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    soil New Garden Soil Challenges

    An old play-set area has become my new garden*. Sun-wise it's perfectly positioned, slightly raised, but I'm wondering what 10 years of hardwood mulch has done to the soil. Tilth-wise it's incredible for about 4 inches till it hits the clay hell of new subdivision back fill. For the last...
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    shopping Espona Products et al Galore

    I just discovered a nursery here in my area ( Lake County ILL ) that carries a large variety of the Espona line of products. I have never seen the big bags before ( 20#, 40# ) ! Holy Crap. :shocked: Anyone use the Espona all-organic potting soil/mix? BTW, this place also carried the...
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    Rot-Stop = FertiLome Bloom Booster?

    Are these basically the same, except that Rot-Stop is a "ready to use" spray vs a "you mix" concentrate? Clarity update: I was looking for FertiLome Bloom Booster, but no one seems to carry it. I did notoce a product from Bonide called Rot-Stop. It contained Ca in a much lower dose ( it was...
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    Differences between pepper and tomato culture

    My two main crops in summer are (hot) peppers and (heirloom) tomatoes. I have read that both have similat requirementw when it comes to water, nutes, fert, etc. I'm curious: How are they different? I tend to do onto the tomatoes that which I do onto the peppers, but is that OK in all cases?
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    organic Best off the shelf organics?

    This year, I would like to do some side-by-side comparisions of idetical peppers grown with organics/naturals versus those grown with the usual chem ferts. Some say that the nutes provided by either means are identical, but I am skeptical. I would love to know what the non-chem gardeners here...
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    Hello from Northern Iliinois

    Hello, My name is Rich Wojcik and I live in northern Illinois very near the Wisconsin border. I have been growing peepers for about 10 years now, and after reading many of these posts, I can't believe how much I don't know, especially about container growing! :shocked: Great to have some...
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    greenhouse Opinion on micro-greenhouse

    Hello, First post, and I gotta say this forum is great. Imagine, talking to people you don't look at you strange when you tell them you're growing 28 different varieties of hot peppers...... A challenging year this with the weather(heat/cold) , but on top of that, my seedlings have been...
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