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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 7 FEBRUARUY 15, 2013
Free Republic | February 15, 2013 | greeneyes

Posted on 02/15/2013 10:46:41 AM PST by greeneyes

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To: afraidfortherepublic

Don’t mourn. Remember the happy times you had with your companion.


41 posted on 02/15/2013 2:05:49 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: greeneyes

Every year I do my seed-starting thing in mid-January with specialty tomatoes and peppers.... and every year I lose many of the pepper plants and most of the tomato plants to damping off, no matter what gyrations I go through to ward it off. Sterilizing the mix, hydrogen peroxide in the water spray, etc. Nothing seems to be foolproof. Does anyone here have any sure-fire solution to eliminate the damping off problem?

Thanks.


42 posted on 02/15/2013 2:07:23 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: greeneyes

It’s about time to go nuts...pepper seedlings, both sweet and ‘death hot’ (my Bhut Jolokia Peach is a beauty already), are doing well. Flats of Iditarod Red dwarf tomatoes all looking good, broccoli, cauliflower, herbs all chugging. Tomato flats are just about prepped...somewhere north of two hundred varieties to be tried out this year before we start cutting back...seeds everywhere. Roughly another 30 or 40 varieties due over the next few weeks.


43 posted on 02/15/2013 2:09:47 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: greeneyes

Apple trees are blossoming, and the peach trees may follow suit in the next few days. I hope we aren’t hit with a freeze in March though.


44 posted on 02/15/2013 2:11:11 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: Augie

Thank you. I’d better get stepping with the grass seed, then.


45 posted on 02/15/2013 2:11:49 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Gun control is hitting what you aim at. -- Chuck Norris)
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To: Sarajevo

Thanks for posting this pic! Maybe I’ll be successful with tomatoes with this method...nothing else seems to work :(


46 posted on 02/15/2013 2:13:35 PM PST by Jane Long
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To: XenaLee
The video link I posted up-thread covers tomato problems in great detail.

/johnny

47 posted on 02/15/2013 2:14:19 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Sorry for your loss. I know only too well about mourning for a lost baby. Lost my feline companion of 15 years in December of 2009 due to VAS. Still haven’t gotten over it.


48 posted on 02/15/2013 2:19:28 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Chileheads unite! LOL

I’m actually planting habs this year. Not for myself, mind you (too hot for moi)...but for my neighbor who loves the hottest peppers on earth.


49 posted on 02/15/2013 2:21:24 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Marcella

Now, two or so years ago, I read about growing a plant using the bag of potting soil for the container. Punch a few holes in the bottom of bag for drainage, then cut the top side away enough to get your plant into the soil and there is the pot (bag) with plant planted.

I expect to hear growls from you guys about growing a plant that way, but I’m doing it anyway to see if it works
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I read about this too. I think it’s an excellent suggestion. I am planning on using a couple of bags of mushroom compost to grow lettuce in this year.

Lettuce is usually planted as seeds.

Onions sets are often used for slicing onions.

I often plant the garlic I have left from the supermarket. Just seperate the cloves and plant in the fall for early summer harvest. When you order garlic from catalogs, they send you the garlic bulb which you seperate into cloves for planting.


50 posted on 02/15/2013 2:21:53 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Sarajevo; All

That method just wouldn’t work in my garden. I have two cats that just LOVE to shred stuff....and since they get in trouble shredding indoors, they would go nuts on bags like that one....lol.


51 posted on 02/15/2013 2:23:07 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Jane Long
I plant my tomato's in raised beds filled with composted horse manure and mulch them. That seems to be the only thing that works in my area. I've tried the upside down planters, hydroponics, buckets, pots, and the heat gets them all.
I've seen the technique where the side of the soil bag is cut open and plants are planted. That was working in the Castroville area.
52 posted on 02/15/2013 2:23:55 PM PST by Sarajevo (Don't think for a minute that this excuse for a President has America's best interest in mind.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Thanks much! Will check it out.


53 posted on 02/15/2013 2:24:55 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Alice in Wonderland

Maggots? Yuck! Now there’s a bad wrinkle. Thanks for the pics and update.


54 posted on 02/15/2013 2:26:25 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: fidelis; greeneyes
Thanks. I had no idea the pvc snap clamps even existed.

That's what I love about this thread. Someone always seems to know or can find out. There's always something to learn.

/johnny

55 posted on 02/15/2013 2:28:08 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: greeneyes

I’ll be pulling out the fall / winter plants soon and start to get ready for the spring garden this week. We still have cauliflower heads that need to be cut, along with broccoli sprouts.


56 posted on 02/15/2013 2:28:43 PM PST by Arrowhead1952 (Dims are stupid, period. End of conversation.)
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To: fidelis

Sounds like good progress is being made. Hubby gave me chocolates. They are so good, I can hardly keep my hands off them.

The best valentine’s day to me is one that includes potted plants, such as miniature roses, hyacinths, tulips, or daffodils.(well maybe a tiny box with just 4 chocolates could be added).


57 posted on 02/15/2013 2:31:41 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: fidelis

Is it possible to get pics of the green house?


58 posted on 02/15/2013 2:34:54 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

We don’t usually have duck, but oldest daughter cooks for us on New Years Eve, and duck was one of the “new” entrees she prepared.

We also did a Chinese Hot Pot which was kinda like fondue.
We found out that picky eater grand daughter would eat veggies that way especially the baby corn.


59 posted on 02/15/2013 2:38:05 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: XenaLee
...sometimes it's fun to sit back and watch the psychos on YouTube eating some of the hottest peppers on earth...watching the tears, listening to their quavering voices as they describe their tongues being consumed by the scorching heat of the pepper...many times they have to access the wastebasket conveniently kept nearby...

That's what I'm growing. Good times.

60 posted on 02/15/2013 2:39:18 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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