Posted on 04/19/2020 5:06:23 AM PDT by blam
We have previously planted in buckets pretty much as you have noted.
I wonder how you solved the watering problem?
I used a drip irrigation system with an auto timed valve that watered everyday for a specific time and volume. It was inconsistent. After failure measured in damaged tomato plants I learned that the devices were genetically unreliable. It seems some worked well and identical others die not.
Last year we abandoned the buckets and planted beans in the ground. We had beans out the wazoo. Tomatoes planted in old raised beds did not get enough sun so did not produce as they should.
What do you know about banana trees? I’ve got a ‘thousand finger’ one in a giant container. Needs dividing something fierce. Any pointers?
Our HEB store gets the other stores’ rejects. Celery is a big seller during Nov. and Dec. so that’s why this store rarely gets celery during the holidays. If I don’t have enough in the freezer by Sept., I’ll buy some then at the regular price, chop and freeze it for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sadly, the lack of holiday sales are a bummer here.
It took me a ridiculously long time to realize we get the rejects. But it’s so apparent. That’s why the ol’ Riverside cheapo turkeys have 3 different prices. An HEB store elsewhere gets in a new shipment so they send their old shipments to us.
That’s why for months, we had an entire aisle filled with nothing but Whataburger mustard in a store with 12 aisles.
When cauliflower became popular with the low carb crowd, we never saw another head of cauliflower again.
That’s also why strawberries here go fuzzy moldy before you can get home from the store. I’m sick and tired of paying full price for garbage. No telling how many virus infected have touched, sniffed and coughed on our food after it’s traveled all over Texas for weeks on end.
I don’t have any banana trees - they draw rattlesnakes. My father had some... great tasting little ones. He put them in the ground and every few years had to dig out whole sections because they spread like wild fire. I’ll bet they taste wonderful... sorry I can’t help.
[Whataburger mustard]
Ooh, that’s good stuff. And Whataburger mustard.
I shopped a little at HEB in central Texas when I was there years ago. But I was not much of a regular customer at the time.
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