Vine Vegetables

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Amazing Annual Vines

Amazing Annual VinesAmazing Annual Vines These Speedy Climbers Offer Old-Fashioned Charm and Quick Landscape Solutions Jack's beanstalk isn't the only show-stopping vine. In the real world, you'll find a host of annual vines that grow almost as rapidly as Jack's climber, and cover themselves with gorgeous flowers to boot. What other plants from

 


Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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Bean Pests

Bean PestsBean Pests And how to protect your crop The Mexican bean beetle is the worst bean pest. The beetles usually first appear before the beans blossom. They feed for a week and lay yellowish orange egg masses on the undersides of the leaves. The average female lays more than 400 eggs. If you see any beetles, pick them off and destroy the egg...

 


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Buying Bean Seeds

Buying Bean SeedsBuying Bean Seeds Tips to ensure you get high-quality seed Be sure to buy bean seeds from a reputable seed source. Just about all commercial bean seeds sold in garden centers and available through seed catalogs are grown in the West, where the climate is dry -- an excellent condition for growing healthy seed. Beans are much more...

 


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Buying Time

Buying TimeBuying Time Tips and techniques for extending the vine crop season. Sprouting Tips Melons are notoriously slow, undependable germinators. Here are some tricks that can give you a jump on the season. These tips work for all the vine crops. Paper Towel Sprouting. Moisten four paper towels folded back into one. Sprinkle 12 seeds on the towel...

 


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Caring for Peas

Caring for PeasCaring for Peas Trellising, weeding, and mulching Support for Climbers 'Alderman' and 'Super Sugar Snap' peas are both climbing varieties. Because they grow five to six feet tall, these peas usually need some type of support, like a fence, trellis or brush. In single rows, position the support about three inches behind the row. For double...

 


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Choosing Pea Varieties

Choosing Pea VarietiesChoosing Pea Varieties It's easy to find the perfect pea for your garden Peas are fun and easy to raise because they take very little work and mature rapidly. It's possible to grow them in any part of the country, even though English and edible-podded peas prefer cool, moist weather. English Peas No matter where you live, English peas..

 


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Container Cukes

Container CukesContainer Cukes Grow a fast-growing bush variety In many ways, containers and cucumbers are a perfect match. Cucumbers love the warm soil a container provides, so you can plant earlier in spring and harvest longer into the fall. It's easier to keep an eye on the demanding water needs of cucumbers when they're grown in pots on a deck or...

 


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Container Tomatoes

Container TomatoesContainer Tomatoes Gardening in Crocks, Pots and Baskets Tomatoes will surprise you! They can withstand mighty close quarters and still deliver. If you don't have space in the ground, but you do have a hanging planter or a bushel basket and a sunny spot somewhere indoors or outside, prepare to grow your own tomatoes! Some Points to Keep in...

 


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Custom Crafted Vegetables

Custom Crafted VegetablesCustom-Crafted Vegetables A Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving in the Squash and Pumpkin Patch The reasons to save your own seed are myriad and range from the practical to the profound. You can fine-tune established varieties; you can also take advantage of genetic accidents to create new varieties if you know how to save seed. Last...

 


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Edamame

EdamameEdamame A favorite Asian snack Vegetable soybeans are not only tasty but healthful. They contain almost 40 percent protein (11 grams per 1/2 cup of cooked beans) and are high in vitamins A and B, calcium, iron, and fiber. Recent research shows that soybeans are high in essential fatty acids and low in saturated fat, and that increased...

 


Added: Sat Oct 12 2002
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