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Published September 19, 2012, 12:00 AM

Growing Green - Blossom drop impacts tomatoes, peppers, other plants

Our Douglas County Fair week brought lots of questions from gardeners noticing unusual happenings in their vegetable gardens. From beans blooming but not producing, to potatoes not blooming, to very late tomatoes, vegetable gardeners around the area are dealing with many problems they have not had to face in previous years.

By: Robin Trott, U of M Extension educator, Alexandria Echo Press

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