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Old Sep 17, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter Pantless,Sep 16 2008, 06:48 PM
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Why did the corn fail to prosper in my garden this year? The tomatoes, green peppers, squash, broccolli and even pumpkins flourished, but the corn grew, started to produce, then checked the **** out.
I have no green thumb to speak of (that's why I bought my when I was into that sort of thing). . .

. . . that said, based on what I just researched on corn, and based on the other fruits and vegetables you were growing, I'd take a look at initial soil temperature and definitely take a look at watering levels. Corn is much more thirsty than the other things you were growing.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:21 AM
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Not enough water.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 8D_In_Trunk,Sep 16 2008, 06:53 PM
In day-to-day practical terms, it would seem to me you're doing fine. If anything work/money wise, save more.

Existentially speaking, seek more beauty in everyday things. Go look at some art, then find the art in the mundane; take a gaze of the still life art in front of you. Focus less on eliminating noise, and more on making music (proverbially speaking).
I'm thankful I didn't pay for this answer.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Sep 17 2008, 08:22 AM
I'm thankful I didn't pay for this answer.
I hate to say it dude, but I'd be able to give you better advice if you were a complete failure, rather than a partial failure.

More cheap advice: spend some time in Bothell; you'll feel better about yourself.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:51 AM
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So I should be more of a failure so you can give me better advice? Don't really see how that's possible.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Sep 17 2008, 08:51 AM
So I should be more of a failure so you can give me better advice? Don't really see how that's possible.
Well, you'd have to achieve a new level of FAIL, which yes, is paradoxically impossible (at least for you).

Let's tie it in with the Bothell advice, and might I suggest you go watch some bigger failures than yourself, so you at least feel better. . . that's a start.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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Not worth the trip. I can find plenty of failure between here and home.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Sep 17 2008, 08:57 AM
Not worth the trip. I can find plenty of failure between here and home.
You just succeeded in being an efficiency expert.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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No, I'm just lazy.
Old Sep 17, 2008 | 09:11 AM
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I fail to see the difference sometimes.



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