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Gardeners, who garden across the Central Gulf Coast From Northwest Florida to the upper coast of Texas.
Location: Fairhope, AL
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Latest Activity: May 15
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Pest control flowers 2 Replies
Started by Hal Knox. Last reply by Darcy P. Mar 18.
Insect Problems in the Garden.
Started by Harry C Anderson Mar 17.
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Comment by diane armstrong on March 11, 2009 at 4:14pm - i set them out right after christmas and i´ve forgotten what varieties, would have to dig back in records to find out, but they are all short season and types recommended by Thompson and Morgan for containers. I used to grow only heirloom but i lost so many plants to fungus and wilt that i gave up. i do not use any insecticide, so a plant has to survive on its own. I have good returns from T & M and Native Seed SE:A:R:C:H and am right now getting off a seed order to them for rainy season plants.
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Comment by Harry C Anderson on March 11, 2009 at 3:57pm - Diane, It really does not matter where you live you are welcome as long as you like to garden. Since I am not sure what kind of growing season you have I do not know why your Eggplant, Tomatoes,& Peppers are not ripening. I am starting mine indoors and they are now ready to set out. I planted the first tomatoes yesterday.What varieties are you growing? Harry
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Comment by diane armstrong on March 11, 2009 at 1:37pm
- Harry, does the geographic location matter, or is it the zone. i am about a zone 24, i used to winter in Big Pine Key, east of Key West and I think my present zone is like BPK. I am halfway between Acapulco and Puerta Vallarta near the tiny fishing/tourist village of La Manzanilla. I am 8 k from the pacific in a little valley surrounded by deciduous jungle- i have no phone coverage, even cell, but just bought a sat dish for internetting, and so, for the first time in my life, have my own private unlimited access. I just posted a question on the southern group, which no-one has answered, so i´ll post it here. My eggplant, tomatoes, and sweet peeper are doing really well up until it comes time to ripen. then they just put the skids on and stop dead. the only way i can ripen them is to pick them and ripen them inside. does anyone have any ideas why or what?
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HOW TO - ADD A LINK
Several people have experienced difficulty putting working links into comments and blogs etc and I know it is clumsy.... so here is how you do it.....
First type the text you want to appear.... ie IAN'S PAGE
Then go back and highlight the link text.
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Hi, I'm starting to put together a few guidlines on using the discussion forum on here.
I would be happy to hear any comments you may have. This is very much a work in progress so plese feel free to ask me to add anything you think is needed.
I don't want to make our community hide bound by rules and regulations but I think that, as the community has grown, some explanation of what is expected is needed.
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Climate maps
Hi following recent discussion I have put climate maps of the USA, Australia and Europe on here for reference..
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Created by Ian Sep 12, 2008 at 6:20pm. Last updated by Ian Apr 14.
Recipes, Recipes, Recipes
Hi Everyone, I've started to collect together recipes from various posts on the site and put them all together here.
If you have a recipe you want to add on here, just post it on the site and leave a comment on my page telling me where it is and I'll go and fetch it back here.
They are organised in Contributor Order but I'm open to better suggestions!
BEVA'S RECIPES
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US STATE ABBREVIATIONS
AK - Alaska AL - Alabama AR - Arkansas
AZ - Arizona CA - California CO - Colorado
CT - Connecticut DC - Dist of Columbia * DE - Delaware
FL - Florida GA - Georgia GU
Created by Ian Jan 27, 2009 at 4:27pm. Last updated by Ian Jan 27.
HOW TO - MAKE COMPOST
Recently there was an excellent discussion about composting. I’ve pulled together all the various comments here. You can also watch KGI's video on composting here.
KATE’S ADVICE
I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but
1 you have to fill it up all at once
2. it seemed mostly
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A Note about Notes
I have just written this note so that I can see what we can achieve by using this new feature.
If you read this and have any suggestions then please leave a comment on my page or email me.
Ian
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