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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 12 MARCH 22, 2013
Free Republic | March 22, 2013 | greeneyes

Posted on 03/22/2013 12:30:03 PM PDT by greeneyes

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you.

This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked.

It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread ... there is no telling where it will go and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; gardening; hobbies
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To: fidelis; TEXOKIE
YES! That is the seed library story. Thanks, fidelis
101 posted on 03/22/2013 11:39:09 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: murrie

Never grown it. I’m in Ohio, and Jicama is a tropical zone type plant, grown in Mexico. I think we’re both too far North for it to grow.


102 posted on 03/23/2013 3:46:15 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: TEXOKIE

We had a volunteer sunflower once that grew to be 9-10 feet tall. Is that the height of your sunflowers or was it the result of living near a nuclear power plant?


103 posted on 03/23/2013 4:47:14 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must be all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: greeneyes

You know what makes me almost as happy as gardening? Recipes for homemade bug sprays and cleaning solutions! Yahoo! You have made my weekend!


104 posted on 03/23/2013 4:54:36 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must be all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Definitely worth celebrating. Iirc, you have catz. I gather that your sunshelf isn’t in the house? If it is, how do you keep the catz from trashing the plants? We finally planted oat grass in six different pots so we could rotate them into and out of the greenhouse for recovery between cat attacks.


105 posted on 03/23/2013 5:22:05 AM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must be all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: Silentgypsy
The sunshelf is in a spot that they can't(won't) get to. My mistake was to set the tray of pepper plants on the table, and turn around to go get a cup of coffee at the other end of the room. It was over just that fast.

They only get into the plants when I screw up like that.

/johnny

106 posted on 03/23/2013 5:46:15 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Got two tomatoes growing inside. It is 12F outside this morning so nothing outside yet. Found seed potatoes at Walmart. Got some Yukon Gold and Kennebec.


107 posted on 03/23/2013 8:30:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for 0bama, someone else did that!)
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To: MtnClimber
Brrrr. 12F is way too low for me, these days. We're up to 52F now, and the cold frame is open so I can get a little of the small amount of rain that is falling.

We need more rain. My rain-water catchment system is very low for this time of year. And the seedlings really don't like the water from the city.

/johnny

108 posted on 03/23/2013 8:37:23 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Have a well here. No chity water.


109 posted on 03/23/2013 9:06:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber (I did not vote for 0bama, someone else did that!)
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To: MtnClimber
I'm seriously thinking about bootlegging a shallow well here. Technically, new wells are not allowed.

The shallow water table is such that I could probably drive a well myself.

/johnny

110 posted on 03/23/2013 9:10:23 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Johnny,, you mite want to try and wash the well casing (PVC Pipe) down with a garden hose and a spray nozzle such as this oops don't remember how to re-size pic.

on the end of the hose.

111 posted on 03/23/2013 9:58:49 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: greeneyes
This morning I was out in the garden and watched a wasp pluck some sort of worm off a tomato and proceed to, well, I don't know what it was doing. Looked like it was trying to chew its head off. Whatever was happening, Mr Worm's last day was not a good one. Wish I'd had the camera.

A small patch of kale.

A solitary celery plant. Does anything take longer to grow than celery?

A pot full of onions.

White Cloud cauliflower. After harvesting the main head, it keeps throwing up lots of little snack side heads. I'll plant that variety again.

112 posted on 03/23/2013 11:31:26 AM PDT by Darth Reardon
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To: fidelis

My husband has been given responsibility for all tomato hornworm removal. I don’t even want to look at the hideous things. I can’t imagine touching one, even while I’m wearing gloves.


113 posted on 03/23/2013 11:37:44 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: greeneyes

Sorry I’m late but I have been in mental rehab since Flickr changed their format and I can’t find the “Image Location” for photo posting in HTML on FR. Does anyone have a workaround for that?


114 posted on 03/23/2013 11:56:46 AM PDT by tubebender (Evening news is where they begin with "Good Evening," and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.)
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To: greeneyes

We just had a helluva hail storm here in Dallas early this am. It left millions of little balls of ice all over everything, and shredded the new leaves of most of the plants outside. Sounded like the end of the world...lol. And it just had to happen days AFTER the first day of spring, right?


115 posted on 03/23/2013 11:56:48 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: Cold Heart

I started growing the root beer plant (Hoja Santa) in Houston for shading other plants. It grows profusely (spreads via roots like a vine) and is good for many things. The Mexicans use the leaves for cooking fish and tamales. You can also use the leaves, which get very large, for making concrete leaf molded garden accents.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=root+beer+plant&qpvt=root+beer+plant&FORM=IGRE

Lemon balm, citronella and various mints are other useful herbs. Being a chilehead, I always grow as many different varieties of hot peppers that I can. Once found a huge chile tepin plant growing outside my fence in Houston (the birds had drop planted it). You can find these pepper plants growing wild if you know where to look. The peppers make great hot sauce.


116 posted on 03/23/2013 12:08:21 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Thank you so much. I’ll keep my eyes peeled.


117 posted on 03/23/2013 12:42:17 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: ApplegateRanch; fidelis

OH! Way Cool! Thanks so much for the link!


118 posted on 03/23/2013 12:43:39 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Silentgypsy

LOL! I don’t think we’re near a power plant!

We grew the Mammoth sunflowers. (That’s their name on the seed packet.) Yes, it was awesome, they did grow to be about 8-9 feet tall. They were prolific seed producers as well. We had a very dry summer last year and we were diligent to water them every day. I was fascinated by their stages of development. Highly entertaining! LOL!

The flower heads were the size of dinner plates, and one flower head per stalk.


119 posted on 03/23/2013 12:47:35 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: trisham

You’re like my wife. She’ll stay at the opposite end of the end until I get rid of it. And I gotta tell you, even with gloves I dislike picking those things up so much, I don’t only make sure they are dead, but they have got to be DEAD dead.


120 posted on 03/23/2013 2:16:00 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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