make identification easier would...

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Last post by Johnboy
Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:06 am
whitefly on blueberry

Last post by bigpepperplant
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by mandylew » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:22 pm

I've got a blueberry bush overwintering in my unheated greenhouse, however it seems to have got infested with what look like whitefly (not the...

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Last post by bigpepperplant
Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:23 pm
Gooseberry Sawfly

Last post by gardengnome
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by gardengnome » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:29 pm

Hi..Advice please!
It is the first time I have grown gooseberries. I don't like to use sprays and I have read that sawfly caterpillers are a...

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Last post by gardengnome
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:52 pm
Marestail v Paraquat

Last post by Johnboy
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by HelenH » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:38 am

I was looking through some old postings and was interested to note that some time ago Johnboy had used a product called "Paraquat" to...

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Last post by Johnboy
Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:38 am
Club root prevention

Last post by Colin_M
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by Brooklynodog » Fri Apr 18, 2008 5:36 pm

I`ve just discovered that the land our new allotments are on has had clubroot in the past. The farmer has advised liming. If I use the same tools...

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Last post by Colin_M
Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:34 am
Stable Manure

Last post by pongeroon
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by Good Gourd » Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:20 pm

We have just built a raised bed and to fill it we used stable manure with straw and shavings top soil and grow bag compost on the top. Just finished...

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Last post by pongeroon
Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:52 pm
peach leaf curl

Last post by PLUMPUDDING
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by bigpepperplant » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:39 pm

My three-year-old fan-trained Peregrine peach tree has succumbed to peach leaf curl this year for the first time (the first winter I didn't cover it...

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Last post by PLUMPUDDING
Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:33 am
Broad Beans

Last post by FredFromOssett
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by Good Gourd » Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:38 pm

We had a lovely crop of Broad Beans about a foot high been in since Oct/ Nov looked today and random plants have flowers dying at the bottom and somw...

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Last post by FredFromOssett
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:28 am
potatoe sprays

Last post by JohnN
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by GERRYFEERY » Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:48 pm

I know its early in the year to be asking thjs question but does anyone know the formula for blight spray which incorporated blue stone and washing...

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Last post by JohnN
Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:53 am
Is there life after potato blight?

Last post by Pollie Tunnel
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by amanda-from-grantham » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:00 am
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Having been caught out by blight, we shall have to put this year down to (lack of!) experience. However, is it going to affect our gardening...
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Last post by Pollie Tunnel
Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:37 pm
Can I get rid of whitefly organically?

Last post by arthur e
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by purple_felix » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:32 am

Hi,

I'm new to gardening and have some questions!!
I want to try and garden as organically as possible, but have noticed I seem to have a HUGE...

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Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:51 pm
White - prevention not cure?

Last post by Lurganspade
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by Vegman » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:18 pm

Had a bit of a problem over the winter with white fly on me curly Kale and spring Cabbage! They say that marigolds and basil will put them off but...

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:22 pm

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