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Agony

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7. Sungolds are great

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 07:28 PM

Jan 2012

and I grow a _lot_ of them but they do have a serious problem with splitting here when humidity and moisture levels are all over the place. Most years they are a mortgage lifter... other years I consider giving up on them...

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