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First make sure you are planting your strawberry plants in an area that gets full sun and the soil is rich and well drained. If you are going to grow the strawberries in an area that used to be a garden patch you may want to consider varieties of strawberry plants that are more resistant to diseases and pests such as Eariglow, Settler, Trista, Allstar, or Tribute.

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Posted by: julie hodgson

l am soaking bing cherry seeds, l am wondering do you crack the seed out of the pit or just plant the whole pitted seed?

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Posted by: Anne

Not sure what to do next in full flower even the side shoots can you advise our next step as to what to do as to producing melons do we need to cut off side shoots we are lst timers at this and totally baffled as to what to do next so we get melons thanks

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Posted by: Rocco

We have had 5 different cherries that were great! Last year we still had five but noticed some wild/sour very small on top. This year they took over two of the grafted varieties. Can someone help me?

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Posted by: Kat

I believe my husband burned some trimmed branches to close to our pear tree. Some of the leaves curled up. That was about four years ago. The tree looks fine. It just does not flower. What do I need to do to get it to flower?

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Posted by: Pat

I want to know if I can use the runners off my established plants to fill in in other areas. If this is possible is there special information I would need to have to get them started. I want to avoid having to buy more plants.

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