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    Ground Cherries

    I've grown ground cherrys several times from seed, we can only grow them in a green house as we are zone 3 here. Like yourself I didn't know the...
    Post by: correnta, Jan 20, 2010 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Help with family Greenhouse rotation for food?

    I appolagize I got sidetracked from your question about a book, and went right on with my question. I can't locate it right at the moment, but it...
    Post by: correnta, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Help with family Greenhouse rotation for food?

    I'm really interested in seeing a picture of your green house as I want to build one myself this spring is this possible to post one. The size is...
    Post by: correnta, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Mystery house plant

    Thankyou folks for your help I googled episcia cupreata and the picture is identical, the common name I found out from the same site is "Flame...
    Post by: correnta, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Mystery house plant

    Can any one identify this house plant? The lady that gave it to us originally got it from her mother 40 years ago. It is an easy care plant that...
    Thread by: correnta, Jun 28, 2009, 4 replies, in forum: Plants: Identification
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    Garlic scapes?

    On the hard necked variety the scape is the curly seed pod (before flowering) I snip mine off and they are great in stir-fry. I've also seen the...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Why is our KALE shooting up to tall now in April?

    It takes weeks and weeks to form seed pods from a last years plant, I would suggest getting some new seed, as suggested from previous poster...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 27, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Why is our KALE shooting up to tall now in April?

    my post was a calculated guess, as I was assuming that they were planted in the previous year from your original post. Maybe they will be normal...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 25, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Why is our KALE shooting up to tall now in April?

    We don't get kale to winter over in our area often espessially sp.? the red russian it usually dies over the winter, but I think the wintered...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 24, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Garlic growing

    Great picture story Durgan, I grow 300 hard neck variety(chinese ) in zone 3a they are still asleep at the moment, but as soon as the ground...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 17, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Newbie to sowing, need some advice. Pics in thread

    In answer to your questions #1 Yes they are leggy but look healthy, they need transplanting into another container(individual) if possible, and...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 10, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    Is this KALE and IF yes what type is it ?

    I think the name of the Kale is Russian Red, It showed up in a Mesclun mix seed pack I had and then I got a pkt from a mail order seed house (I...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 8, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    need suggestions with blueberry problem.

    growing4it Thanks for your reply, I'll go on line to the Ministry of ag. and see if I can track the program down.
    Post by: correnta, Apr 8, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
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    need suggestions with blueberry problem.

    Ron B. Thanks for your reply, I don't think chlorosis is a problem, there doen't seem to be much additional growth from existing branches, but...
    Post by: correnta, Apr 8, 2009 in forum: Fruit and Vegetable Gardening