CompuServe Archive

Jim: There are jiffy pellets now available that do not have the plastic netting. If you can't find a source I can look one up in the flood of garden catalogs I get.

Meryl: Have you ever tried using toy baloons placed in areas where you don't want your cat to play around? A cat will usually manage to pop the baloon with it's claws and find the result not to it's liking.

Hilary: I have had pretty good success with many "hard to transplant" crops such as chinese cabbage by starting them in individual peat pots or jiffy 7'S. Since you plant pot and all there is no root disturbance. I use plantable pots for a lot of my starts and have…

I have read that nematodes can be eliminated for several years by planting a crop of marigolds for an entire season. Also that companion planting of marigolds can be helpful if the infestation is not too severe and the crop not too susceptible. The marigold of choice seems to be…

I recall an earlier message regarding identity of "potato vine". This is probably Solanum Jasminonides, Jasmine nightshade, a shrubby Brazilian vine with star shaped blue white flowers.

I have never had any nematode problems but i have been led to understand that marigolds will act as a deterrent and drive them away.

Warren: In answer to your tomato query, I have grown many varieties over the course of many years and I currently grow as my main one the dependable and delicious Better Boy. I also grow some Early girls to get that season opener, also some Ramapo to carry me late.…