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Any edible plant or part of a plant. For questions if an unknown plant is edible use the [edible] tag.
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What Are The Fastest Vegetables to Grow
Let me see if I understand what you are asking... you want to know what kind of traditionally grown vegetable plants put out a regular harvest of edible produce the fastest once mature? If so, here i …
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Gardening / Growing Vegetables in raised metal containers
One option is to have them lightly sandblasted on the soil side to remove all the paint first, if you are concerned it may have lead or other leach-able toxins in it and the metal the doors are made o …
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Do bolting vegetables produce a toxin?
I believe the "toxins" referred to by your friend are the bitter components that you will often find, especially in leafy plants, once they begin to go to seed (which is known as bolting.) In the link …
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Tomato plant flowering but falling before fruiting
How are your temperatures there? If it's over 90 or so during the day, tomatoes will generally refuse to set fruit. I believe it is because high temps damage the pollen. And, as mentioned, extremel …
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Can a plant be too mature to transplant?
I gardened for many years in Zone 4b/5a at 9/10ths of a mile elevation before moving to Zone 8a last summer. For many of the plants you mentioned, age of the transplant is not a huge issue, as long a …
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Late summer vegetable garden in SoCal?
In southern California, you can pretty much grow the same things in the fall that you can in the spring. For example:
Anything in the crucifera family - cabbages, kales, turnips, collards, radishes …
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Is a 25cm by 40cm nursery bag big enough for a tomato plant?
How large a container your tomato plant requires depends on the eventual expected size of the plant. (Tomatoes can grow to be anywhere from 8-10" tall to 10 feet tall or more!) So the optimal size of …
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Should I prune my Zucchini's flowers?
Most likely these first flowers will all be male (carrying only pollen, but not able to form a fruit) so you won't need to worry about your tiny plants attempting to carry fruit. I would not attempt …
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How long does Spinach produce?
Spinach is a crop that likes the weather to be on the cooler side. Spring sown spinach will generally begin to go to seed when the days become long and the temperatures are consistently in the upper …
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Two-dimensional plant spacing
The packet instructions are also generally intended for those who like to plant their vegetables in rows - hence, the 4" apart in the row, with 12" between rows. …
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What should I do about squiggly white lines on my artichoke leaves?
I agree - it's leafminers. There are several kinds of insects with larvae that do this sort of damage, but one thing they all have in common is they are rapidly becoming resistant to the usual chemic …
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What are the scratch marks on the undersides of my tomato fruits?
Can you better describe the scratch marks? Do they go through the skin into the fruit or are they just surface, cosmetic damage only? Are they two parallel gouges or scratches, or multiple lines of …
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Why do the tips of my lettuce leaves look dark/burnt and feel brittle?
Ok, a few questions... did you grow these from seed, or from transplant, how windy has it been, and how hot has it been there lately? These appear to be older leaves that have been distressed at some …
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What to do about grubs in vegetable garden and potted tree?
Grubs like the one you've pictured feed on plant roots. If there are a lot of them, then yes, they are doing damage. You may just not be noticing it yet. The worst part is they will eventually pupate …