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Best of this year in plants

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What new plant will you try in 2025?

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what are you planting or allowing to grow that future owners might consider invasives?

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This plant is taking over...

22 replies 2 5

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Let's talk tomatoes

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Best plants to plant and forget? Perennials or self seeders.

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Invasive species on purpose

21 replies 1 15

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What is this—its taking over my tall grass area.

25 replies 12 5

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My stinging nettle doesn't sting!

23 replies 5 5

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Transplanting nettles

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is this hollyhock?

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Is this nettle?

25 replies 11 5

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Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

21 replies 1 3

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Is there a way to increase vitamins and minerals in produce?

15 replies 2 4

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What do you do with surplus_________________ (fill the blank)?

19 replies 11

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Butternut Squash Stem-End Rot

4 replies 1

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Our 2025 garden

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Trouble in tomato town

13 replies 10 4

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Safe disposal of ricin, Ricinus Communis, seeds

7 replies 3

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Magnets and copper effect on plants

15 replies 1 5

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Garlic Water to deter slugs???

5 replies

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Do climbing plants learn to avoid certain structures?

6 replies 1 3

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Ground Cherries - Edible or Poisonous?

6 replies 1 2

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The importance of using adapted seeds

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Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

19 replies 4 2

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What are your favorite hot and humid weather plants?

13 replies 1 1

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Tunnel of plants

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Butterfly Weed (Butterfly Milkweed)

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Venus flytrap--growing and watering tips?

10 replies 5 3

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River Cane Seed/ Seedlings

11 replies 2 1

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What do I plant to get a tall edible hedge?

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Rumex sanguineus (Bloody Dock/Wood Dock/Red Veined Sorrel)

8 replies 1 2

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What are the best groundcover species?

9 replies 4

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Nightshade Vegetables: Friend or Foe? Let’s Discuss!

7 replies

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Happy surprises: Plants who show up as "volunteers" that you like

11 replies 1 4

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Nettle fake curry spice?

4 replies 1

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Lignin Content after Chop and Drop

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Jerusalem artichoke

8 replies 1

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can someone help me identify this caterpillar please

9 replies 7 1

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White powder on Purslane leaves

11 replies 3

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Shhhh don't tell the plants.

6 replies 8 6

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Putting Tradescantia to use (and killing it first): how?

7 replies 5

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Drizzle falling from blackberry vines

8 replies 1 4

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Maypop in the north? Anyone? Anyone?

23 replies 1 1

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Mystery Tree ID (zone 10)- help if you can, please

8 replies 4

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Tomatoes?

5 replies

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Milky patches of sticky substance in my plant

4 replies 3 1

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Sweet potato slips the easy way

8 replies 2 4

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Growing 40 large veggie plants in under 2 sq/ft

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Plant ID help please

7 replies 3

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Giant Miscanthus Grass

11 replies 1 3

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Perennial veggies and edible roots to plant this fall and whether they're non invasive.

6 replies

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Hedging in Scotland

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Why does My new Zeland spinach looks SO sad?

7 replies 1 2

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Bronze Fennel

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Plant with pumpking like leaves but with serrated edges

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Clitoria ternatea - Blue Butterfly Pea

5 replies 1 1

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Can anyone confirm this is barnyard grass?

3 replies 3 1

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Which fruit is this?

5 replies 3 1

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Winter squash-ready to harvest?

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Persian shallots a.k.a. allium stipitatum

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