--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5K00002 Date: 05/15/97 From: LEAH ROZHON Time: 02:35pm \/To: ALL (Read 2 times) Subj: Weed Killer Does anyone know of a weed killer in granule form that can be applied with a lawn spreader? I don't want the fertilizer with it, only the stuff that kills dandelions and other weeds. Also I wondered if anyone ever heard of placing matches around the roots of green peppers when you plant them. I asked this in another message, but the mail flow to this echo has been very light and it might have gotten lost someplace. Thanks! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Star Spawn BBS (1:115/477.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5K00003 Date: 05/13/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 09:59am \/To: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT (Read 2 times) Subj: Birds vs tomatoes! To: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT Subject: Birds vs tomatoes! MB>JV> Hmmmmm I really don't remember. They _don't_ have seeds like an MB>JV> orange or apple. They may have small edible seeds like a sesame MB>JV> seed, but maybe I'm making that up. MB>That's sorta what I was thinking....but since I've never eaten MB>one I don't know where I got that idea. The seeds are fine, more like sand, and just as annoying to people who hate seedy foods. I happen to like seeds; so they don't bother me. :-) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 Jaywalkers - another name for hood ornaments! --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5K00004 Date: 05/13/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 06:50pm \/To: LINDA TAYLOR (Read 2 times) Subj: Snails _@/" To: LINDA TAYLOR Subject: Snails _@/" LT> These are twin whistles that fit, using those sticky adhesive pads, LT>right onto the front bumper between the two front headlights. You can buy LT>them at nearly every single automotive supply store that I've ever been n. LT> So you can bell the car. (Grin.) As long as the whistle is undetectable by my sore and sensitive ears! Fortunately, I've avoided making new roadkill out of most critters, including possums. :-) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 First Rule of Intelligent Tinkering - Save all parts --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5L00000 Date: 05/07/97 From: HELEN PEAGRAM Time: 05:57pm \/To: AL STERN (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Railroad Ties -=> Quoting Al Stern to All <=- AS> Will salvaged railroad ties last if used lying flat on the ground as AS> the base of a deck? I wouldn't try it. We just removed some that edged a rockery. We put them in just a few years ago. They were full of dry rot. WWWWW ( * * ) +-----------oOOO---^---OOOo-------------+ | The Mom | | INET: mom@hwcn.org | +---------------------------------------+ --- Blue Wave/Max v2.30 * Origin: Salata * Redondo Beach, CA * 310-543-0439 33.6k (1:102/125) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5L00001 Date: 05/16/97 From: JANIS FOLEY Time: 02:05pm \/To: WANDA GUIN (Read 2 times) Subj: Tomatoe War > I can't help you with your tomatoes, but good luck in the tomatoe war! > Keep us posted on how it goes. (Maybe you could buy some plastic tomaotoes > to fool 'em with? Snicker!) I'm a desperate woman!! Please don't tempt me!!! Ha Ha!! Chat with ya later! Janis :) --- System Support BBS * Origin: System Support BBS (1:202/1609) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5P00000 Date: 05/19/97 From: LEAH ROZHON Time: 03:36pm \/To: PATRICK ROSENHEIM (Read 2 times) Subj: Weed Killer *[Quoting Patrick Rosenheim to Leah Rozhon] On 05-16-97 23:03, [About Weed Killer]* LR> Does anyone know of a weed killer in granule form that can be LR> applied with a lawn spreader? I don't want the fertilizer with it, LR> only the stuff that kills dandelions and other weeds. PR> Preen. Preen isn't for lawns according to the package. And it doesn't kill dandelions. It's $10 for 800 sq ft. of coverage! This would send me to the poor house! :-) ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Star Spawn BBS (1:115/477.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5P00001 Date: 05/14/97 From: SANDRA PEAKE Time: 09:57am \/To: LEAH ROZHON (Read 2 times) Subj: Green Peppers To: LEAH ROZHON Subject: Green Peppers LR>Has anyone ever heard of putting matches in the ground around the roots LR>of pepper plants? My mother-in-law claimed the sulpher made them grow LR>bigger and better. I just use miracle-gro myself. I get big plants but LR>few peppers. My neighbor, OTOH, plants the same variety and gets small LR>plants with *large* peppers. And they're plentiful. These are LR>California Wonders. Any thoughts on this? Thanks! I've done it. Ruined a nice bunch of pepper plants, too. Sulpher is good only in alkaline ( sweet) soils. It acidifies the soil; so adding it to an acid soil (like mine) makes things worse for most veggies that like near neutral pH (7.0). Dick Raymond recommended this method, only he added the matches at the bottom of the planting hole and put some soil on before setting in the peppers. So I experimented, only with a double row. One half got the matches, the other half didn't. This was as fair a test as I could devise. Unfortunately, the "match" side all died within days; so I replanted more peppers on the same spots. These failed to thrive. I sent a letter off to Dick, and he was interested in my conclusions. To wit, my soil was acid enough. But the big clue is in your "big" plants. It sounds like you are overfertilizing your peppers, which is entirely too easy to do. Don't give them ANY fertilizer until they are flowering strongly. IOW, don't plant them just after spreading 6 inches of old manure where you want to raise peppers. As you have already surmised, you'll get a lot of leaf growth, but not enough peppers. Unless your soil is extremely deficient, you can get away w/o any fertilizer at all in your pepper patch. But you can't get away w/o warmth and water. In very hot climates, mulches are essential. In colder areas, black plastic mulches or raised beds will aid heating, but watering will have to be deep and frequent in a dry year. This applies moreso to big bell peppers - the hot ones get hotter if kept on the dry side. I hope this starts you off to a successful pepper year, Leah. :-) ...Sandra... --- QMPro 1.52 The three basic food groups - frozen, canned and takeout. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Excalibar Police BBS, (519) 758-1173 (1:221/1500.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5P00002 Date: 05/16/97 From: CAROL SHENKENBERGER Time: 02:03pm \/To: JAMES BALLARD (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Hobby farm crops. *** Quoting James Ballard from a message to Birdman *** JB> How do you sell the eggs?? I can imagine how easy it is to sell hay, JB> but eggs?? I've wondered about the business side of a family farm. Well, I've bought them at local bars in flats of 2 dozen or 1.5 dozen. Sold this way, they are 1/2 the price of the stores which makes for a good profit all around. PS: The 'bars' were private clubs like American Legion etc. Rules may be different for a regular public place. xxcarol --- Telegard v3.03.b05 * Origin: SHENK'S EXPRESS Norfolk VA 757-486-3057 28.8 Dual (1:275/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: E5P00003 Date: 05/16/97 From: PATRICK ROSENHEIM Time: 11:03pm \/To: TRUDY SACK (Read 2 times) Subj: cutworms TS> Can anyone explain what a cutworm looks like? I want to check if TS> this is what has killed some plants over the course of my gardening TS> days. I had never heard of them before talking to a friend who TS> suggested this might be my problem. Don't know what they look like, but they "cut" the stalks of your plants at ground level. That's where they got the name, cutworms.... TS> When do they come out? How does one find them? What should one do TS> to get rid of them? Take a coffee can, opened on both ends, and place it over your plant to a depth of about 2 inches.. Voila! No more cutworm damage! ;-) But, then again, there's always napalm......... better gardening through warfare! --- RM 1.31 0391 Avoid reality at all costs. * Origin: PandA's Den BBS * Danvers, MA * 508-750-0250 (1:330/204)