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Questions tagged [food-crops]

Crops which are grown for food.

are simply crops which are grown for food. Although most crops are, indeed, grown for food; some are not. For example cotton is grown for textile fibers.

Use this tag for questions specific to growing food crops - e.g. choosing a food crop for a particular situation, or for finding good combinations. Questions about specific crops should use the specific tag for the crop in question.

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Eating rhubarb after it's bolted

I had a surprise rhubarb plant pop up 2 years after moving into my house, and was looking forward to harvesting it until it started flowering. I've heard that bolting can affect the taste of lettuce for the worse (though I've never tested that…
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Leachfield and fruit trees - bad combination?

There are apple trees growing on our property, just past (downhill from) the septic tank. They are near the leach field, I imagine, but I don't know how close. The trees produce tiny, non-edible apples. We would like to graft scions of delicious…
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Are we going to be overwhelmed with tomatoes?

As novice gardeners, we planted a bunch of stuff without really knowing where we were headed. Right now our tomato inventory consists of: 5 cherry tomato plants 5 Roma tomato plants 7 Lincoln tomato plants 1 unlabeled plant I just looked up the…
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Which herbs can be planted closely without having a negative effect on each other

I want to grow some herbs for regular use on my kitchen window sill. As herbs influence other plants growing next to them, I want to make sure they'll go well together before planting/sowing them. Which herbs can be planted closely without having a…
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Harvesting wrinkled jalapeños

After returning home from vacation I found many of my jalapeños to be wrinkled and shriveled up. I suspect they are a couple of weeks past ripe, though I'm new to gardening so I don't know. Is it safe to dry them and use them in recipes? Or maybe…
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Is Vigoro Triple Mix safe for growing tomatoes?

I planted some kale and hot peppers in containers in my garden. A couple of days after filling out the containers I realized the soil I bought wasn't an organic soil, just a Triple Mix type, Vigoro brand. I'm wondering how safe it is to keep them,…
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What types of sorghum works well for syrup and sugar cane?

I'm wanting to grow sorghum next year, and the stuff I purchased for this years growing season is doing very poorly (height/thickness wise). What type of sorghum should I plan to grow a plot of next year for stalks (not grain)? I'm thinking about…
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What is my normal selection for a 4 season food cover crop?

I'm learning a lot about cover crops as soil conservation, and was wondering what would be the best choices for my garden, in a Minnesota, zone 4a climate? It should produce good amounts of mass to plant on top of in the garden.
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Is it true that having only one fruit per vine makes it taste better?

I had noticed how expensive square watermellon is and apparently the reason for that is because often times farmers will only grow one watermellon per vine as opposed to the normal four or five per vine because the logic is that by cutting off the…
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Drinking Water Safe hose reel - what to look for?

I've read this well-researched post Garden Hoses: how safe are they? But it focuses on hoses. My question is about a hose reel. I've seen enough "drinking water safe" hoses (usually polyurethane and rubber), but I am yet to find a "drinking water…
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Which method of growing food crops leads to the healthiest plant with the highest nutrient density?

Plants can be fed organically ( avoiding the use of pesticides, using organic matter to provide nutrients), inorganically ( using chemical fertilizers ), or soilessly when the roots are fed by a hydroponic solution or bathed in an aeroponic mist. …
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Do different varieties of a given crop require different types of soil?

For example, corn has a lot of varieties, namely varieties A-Z. Is it possible that corn variety A requires a different soil type to grow in than corn variety B? Or is it that this sort of thing is trivial and that all varieties can be grown in the…
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Do I cut down Broad Beans after Harvesting?

I am growing Broad beans of the aquadulce variety. After I have harvested the beans and the weather has become too cold and dark for the plant to make new pods, should I cut them down and plant something else? Or can I leave them in the ground and…
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Why is rice farming more difficult?

In the link below, it is mentionned that the agriculture of rice needs more qualifications than agriculture in other civilisations, I imagine like the wheat or…
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Does juglone affect crop yields?

Since black walnut trees affect the plants growing around them, do the yields of more tolerant plants have yields affected by the toxin to produce less?
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