Posted on 06/07/2013 1:13:59 PM PDT by greeneyes
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/johnny
“Meant to ping you to the above pix.”
Thaks for the pictures. Son will be here this coming Sunday and part of Monday, so will have him help put potting mix in grow bags and I’ll plant the small sweet pepper plants and basil plants in those and I’m going to plant a few lettuce seeds in a bag and see what happens to them and plant some green onion which probably won’t grow and also get the sesame seed planted and flower mix planted.
It’s getting too hot out there for me to stay out very long. It rained again here on Sunday - a good amount.
That’s a good lookin bin. What are the dimensions ?
/johnny
/johnny
I have 4 sweet potatoes that were forgotten in the pantry. 1 has a whole bunch of stems and leaves, the second has little spouts, the 3rd has some sprouts, and the 4th sprouts in a couple of places. Do I plant these with the sprouts under
ground? The potatoes with long stems & leaves (magenta in color) do they stay above ground? Someone told me to stick them all underground. That didn’t sound right, so here I am with a question. I’ve never seen a sweet potato come from the ground, only from the supermarket.
Yes- the county extension agent (now for the last few years they turned into educators, which they are, but they were always agents to me) are a terrific resource in most states. However not Idaho when my daughter lived there. I was all the time sharing Nebraska information with her as they lived in a zone 6 at the confluence of the Snake and The Clearwater Rivers. It was a 3000 foot drop from what I would call up on the flats into the town.
Enjoy your gardening, do what many of us have to do and adapt.
Sorry. I know nothing about growing sweet potatoes, except they love dry, hot weather, and die at the first hint of a frost.
I considered growing them, but rejected the idea because I could not find slips and if I found and planted them, they would have spread throughout my small garden. Didn’t/Don’t know how to manage that.
What I have tried, new this year, is Chayote, Mexican Squash. Common wisdom, yet to be confirmed, is you only need one to produce up to a hundred fruits.
Bought two from our local H.E.B., waited till a runner sprouted, then buried (more like smothered) next to my patio trellis. Both have climbed to the patio roof and I’m hoping to train them to weave with my climbing cucumber plants. So far, no Chayote.
Common wisdom is Chayote will come back every season.
Sorry can’t comment about sweet potatoes. Do wish I could.
I promised an update...
The winter gardening was mostly a failure. I managed to get 4 Romaine and 2 beet seedlings from all my work. I probably did it wrong, and I may try again next year. If I do, I’ll let you all know what happens.
Thank you Racehorse. I’m just going to cut off the sprouts bury them and see what happens.
That’s a neat idea about the Chayotes. I like them. We eat a lot of “uncooked” things from the garden. Tonight we had an onion dip with “undone” blackeyed peas and asparagus, of course with beer, for him, and a martini, we even found some small “underage” green beans and ate those with the dip too and of course Chinese peas.
I was told, here in central TX, to plant those winter underground veggies in September, so I’m going to try it.
Right now we still have “dirt”. I aspire to have “soil” within the next two or three years.
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That’s about how long it has taken my beds to really feel like I have some good soil.
That superior taste is a big reason to keep on gardening.LOL
Thanks for the pictures you always have some great looking plants and gardens.
Try varieties that are cold tolerant. They often have names like Artic King, Winter density, etc.
Once temps get to freezing, it is very important to protect the winter garden. I use milk jugs of water around three edges of the winter patch, surounded by styrofoam, and covered with row covers, straw, and light weight styro foam mattress when needed.
I would think that Veggies like carrots and beets need to be well established and almost ready for harvest, as they won’t grow much during the cold weahter. I would plant them in the fall, and consider leaving them in the garden to be more of an inground storage rather than growth.
Keep us posted on further efforts. Thanks for the update.
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