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    Are home-grown crops at risk of cyclospora infection?

    Basically due to CDC cuts there's this parasite going around that gives you a nasty case of diarrhea. It's spreading because of irrigation water containing the parasite. I'm growing potatoes using well water right now, and I planned on gifting some of them to someone. Would doing this be...
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    Potatoes lost their flowers and are riddled with holes

    Can anything be done about this? The heatwave has definitely not helped. And yes I need to weed these better.
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    Are these potato sprouts?

    I'm growing potatoes for the first time. I planted the back on May 9th and have been checking on the raised bed multiple times a week, picking weeds and looking for sprouts. This is what finally came out of the ground roughly in the places that I planted them. One, are these sprouts? and two...
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    How do I know when pea pods are ready to pick?

    I read online that it's when they're "full" but tbh idk what that really means. I'm currently letting them grow to see when they max out, but idk if there are any other tell-tale signs of them being ready? Here's a pic: I ate one when it was not fully grown yet and it was still good.
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    Possible cucumber fungal infection?

    I *just* transplanted this cucumber plant Sunday evening (after it had rained a bit, but the ground wasn't super muddy, plus this was fresh compost + decomposed mulch). It then rained all this morning. Do I need to take drastic measures here? I'm worried that if I take off part of the leaf it...
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    Turnip Tips

    I'm trying to grow some purpletop turnips and I believe that now is near the time to plant. I live in SE Ohio in the middle of zones 6a and 6b. The 10 day forecast gives me a low of 27F, although I'm not sure how much I believe that number. Last fall I tried to sow them directly, but they never...
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