Posted on 04/11/2014 12:34:19 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Since some of you said they like cold rather than heat (sun), I put them under the grow lamp and raised the lamp some from where it was as it was very close to the little cups. So, they are cool with light.
I see some Tromboncino outside in smaller pots that need to be in the big pots now. I will never get through transplanting plants. Whose idea was it to end up with 111 pots? Oh, it was mine.
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Wow.
When I was ordering something, I needed to add more money to get free shipping and whatever I was ordering was heavy so I needed to add something to avoid that high shipping.
I got a tunnel thing and when it came I just stuck it somewhere and your post reminded me I have this thing. Naturally, I haven't used a tunnel before. If you have used one, perhaps you have some tips about this. Here is what it says about this “Easy Tunnel” (company is Haxnicks):
“The original and best selling tunnel cloche incorporating Haxnicks patented design. Creates a barrier - protects crops against strong sun, high winds, animals, birds, pests and diseases.
High density mesh
Conserves moisture
Easy to use, one piece design and easy to erect. Opens and closes like an accordion.
Drawstring ends allow easy access.
Folds away neatly after use
1 ft. 6 inches wide
9 foot 10 inches long
1 ft. tall
It shows strawberries inside one. I don't think that would work with any plant that needs to be pollinated. The ends can be left open but no guarantee pollinators would get in there.
Do these work as greenhouses to keep out cold to harden plants before planting in larger pots (or in the ground for you who do that)?
I just pulled it out of the package, it's compact, and there are six metal legs on each side (to be punched into ground) or it would sit on a deck with those legs.
Guess my question is, what is the best use for this thing?
Yay for the walking onions! If I don’t get reincarnated as a turnip, I’d like to be an Egyptian walking onion!
Wow!
:) I’m not thrilled with their progress, but with temps at times below freezing at night and having to keep the slider open during the day for our puppy, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised.
I’m watching the grand kids again today. Was going to do a couple of containers for the patio, one with lettuce, and one with chard, but it’s been cold and rainy all day, so we’ll do that another time. At least we have all the stuff here now.
/johnny
I thought they look great. How’s Frankie doing?
Thanks, Silent gypsy. Frankie now weighs 43 pounds. My husband found one of his teeth on the carpet yesterday. He’s growing up! :)
Job well done!
Wasn’t he two days old when you started?
Cilantro has performed the best for me when the nights are above 45 and the days below 80 degrees. A spring crop and an autumn crop.
I just buy row covers which lower the temps by about 4 degrees and let in the rain, and 85% of the sunlight. That way I don't have to dash out and uncover them if the sun comes out.
Sometimes I put a double layer over the beds. My beds are 3’x4’ and the landscape timbers are a few inches above the soil, so I don't need hoops most of the them. My covers are 5ft wide and a very long row, so I just cut the size I want from the roll.
If I need more height for the plants to grow, I use milk jugs or an inexpensive little wire white fence that I got from Walmart.
One of my beds I took 2 PVC pipes and placed them diagonally into the ground at the corners so that they criss cross in the center. I use a huge piece of painters plastic on it that I already had on hand or a sheet. It's about 4 feet tall from the zenith.
It should have directions, but they are probably for a row of veggies in a typical in soil garden, so you may have to use some ingenuity with your containers.
I have never had much luck with trying to grow cilantro, and I don’t use it very often anyway. If you grow it, you’ll sure be doing better than me.
Did you get the tomato containers from the Mega Greenhouse Store? Glad to hear the cukes are fine. I love cukes with salad, and love refrigerator pickles.
Well, forgot I also ordered Cilantro seed and a packet came from Bountiful Gardens today. It says on there that they are poor to transplant and should be started in the ground. It also says they grow well in containers. So, I'll put some seeds in a container with net over it so the animals don't get the seed, and see if that works. I'll put them fairly close to the roofed deck since that area gets shade first in the afternoon. So far, it's cool outside, not yet our regular hot summer Texas.
CUCUMBERS AGAIN:
The two taller cucumbers that wilted, then straightened up, the shorter of the two has wilted again and I see another smaller one wilted. So, I looked at names:
The tallest one that wilted and now looks great and is wrapping around the bamboo stick, is a Homemade Pickle. The other one that wilted and has wilted again, plus another one wilted, is Supremo Cucumber. Others doing good are National Pickling Cucumber. One of the Nationals is about 3 inches tall and when out there just now saw it has a yellow bloom open. That little, it shouldn't have that bloom.
There are also Carolina Cucumbers out there but didn't notice them which means they aren't wilted and neither are they tall.
I bet I don't get a single tomato. I'm getting paranoid about them - I think all types out there, hate me. I'm very nice around them, but they aren't returning the favor. :o)
I have lots of row cover that is thin and have one large one that is thicker - it's great for cold but wouldn't let rain or sun in.
When my cukes wilt, it’s usually too much heat, too little water, or fursarium wilt.
I am rooting for you to get some delicious tomatoes.
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The last of the hardened off tomatoes go in tomorrow, with two spares that we’ll give to neighbors.
We also have spare B. Sprouts (don’t know how we ended up with so many...)
We’re beginning to think January 20 was about 3-4 weeks too early for starting seeds. Also, we need fewer plants since we had nearly at 100 percent survival rate.
Start again tomorrow.
She was 8 hours old, hypothermic and semicomatose when we got her. We took pix when she was two days and six days old. This was Divine Intervention, make no mistake. We just participated. Thank you for well-wishes!
He sounds like a big, healthy boy!
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