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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD MARCH 23, 2018
freerepublic | March 23, 2018 | greeenyes

Posted on 03/23/2018 6:28:33 PM PDT by greeneyes

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Greetings from Missouri. We have had moderate temps this week, but very little sunshine. Lots of seedlings moved into the green house. Hope to have new beds finished this weekend. Potato planting begins April 1.

I ran across a Chef's Tip for growing tasty tomatoes:

1/2 cup sugar 1 cup Epsom Salt 1/2 cup Bone Meal Mulch/leaves etc.

Put into hole and mix well, plant/water well.

Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.

1 posted on 03/23/2018 6:28:33 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: greeneyes; Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; ...

Pinging the List.


2 posted on 03/23/2018 6:30:32 PM PDT by greeneyes
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We’re still growing white powder snow here in the Cleveland/Akron area!


3 posted on 03/23/2018 6:41:53 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing! Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a doctor and I won't touch that thing)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Well, the climate does change, but not always warmer. We are fortunate so far here.


4 posted on 03/23/2018 6:46:17 PM PDT by greeneyes
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About 80 of the 100 onion bulbs into the soil - at least for starters - might have to transplant a few (if it’s safe for them - dunno).

More to go. The season is off and running. Much more to do.


5 posted on 03/23/2018 7:12:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Wife and I discovering that we need to wait longer into the early spring before starting seeds. Tomato and pepper seed were started February 15. It’s still chilly at night and our tomatoes are showing blossoms...in our mini greenhouses.

We’ll have to put them out in late March/early April, really before they’re ready. We’ve rigged some freeze covers for our gardens and may need them this week.


6 posted on 03/23/2018 7:15:01 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Showing my little grandson how to plant herb’s tomorrow. Hope for the future!


7 posted on 03/23/2018 7:28:24 PM PDT by Melian ("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -Gimli)
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Anyone have any experience with Jerusalem artichokes?


8 posted on 03/23/2018 7:29:20 PM PDT by killermosquito (Buffalo, Detroit (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
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To: SaveFerris

Hubby got a lot of his onions planted too.


9 posted on 03/23/2018 7:29:24 PM PDT by greeneyes
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Hubby always gets stuff going too early too. He covered the green house plants with row cover last night just to be safe.

I just wait. Hard as it is - In my plan nothing except taters and winter crops gets planted until last week of March or First week of April.


10 posted on 03/23/2018 7:31:31 PM PDT by greeneyes
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That’s so great. Kids need to learn that plants can come from their own efforts - not just the supermarkets.


11 posted on 03/23/2018 7:32:46 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Soil? Isn’t that the gooey brown stuff underneath the melting white stuff? Been so long since I’ve seen any, I’m not sure any more.


12 posted on 03/23/2018 7:33:31 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!�)
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I have none. Hubby is talking about planting some this year.


13 posted on 03/23/2018 7:34:03 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Finally back.....sorry to have been off line so long. I am now in Louisiana , a lot different from Maine {imagine that?}


14 posted on 03/23/2018 7:41:18 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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No doubt - warmer for sure. LOL


15 posted on 03/23/2018 7:43:55 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Can you add me to the list?
Thanks!


16 posted on 03/23/2018 7:51:32 PM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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Yep. Will do.


17 posted on 03/23/2018 7:54:23 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Wouldn’t the sugar attract more than the usual number of ants?


18 posted on 03/23/2018 8:06:29 PM PDT by tob2 (So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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Temperatures still on the cold and windy side. I have been looking at all the plants and places where seeds have been sown. The bunching onions seeds are starting to sprout. One rose bush is doing well but all the dampness is causing black spot already so will have to remedy that this weekend. Sadly, two of the mini-rose bushes have died. Most likely age but bad weather is not being ruled out.


19 posted on 03/23/2018 8:10:10 PM PDT by tob2 (So much to do; so little desire to do it.)
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planted a whole bunch of snowflakes in the backyard- they are doign great- still about a foot deep


20 posted on 03/23/2018 8:17:10 PM PDT by Bob434
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