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Watermelon
Weekend Gardener — allow to ripen on the vine; when ripe, a watermelon's underside turns from white to yellow, the skin becomes dull and difficult to pierce with your fingernail, and the tendrils near the melon turn brown and dry melons thrive in heat and need lots ...More…
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Swiss Chard
Weekend Gardener — Beta vulgaris var. cicla pick small, outer leaves 40 days from sowing; cut plants back when they are 12 inches tall swiss chard becomes tough if allowed to overgrow, so cut plants back when necessary 3 to 4 weeks before last spring frost 2 to 4 ...More…
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Winter Squash
Weekend Gardener — when fully mature and skin is hardened and difficult to pierce with your fingernail cure winter squash in a warm, ventilated room for 1 to 2 weeks before storing for the winter Cucurbita species cucumber beetles, squash vine borers, squash bugs, ...More…
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Summer Squash
Weekend Gardener — Cucurbita pepo var. melopepo when immature and tender; keep plants harvested for continual production summer squash bears quite heavily, so just a few plants per household will yield plenty of fruit cucumber beetles, squash vine borers, squash ...More…
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(Rhizobium japonica)
Weekend Gardener — when pods are plump and seeds are full size but still green; pick when fully mature for dried beans at time of sowing; plants require a long growing season and do best in alkaline soil, with plenty of moisture and good drainage Glycine max dust ...More…
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Potatoes (seed potatoes)
Weekend Gardener — Colorado potato beetle, flea beetles, aphids, wireworms, European corn borer, leafhoppers, leaf miners 2-4 weeks before last spring frost (plant whole, egg-sized seed potatoes; or, plant small pieces with 2-3 eyes each, but let them dry for a few ...More…