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Mildew?

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by Chantal » Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:54 pm

Having lost the tomatoes and potatoes to blight, the beans have magnesium deficiency (treated) and already had three leeks run to seed, now I have...

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Last post by CradleyMike
Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:51 pm
Where has my fruit gone?

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by Gerry » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:51 pm

Hi all,
My Victoria Plum had a load of fruit on it in July, but just as it was ready to harvest all the fruit disapeared and it looked as though...

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Last post by Gerry
Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:30 pm
hollow onions

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by george » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:23 pm

Hi all

Can anyone help; about three weeks ago I harvested my onions which were grown from sets .75 Kg (Struron)planted late April. About 5% had...

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Last post by george
Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:42 pm
Blight & ring culture

Last post by Jenny Green
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by louiseg2989 » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:08 pm

I have grown tomatoes in my greenhouse using ring culture on gravel beds this year. Nearly all the plants got blight but as I was reluctant to give...

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Last post by Jenny Green
Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:39 pm
chard leaves going black

Last post by Chantal
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by Diane » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:56 pm

I've noticed that some of my chard leaves have black areas on them - is this some sort of blight or mildew, only I thought mildew was white??...

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Last post by Chantal
Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:02 pm
Defender Courgette

Last post by John
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by Colin Miles » Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:55 pm

I noticed in the latest KG that someone had complained about Defender Courgette succumbing to Cucumber Mosaic Virus despite it being touted as...

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Last post by John
Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:47 pm
LAWN WEEDS - TIP

Last post by Cider Boys
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by Vegman » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:58 pm

You can see that some lawn weeds are flat to the ground and when you remove them by cutting the root you leave a bare patch about 3" dia. This...

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Last post by Cider Boys
Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:58 pm
NEMASLUG

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by Vegman » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:59 am

I have a superspray hose end sprayer which I bought mail order from ??? Superspray!!! which I use for spraying seaweed fert. as a foliar feed on the...

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Last post by Elderflower
Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:14 pm
Magnesium Deficiency

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by Chantal » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:40 pm

I know some of my beans are suffering from magnesium deficiency, what I don't know is what to do about it. Can anyone help? :?

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Last post by Chantal
Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:55 am
SUPERSPRAY / NEMASLUG

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by Vegman » Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:53 pm

I have a superspray hose end sprayer ( ) I bought for spraying liquid feed onto my plot. they have just emailed me to say that it has now been...

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Last post by Elderflower
Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:53 pm
after the blight

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by david71 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:11 pm

advice please on what to do on my allotment to prevent any repercussions from this year's attack of blight (potato and tomato)
I will, of course,...

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Last post by David
Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:35 pm
victoria plums

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by david71 » Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:34 pm

i have an 8 year old victoria plum which, this year, has produced many small fruits with, in some cases, dark blotches on the skin. no doubt this is...

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Last post by david71
Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:41 am
Ragwort horror

Last post by jane E
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by GIULIA » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:53 pm
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Hello All - on our allotments a large amount of ragwort has started sprouting around the bins where the grass clippings are dumped - suggesting that...
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Last post by jane E
Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:17 pm
Has anyone done this?

Last post by Johnboy
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by Losos » Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:48 pm

Well this isn't exactly a weed but I couldn't think where else to post.

OH & I have been digging up an area of overgrown Horse Raddish . She...

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Last post by Johnboy
Wed Aug 15, 2007 12:47 pm
Novice gardener needs HELP!

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by Jules » Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:48 pm

I am worried by 'Blight' - in as much I am not sure what I am looking for. Recently most of my tomato plants went black and moudly looking so I threw...

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Last post by amanda-from-grantham
Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:57 pm
Can potato barrels go outside now or not?

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by amanda-from-grantham » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:24 pm

OK, having lost all our spud harvest to blight, I take it we can't put our 2nd cropper Carlingford in a previously used spud bed. We have 2 potato...

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Last post by amanda-from-grantham
Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:24 pm
Greenhouse tomatoes with blight

Last post by alan refail
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by greenhouse girl » Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:36 pm

I have just been reading all your sad tales of blight on your tomato crops and realised that has been the trouble with my greenhouse plants. My...

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Last post by alan refail
Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:00 pm
Outdoor Tomatoes

Last post by alan refail
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by mikepearce45 » Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:57 pm
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Just spent the morning pulling up all 18 of my outdoor tomatoes that have been hit by blight over the last three days.

Heartbreaking really as...
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Last post by alan refail
Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:00 pm
Metals as slug barriers

Last post by CradleyMike
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by Angi » Tue May 29, 2007 5:32 pm

On GW, Monty Don used copper pipe screwed to a raised bed plus nematodes in the bed to keep it slug and snail free. Brilliant idea, I thought, until...

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Last post by CradleyMike
Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:42 pm
Do aubergines suffer from blight?

Last post by Colin_M
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by Primrose » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:29 am

Having spotted some early signs of blight on my outdoor tomatoes yesterday, I've now noticed that one stem on one of my outdoor aubergine plant seems...

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Last post by Colin_M
Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:23 am
Whats wrong with my french beans?

Last post by Colin_M
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by helixdesign » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:54 am

I've got several varieties dwarf and climbing french beans growing in various parts of the veg patch.

The lower leaves of them are suffering. The...

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Last post by Colin_M
Sun Aug 05, 2007 1:45 pm
slugs eating onions!

Last post by George Gray
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by GIULIA » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:40 am

Put our onions to dry in the greenhouse and they've suffered an epic slug attack, real tunnels, Jurassic Park sized slugs tucking in. I have never...

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Last post by George Gray
Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:56 pm
Roundup concentrate instructions

Last post by Geoff
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by Allan » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:12 pm

Can somebody who has the box of a bottle of roundup concentrate please quote me the dilution rates printed there. Our box has got disposed of.
The...

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Last post by Geoff
Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:52 pm
peach culprit?

Last post by Jenny Green
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by bigpepperplant » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:49 am

i know I should probably have netted my fan-trained peach tree but I am curious to know who might be to blame for three of my six peaches being...

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Last post by Jenny Green
Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:39 pm
Downy mildew on peas

Last post by oldherbaceous
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by guypettigrew » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:30 pm

Hi all

My peas are suffering from downy mildew.

They are an old variety, Alderman, which grow 2 metres tall.

Does anyone have any ideas,...

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Last post by oldherbaceous
Thu Aug 02, 2007 7:34 pm
Wood Lice

Last post by RAREBREDCHICK
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by carltron » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:17 pm

In the Plotwatching report in the August Kitchen Garden it is reported that Colin Handley resorted to a insecticide to control wood lice. Our plot is...

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Last post by RAREBREDCHICK
Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:44 pm
Galinsoga Parviflora?

Last post by Chantal
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by Chantal » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:01 pm

A long, long time ago I asked if anyone knew how to eradicate Galinsoga Parviflora but the consensus on here was that the weed we have on our site...

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Last post by Chantal
Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:25 pm
aubergine problems

Last post by Johnboy
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by Granny » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:17 am

I have 6 aubergine plants in an unheated greenhouse. All were doing well, flowers galore, but recently some of the leaves on all the plants are going...

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Last post by Johnboy
Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:40 am
Armillatox..?

Last post by strawberry tart
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by sue-the-recycler » Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:31 pm

I have white onion rot :( I have been told by a neighbour you can use Armillatox on the soil and then plant something else...I havent come across...

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Last post by strawberry tart
Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:23 pm
Blight galore

Last post by Colin Miles
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by KMARKSnr » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:15 am

Hi all,
Every plotholder on our sight has cut back all potato plants to 6" above ground level,as signs of blight appear.
Obviously all the...

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Last post by Colin Miles
Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:23 pm
Collapsed cucumbers

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by FatB » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:33 pm

I've grown 5 cucumber plants this year, 3 in the polytunnel (2 Passandra, 1 Crystal Apple), and 2 outside (Marketmore - thanks KG), and all 5 have...

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Last post by FatB
Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:33 pm
Leaves on courgette plant

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by Primrose » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:31 pm

Virtually all the leaves on one of my courgette plants have developed a crinkled effect. The best way of describing them is to say that they look...

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Last post by Primrose
Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:31 pm
What causes Chocolate Spot?

Last post by sue-the-recycler
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by sue-the-recycler » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:13 pm

I picked my broad beans yesterday and was surprised to see quite a lot of 'chocolate coloured' marks on the leaves - I looked it up in my trusty...

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Last post by sue-the-recycler
Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:38 pm
Garlic problems

Last post by Monika
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by Welsh gardener » Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:09 pm

Leaves on the garlic were looking yellow - having been very healthy plants until recently. We pulled up one clove to see what it was like - it was...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:55 pm
Courgette problems

Last post by The Novice
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by The Novice » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:15 pm

Can anyone help? I have 1 courgette plant that he slugs did not destroy entirely. It is producing flowers and courgettes, but before they are much...

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Last post by The Novice
Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:18 pm
White powder on Melons

Last post by David
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by David » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:52 am

Morning all,

I am growing melons in the g.house for the first time and have a white powder forming on the lower leaves.

Could anyone tell me...

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Last post by David
Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:36 am
Lawn Weedkiller

Last post by Primrose
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by Geoff » Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:37 pm

Has anybody come across a selective lawn weedkiller?
I only seem to be able to find weed and feed and although I want to take weeds out of some of...

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Last post by Primrose
Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:24 pm
toms

Last post by submariner
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by submariner » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:36 am

My outdoor tumbler toms have fallen to potato blight.
I'm not sure exactly what this is. Is it a virus or mould? I cannot burn the plants, but would...

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Last post by submariner
Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:15 pm
Sweet pea virus

Last post by Monika
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by Monika » Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:16 pm

My husband's carefully grown and cordoned sweet peas have almost all succumbed to mosaic virus, in spite of careful hygiene when cutting etc. By the...

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Last post by Monika
Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:30 pm
Dead Clematis

Last post by June
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by Primrose » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:28 pm

A clematis plant I bought a few weeks ago has suddenly turned brown and died within the last two weeks after flowering well. I'm aware there is a...

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Last post by June
Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:15 pm
Dem Pesky Slugs - Nematodes Anyone?!

Last post by June
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by RAREBREDCHICK » Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:14 pm
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OK, having had a really serious problem last year with slugs and snails and trying almost everything, with varying degrees of success. This year I...
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Last post by June
Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:50 pm
green nightshade

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by holttum » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:50 am

Hi

My allotment has become infested with green nightshade,the only allotmant with them on,none of the other 60 odd alltments have any,there are...

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Last post by holttum
Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:50 am
Another tomato problem

Last post by Granny
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by Granny » Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:01 am

My Ferline tomatoes which I'm growing outside seem to be stunted. The main stem is thicker than I'd expect and seems to be getting thicker instead of...

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Last post by Granny
Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:49 am
Is anyone here convinced that spays work against blight?

Last post by GIULIA
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by Barry » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:39 pm

I watch blight forecast websites and am clear when blight conditions are around in my area. I did spray against blight IN ANTICIPATION of such an...

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Last post by GIULIA
Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:04 pm
potatoes

Last post by david71
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by david71 » Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:51 am

would anyone advise me on the practice of cutting off potato haulms to prevent the spread of blight, or for any other reason ?

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Last post by david71
Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:01 pm
Slowworms

Last post by Monika
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by Edwina » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:55 pm

I have a compost heap covered with a black polethene sheet,when I lift it there are sometimes a dozen slowworms basking,and also several brown...

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Last post by Monika
Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:58 pm
potatoes

Last post by david71
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by david71 » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:45 am

some of my earlies (rocket) after 12 weeks have small ,pin head size white spots on the surface. they taste alright and there is no sign of any...

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Last post by david71
Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:04 am
White spots on onion, tomato and brassica leaves

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by guypettigrew » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:52 pm

Hi all

This is a new one on me. White spots on leaves.

It's appeared fairly quickly, and seems to be getting worse.

It's not rust, and the...

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Last post by guypettigrew
Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:52 pm
Discoloured Carrot Tops

Last post by Chantal
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by Geoff » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:33 am

Magazine Letter:
"The leaves of some of my carrots are looking discoloured; they are yellowing and have a red tinge,too".
Answer :...

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Last post by Chantal
Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:53 pm
help with cucumbers

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by seedling » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:46 am

Help the cucumbers in my greenhouse are covered in white stuff - looks like talc. Is it mildew or what ? What can i do about it or should i just get...

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Last post by seedling
Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:54 pm

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