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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 18 MAY 2, 2014
Free Republic | 5/2/2014 | greeneyes

Posted on 05/02/2014 12:25:41 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!

NOTE: This is a once a week ping list. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest are welcomed, so feel free to post them at any time.


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; gardening; hobby
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To: JRandomFreeper

Not me. I have no experience with that. Is any part of it edible?


161 posted on 05/03/2014 9:07:25 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: tubebender

whoops...


162 posted on 05/03/2014 9:07:34 PM 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: TEXOKIE

I read all that. It was very interesting, but my muscles started hurtin just thinking about all the work to tend all that stuff.LOL


163 posted on 05/03/2014 9:08:27 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: yuleeyahoo

Right now, I don’t have any more room for pots indoors, and I would have to bring it in for the winter. If I ever get a year round green house, I’ll be growing it.


164 posted on 05/03/2014 9:09:58 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
The stiff necks are just starting to send up their scarpes. The first row is from Vietnam and the clove is about one inch in diameter The next two rows are the Chinese early.…

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165 posted on 05/03/2014 9:14:41 PM 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
No, but a friend wanted me to start them if I could. So I will, if I can. Special request.

What I'm reading calls for 100 days in the fridge before trying to germinate.

/johnny

166 posted on 05/03/2014 9:26:44 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Yikes. That’s a lot of days in hibernation temps.


167 posted on 05/03/2014 9:27:50 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper
Remind me of that next time I run out of bread and it's already hot in the kitchen. ;)

It's already hot in my kitchen. I've wanted to bake a cake, but I don't want to heat the rest of the house up. I am tying to keep the electric bill down by not running the Air Conditioner. I did run it last week when it was in the 90's those couple of days.

168 posted on 05/03/2014 9:55:38 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: bgill
Back in the day, we’d get turkey eggs for free because the neighbor farmer

I know of a lady who bakes weedding cakes, and she only uses turkey eggs. They're the secret to her fabulous cakes.

169 posted on 05/03/2014 10:01:25 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: tubebender

Nice setup! Thanks for sharing.


170 posted on 05/03/2014 11:00:24 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: tubebender

That’s awesome !


171 posted on 05/04/2014 5:03:39 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: greeneyes

LOL! I hope I have the character to take them to completion. It truly IS a larger plate than I had really planned. Oh well. Since I’m potting a lot of them, perhaps if it appears that I may not be able to handle it, I might be able to share with my friends to get out from under...

and on top of that, we bought strawberries and two well-along garlic plants and a stevia plant with a couple of decorative border plants yesterday....


172 posted on 05/04/2014 9:46:51 AM 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: Eric in the Ozarks; greeneyes
I have been setting up my Primos Trail Camera around the yard for the past few nights and caught a variety of critters but no surprises. I'm hoping to catch image of a mountain lion or bob cat. Most of these photos have been "enhanced" to lighten them…

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173 posted on 05/04/2014 5:12:23 PM 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: Eric in the Ozarks; greeneyes
I saved the beast for last...

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174 posted on 05/04/2014 5:20:44 PM 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: tubebender

Those are very neat photos. Thanks for posting them!


175 posted on 05/04/2014 5:24:09 PM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: sockmonkey; JRandomFreeper; greeneyes; rightly_dividing; All

I am having Amaretto over ice so I won’t cut my throat. Everything was fine yesterday and I just went out to check everything. Some of it has gone to hell and I don’t know if I can get it back.

It would help immensely if I knew what I was doing, supposed to do, don’t do, etc.

My beautiful celery plants are all flat as a pancake. They were fine yesterday. I’ve moved then closer to the roofed deck so they won’t get a lot of sun and I watered them. They were so beautiful and now they look like s-—.

Some of the strawberries on top of the table I have out there, were looking almost flat but they looked sort of dried out. They were fine yesterday. I watered the whole bunch of strawberries.

I have small tomato plants in a number of pots and those looked dry so watered them.

What I know now about watering: You can’t water everything evenly if you are using containers as opposed to ground. The containers are different sizes and one has to also take into account which plants need more water than other plants. I have a question here - do cucumbers require a lot of water? Every cucumber in pots of different sizes, have blooms on them. Do they need to always be sort of damp? Hell, I don’t know.

All the small tomato plants in varies sizes of containers looked dry but the plants looked okay, so watered them.

The only good news out there is three of the four large tomato plants have blooms on them and the other one looks just fine - all four are a different kind. Johnny, these have strong bodies so I didn’t screw up like I did last year.

Some of my beautiful new Cilantro babies were also flat - damn. Carefully watered them.

Worked on the Walking Onions to put some of their shoots back inside the planter as they would have been on the ground within a day or two.

Then, to top it off, took down the hummingbird feeder to bring it in and if it isn’t exactly straight some water will come out - that sugar water spilled out on the lower deck right outside the glass door. Can you say “ants”? To stop that from happening, took out paper towels to soak it up but of course some of the water soaked into the wood but maybe not enough to draw ants, hell, I don’t know.

I’m glad a have a full bottle of Amaretto.


176 posted on 05/04/2014 5:25:39 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: tubebender

Wow! Even better!


177 posted on 05/04/2014 5:26:47 PM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: Marcella
I have no idea what happened. I am truly sorry that it did, though.

I've never tried container gardening, so I've never had that happen to me before. Maybe someone can offer some advice. I'm stumped.

The best I can do is offer moral support.

/johnny

178 posted on 05/04/2014 5:45:34 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Do you grow cucumbers? If so, do you keep their bed damp?


179 posted on 05/04/2014 5:49:59 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella
I do grow cukes. I stick my finger down about 1 inch into the soil, and if it's dry, I water. I also mulch heavily, so watering isn't a big deal for me. It takes quite a while for things to really dry out. Days.

I do know my containerized stuff (herbs mainly) are much more sensitive to watering than the stuff in the big garden.

I also am outside checking stuff up to 20 times a day. Twice an hour sometimes.

/johnny

180 posted on 05/04/2014 5:59:32 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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