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Posted by Bruce Tweedie on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:35 PM ADTHelp!!!! This is our 3rd vegetable garden and things aren't going very well this year. We planted cukes squash eggplant zucchini tomatoes and peppers. They are spread out correctly for each species.The only thing we did different is plant them in the pots that disintergrate and planted the m in a mixture(50-50} of top soil and sheep manure. There has been no frost
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Posted by Melissa on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:00 AM ADTDo they look like maybe they are drying out? When you use peat pots or any other type of disinteggrating pot, it is SO important to make sure that none of the pot is showing above the soil. The pot has to buried. I usually rip off the top of the pot that is higher than the soil before I plant it. If some of the pot is showing, it acts as an upward wick, drawing moisture up and out of the soil. That's my guess.
