Posted on 01/27/2012 10:40:54 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
Oh no!! :(
Diana, I am thinking of ordering the ‘Supermont’ cherry and the ‘Contender’ peach from Jung’s. I’m living south of the Twin Cities in MN and in zone 4b. I already have several sour cherries and hope this would be a good compliment to the bunch (Mesabi, Bali, Montmorency). What do you think of this cultivar? Is it really 30% larger fruit?
Also, I’m thinking of giving the peach a try. I have an area sheltered from the N and W behind the barn on a slight rise and the barn is paneled in white steel siding. Nice micro-climate and out of the prevailing winter winds. Any experience with the Contender peach?
Thanks for your expertise (double so) since I know you’re busier than heck at this time of the year.
Oooh, how sad.
Well, starting over again no thanks to my cat. Had half my potted seeds already up and happily growing until she knocked the whole thing over. Upside down. Then tore the rest up scrambling to get away from very mad mama.
The garden has been tilled twice and raked. Went in to town today and bought some onions but they didn’t have any berries.
I’ve been wondering if instead of a seed exchange, maybe a “seed ring” would make sense. For example, I take the seeds I have that I don’t need and mail them to the next person on the list, who takes what they want, adds what they have, and on to the next person.
Haven’t decided if it’s a good idea, but it’s an idea.
Same here. Wish I had a cat to blame.
Over the last week I lost 50 tomato seedlings to damping off. They were two inches high when they collapsed. Usually, that's a self inflicted mortal wound.
Not quite sure what I did. I've seeded the media in the identical fashion for the last five years. Maybe the trays and cells were not clean enough.
So, I'll clean everything with a bleach solution and try again. Oddly, none of the pepper varieties were affected.
Fortunately for me, there's plenty of time left.
I’m thinking that the seeds might take a beating if they stayed in the mail. Not sure though.
That has to be devastating; I know how it is to lose a single animal unexpectedly.
Lots of luck on the rebuild; and in finding the cause for certain. The camera ideas from others above are good advice.
For our combined chicken & rabbit house, I’m using a space heater that has a tip-over safety switch, mounted from the ceiling. For extra added protection, it is switched to its lower, 750W setting, instead of the full 1,500W, so that it runs longer, but doesn’t get as hot when running.
It's a PITA, but I bleach everything every year. Hot soak, 10% bleach/warm water soak, lukewarm soak. Never a problem.
I am so sorry about your seedlings. You are taking it very well. :)
Our homestead is on both sides of a major bayou. On the ridge ground side, we have beautiful sandy loam. On the east side we have the black gumbo of the Mississippi River Delta. Some of the black land is sandier than the rest, and we have some streaks of white clay in the ridge ground. So we have a great variation in soils too.
I hate that you lost that many seedlings. If you ever figure out why the peppers were immune, please let us know. Best wishes on re-starting your seeds :)
The second link in Post #1 has a wealth of info on our gardening group's favorite catalogs.
Would you like to join the ping list?
Thank you both for the excellent links!
The weather is weird all over. I simply don’t know what to make of it!
Pinging the USDA...Time to write new hardiness guidelines ASAP...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2838943/posts
I was going to replace my two ‘Reliance’ peach trees with ‘Contender’ this year. It’s the new, new thing. I added a ‘Black Ice’ plum last year - but I need a Toka pollinator, which is going in THIS year. (Yeah. I know...LOL!)
The Supermont? Haven’t had a chance to grow that either, but I LOVE my Lapins and my Montmorency - both cultivars produce well here in Zone 4.
I live across the road from a lake. I have heavy clay. I add a lot to my garden beds in the way of manure, peat, etc.
It’s all good. :)
That Black Ice plum looks good, I have that on my wishlist, but my budget is just a little too tight this year.
Unrelated, but I got good news at work. I lost my voice in September and haven’t gotten it back yet, so my supervisor has been scrambling to find things I can do without talking (I work in a call center, so that’s not easy). Yesterday I got approved for the Customer Chat Support department!!!! No more talking needed!!
Good News Indeed!!!
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