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Wile E. Melon. The midnight munchers in your melon patch might not be raccoons. Commercial melon growers as far east as Mississippi have lost several thousand dollars' worth of their melons to coyotes!

Young seed potatoes . If you're going to save some potatoes for next year's seed tubers, harvest those spuds early-even before the plants die. "Young" seed potatoes tend to produce higher yields of larger, better quality tubers. (Exception: If your growing season is quite short, pick your seed spuds from more mature tubers. Young seed potatoes need a longer growing season than old ones.)

Great glistening whiteflies! Low-toxic horticultural oils (including "dormant oils") are often used to control insect and mite pests on outdoor crops. Recent research by the Agency for International Development indicates they work well indoors, as well. Concentrations of 1-207o Sunspray 6E (made by the Sun Oil Company) controlled greenhouse infestations of whiteflies, spider mites and leaf miners.

Saltwater tomatoes. Israeli scientists have produced significantly better-tasting tomatoes by irrigating the plants with diluted seawater. However, since season-long saline irrigation also reduces yields, the researchers apply the salt treatment only after many of the fruits have begun to form. A 3 dS/m solution works best (consult your local extension agent to learn how to concoct it).

Strung-out deer. Kentucky wildlife deer specialist John Phillips reports that a double fencing of plain string will keep deer out of relatively small areas. A three-strand, yard high outer fence is set about one yard away from a one-strand, yard-high inner one.

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