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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    February 13, 2011
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    For pots, what you should get is well rotted manure and that will help raise the nitrogen levels. With nitrogen fixing plants, you would need to leave them in the pots to decompose after they grew, and that would not be practical.

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  • Answered by
    CaptainAng on
    February 14, 2011
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    Avoid using green manures or nitrogen-rich fertilizers. Beans have a mutual exchange with soil microorganisms called nitrogen-fixing bacteria which produce the soil nitrogen beans require. If there is too much nitrogen, lima beans will produce green foliage but few beans.

    Do you drink coffee? Just save your coffee grounds and sprinkle them around the top! It's a great way to give your plants a slow-release nitrogen boost! No need to work them into the soil...

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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    March 3, 2011
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    When cross pollination occurs, it will affect the seeds of the cross pollinated plants, not the fruit. If the fruit from this year's plants will look normal, but if you plant their seeds, you may get something that is a cross between the two plants you have this year. Here is more information:
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/cross-pollination.htm

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    April 15, 2011
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    If these vines are overtaking the garden, then you may want to consider growing the compact or bush varieties rather than the vining types. You could also grow cucumbers on a fence or trellis.

    Here are some articles that you may find helpful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/cucumber/planting-cucumber-fence.htm
    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/squash/can-squash-cross-pollinate-with-cucumbers.htm

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    August 20, 2012
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    As with squash plants, this is typical behavior. They will produce mostly male (non-fruiting) blossoms early in the season (which normally fall off) and will gradually start to produce more female blossoms as the season progresses. Give it some time and you will see it start fruiting.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    October 24, 2012
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    Yes, that should work fine. As for the outside, a coating of polyurethane should be sufficient.

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  • Answered by
    theficuswrangler on
    August 29, 2014
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