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Weekly Gardening Thread - 2009 Launch - May 15
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| Red_Devil 232
Posted on 05/15/2009 4:19:04 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
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To: Red_Devil 232
Ohio Master Gardener here ... please put me on your list. Thx.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:01:03 AM PDT
by
HiramQuick
(work harder ... welfare recipients depend on you!)
To: chickpundit
42
posted on
05/15/2009 6:01:33 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: dennisw
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:02:43 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Red_Devil 232
Thanks. I’ve got four beds total ... three of them new this year. I’d love even more, but the kids should probably have some space to play :) One of these days, we’d like to get some land and move out to the country. Now’s not the best time to sell a house though.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:05:33 AM PDT
by
chickpundit
(Palin '12)
To: Mrs. P
Thank you :) The wood in the bed pictured is cedar, I believe. The new ones are pine, as cedar can get kind of pricey.
I think we have a family of rabbits under our deck. I even found a rabbit nest in the pictured garden bed when I was prepping it in early spring. They’ve not bothered too much, aside from some soybean seedlings I am growing to make edamame. I’ve planted more and am using a row cover over the top to hopefully protect them. I’ve decided not to spray the dandelions in the backyard, as I’ve happened upon the rabbits eating those, and I’d prefer they continue eating those as opposed to my plants.
Good luck with your tomatoes and peppers! What kind are you growing?
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:14:46 AM PDT
by
chickpundit
(Palin '12)
To: Red_Devil 232
I really didn't want to plant that many, but the wife ordered some online last year were in really small plastic plant starters and the plants looked like broken tips that were in the sun for a few hours. She called and the nursery sent free replacements, but those were just as bad.
This year, they sent more free replacements, not once, not twice, but four times. Each order had nine plants, so that was an additional 36 plants. They also sent three zucchini and three bell pepper plants. We have some plants in containers, since the garden is not large enough for that many plants.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:15:18 AM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(It took almost 250 years to make the USA great and 30 days for "The Failure" BO to tear it down.)
To: tndarlin
47
posted on
05/15/2009 6:17:10 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: HiramQuick
You have been added to the list. Thank you for dropping by your expertise will be greatly appreciated!
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:19:44 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
From January through April we had a little over 10 inches of rain. Since the start of May, we’ve had over 11 inches, if not more. Garden is so saturated I can’t plant my peppers, eggplant, or replant my okra and pole beans that didn’t come up from the first planting. I wish we could spread all this rain out over the next three months, but looks like we may get our total allotment for the summer in May.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:25:30 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(I'm all for cap & trade. I want to cap government's power and trade it for a conservative one.)
To: trisham
I have been researching how to keep rabbits from my cabbages. Beside the obvious (fencing), I have found four intriguing suggestions:
- Garlic: critters hate the smell and will avoid it
- Marigolds: same principle as garlic, and some folks think they're pretty
- Piss on it: yes, it's true. The smell of human urine will deter rabbits and deer (or so I'm told). The urine can be collected in private and used in waterings.
- Hair: dog hair and/or human hair sprinkled on the ground will plant that scent.
Hopefully this has been informative, or at least amusing.
50
posted on
05/15/2009 6:33:07 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: OB1kNOb
We have had our share of rain down here also. It sure does slow down work when putting in a new garden.
51
posted on
05/15/2009 6:35:17 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
We've got a good sized garden & planted late to avoid the spring hailstorms.
Green beans, okra, corn, snow peas, sweet peas, carrots, radishes, okra and assorted squash, cucumbers and melons were all planted by seed and are growing well.
Still waiting for the tomatoes and peppers, though!
52
posted on
05/15/2009 6:35:39 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(I am NOT an administrative, corporate, collective, legal, political or public entity or ~person~)
To: Red_Devil 232
Cyborg and I are actually toying with the idea of building one of these:
Not a $4,000 kit, though. More like a $400 homebrew.
I'm still in the R&D phase.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:36:22 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Petronski
Hmmmmm. What is it? The pic did not work.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:39:42 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Sorry about the pic.
It’s a geodesic dome greenhouse. I’ll try to add another pic.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:44:02 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: MamaTexan
I just put watermelon seeds in the ground yesterday. I hope they do well this year.
I have tomatoes, bell peppers, various hot peppers, basil eggplants, zukes and cukes in the main garden. Strawberries in earth boxes. I just hope they all do well!
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:45:10 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Petronski
57
posted on
05/15/2009 6:47:43 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Petronski
Excellent! How big is the dome and are those 2x4s?
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:52:14 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: TedLee
59
posted on
05/15/2009 6:52:55 AM PDT
by
southlake_hoosier
(.... One Nation, Under God.......)
To: Red_Devil 232
Wellll, the doors and face have been off my partially completed passive solar raised tomato bed for a week or so now here in the Southwest’s 4 Corners area.
Picked a tomato yesterday—wasn’t quite ripe but good enough.
The jungle is kind of bursting the seams but mostly leaves with some blossoms and some green fruit.
Might need to take a dead plant or two out. I’m not sure that the Hawaiian Pineapple tomato plant made it through the winter for some reason. The rest of the heirloom tomato plants seem to be quite robust.
Now the trick will be how to finish glazing the thing with poly carbonate sheeting on top and the front and still let the plants grow profusely. May end up putting another door on the front instead of another sealed panel. Probably will have more hinged sections on the roof, too.
Then, I’ll need to put ferro cement/plaster over the foam insulation on the back and lower sides and lower front.
May want to have a different crop in the winter. Tomato’s aren’t too functional . . . daytime temps could get up to 120 degrees and night around 45 degrees. Blossoms don’t germinate above 90 degrees and don’t set below 55.
It’s been an interesting project so far and not over yet! At least I have a head start on getting tomatoes to eat early.
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posted on
05/15/2009 6:54:23 AM PDT
by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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