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What do you grow but get bad results?
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Jess replied to Matt Mayer's discussion 'What do you grow but get bad results?'

I'm very disappointed with this summer's crops so far. Peas, peppers, squash and zucchini didn't even sprout despite three attempts and three different methods (starting early in pots on windowsill, starting later in pots on windowsill and direct ...

July 28

Marian Royal-Vigil replied to Matt Mayer's discussion 'What do you grow but get bad results?'

Tomatoes and eggplant! Every year they start off great and, no matter where I plant them or what I do, they get wilt or they produce blossoms that fall off without setting fruit. When I do get fruit, it's usually undersized. The one exception was ...

July 16

Jon Strode replied to Matt Mayer's discussion 'What do you grow but get bad results?'

Onions are by far the biggest disappointment this season.Some rotting in the ground,others just don't have the size.Yet the neighbor down the road does just fine.All other veg doing just fine. Have to remember to stagger the plantings next year.Cu...

June 28

Shari replied to Matt Mayer's discussion 'What do you grow but get bad results?'

Toamtoes!! I grow the most beautiful tomato plants ever, but...... Where's the fruit? By the time they produce, it's generally too late in the season and they never ripen. On our local University website they recommend using epsom salt to suppleme...

June 25

Matt Mayer replied to Edson's discussion 'April Check-in' in the group Garden Challenge

Things are going great for me, although we are having less rain than usual. Quite a bit less. I've got a ton of taters, broccoli and cabbage in the ground. And onions, man, the onions. I ordered 75 starts, which is probably 50 more than I need. I'...

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At 5:57am on April 14, 2009, Cindy Henson said…: Hi Matt,
As you can tell I am not on-line very often. We have dial up and it can be a bit frustrating. I would be willing to have an article on my family if it is not too late.
Thanks,
Cindy

At 11:46am on January 29, 2009, Alison Kerr said…: Now that is a strange coincidence Matt that you used to live in my neighborhood!

I forgot to say in my intro that I'm actually from Scotland.

At 5:39pm on January 15, 2009, pat said…: We live south of Yellville (between Harrison and Mountain Home (and about 20 miles from the dam that creates Bull Shoals lake.)

I sent a article to Chris entitled Pig Tractor... I can post it like I did the signs of spring if he doesn't receive it this time (I submitted about 10 articles... and think I exceeded his size for e mails).

Ask for it now, and I'll post it like the Signs of Spring. (I read in the late '70s about the pig tractor in either Farmstead or Mother Earth News... remembered the article when we moved here 5 years ago, and tried it. Works every bit as good as I remember the article saying it would.

Pat