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    Seed train like on BYC?

    I will take the serrano pepper seeds & offer up...... Pablo Ancho pepper Danvers carrot Sugar pie pumpkin Bloomsdale spinach Hubbard squash Birdhouse gourd Cabbage (?) Cherry tomatoes Nineveh tomatoes Scallop squash (mixed) Burdock Vermont Cranberry beans Blue Lake/Kentucky Blue pole green...
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    It's been an "eternity".......

    :hugs So sorry for your loss
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    Seed train like on BYC?

    If I'm not mistaken, this is the last offer up? If so....Ariel, I'll take your 'Golden Bantam' corn and offer: Pablo Ancho pepper Danvers carrot Sugar Pie pumpkin Bloomsdale spinach Hubbard squash Birdhouse gourd Cabbage (Copenhagen Market, I think...it produced a standard ball head type)...
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    pumpkin/acorn hybrid? *Now w/pics*

    Actually that squash you have looks like most of our pumpkins & if left on the vine will orange up. In fact, nearly all pumpkins I've grown start out green like that one & the orange spot is usually where it's touched something & the longer it sits (picked or left on vine) the more orange it...
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    Squash identification??

    I don't know for sure, since I'm not an expert. But my guess for most any winter squash would be to leave it as long as possible or the vines start to die off unless the squash was damaged or starting to rot-then pick it right away. Although I have picked pumpkins before the vine died off and...
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    Growing beans

    Last year I was curious about this same thing, so I put some of the beans in a wet paper towel to check if they would sprout. THEY DID! So I planted a few(maybe 10 of each) of Navy, Black & Red beans as a test and they grew great. Harvested about a handful of each. Based on that successful test...
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    When to harvest zucchini?

    Zukes can be good at any size, depending on how you use them. Even the monster baseball bat sized. These can be sliced, dipped in egg, then seasoned flour & fried. Or cut in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds & fill with meatloaf mixture or thick speghetti/Italian sauce or chili or whatever(?) &...
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    What sweet corn do you use?

    Open pollinated Golden Bantam heirloom (I save seed)
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    Monsanto - the planet killer is at it again.

    In doing a general search, there are tons of sites loaded with info about Monsanto & it's escapades from it's beginning. Wikipedia had some very revealing info & none are really very positive. With a track record like agent orange, aspartime, BST (bovine growth hormone), caffiene, vanillin...
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    Wanted: mild jalapeno seeds, for???

    I already have the hot ones but I'm looking to find some mild jalapeno seeds that have the flavor with much less heat. I've seen a few different ones in catalogs under different names, but I don't want to have to place an order for just one item cause of my seed obsession wouldn't/couldn't be...
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    Name Your Heirloom Tomatoes For This Year!

    I've got started..... Roma Amish Paste Marglobe Pink Brandywine Rutgers Nineveh San Marzano I'm looking forward to alot of work at seasons end :he
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    Info on how to grow Mint

    I don't know about starting from seeds, but I would think it would probably work. I've always used starts. I just wanted to add to the other comments about mint in that I've grown mint for years & about 3 years ago I dug it all up & hadn't seen it since.....then just this week I happened to...
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    Anybody grow grapes & fruit trees together?

    I agree it is possible as long as the grapes are kept pruned & under control. My SIL bought a house that all you could see in the back yard was over-grown with grapes over 25ft high. After they cut them back, they found several fruit trees including apples & plums. Apparently someone had...
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    ~ ICELANDIC VOLCANO ERUPTION ~ UPDATE: IT'S STARTED AGAIN........!!

    I was in Auburn (Seattle suburb to the north) at the time of Mt St Helen's going off & we didn't get hardly any ash at all. A friend had went to Yakima (right next to St H & direct path) for the weekend & was stuck there for several days before she could drive home. It was hard to believe the...
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    dwarf root stock?

    Awesome! and thank you to all responses.
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    Artichokes in the sunny South (zone 7b) - ???

    That little guy is sure cute! But to your question....I'm working on growing artichokes here in the Puget Sound area of Wa. Two years ago I got a couple of starts that I poked in the ground in the NE corner of my yard that gets S&W exposure. I didn't do anything else to it & it grew fine & even...
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    1st timer - starting from seed

    Actually I'm surprised nobody else posted about those prolific little buggers. :lol: Haven't you heard the horror stories of gardeners begging/paying others to take their zukes?? And they multiply faster than rabbits so BEWARE! :D
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    dwarf root stock?

    Is it possible to dig up those sprouts & replant in order to get another tree? That's good to know, so thank you
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    1st timer - starting from seed

    mmmmmmmm chocolate zucchini cake (or bread) I'm not sure if there is much difference here. If I were you I'd go ahead and plant the two of each. Just to see if you could keep up with that many or not. Just keep a close eye on them cause I know the ones that are only finger size in the morning...
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    Two Legged Predators -- Ideas?

    I'd also include the motion detector siren & a recording shouting "OFF MY PROPERTY OR I'LL TELL YOUR MOTHER!" or to call police. :lol: Okay on a more serious note here..... A good fence, prickly bushes or stinging nettle are good too. Only problem here is that you'd have to contend with them...
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