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Weekly Gardening Thread -- Vol. 14, April 6, 2012
free republic | April 6, 2012

Posted on 04/06/2012 7:46:05 AM PDT by dennisw

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1 posted on 04/06/2012 7:46:16 AM PDT by dennisw
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Went to the supermarket, and bought 4 bunches of spring onions. Stuck ‘em in the ground. They’re doing just fine! Not much of an adventure.


2 posted on 04/06/2012 7:57:56 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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Bought two peony plants yesterday and some tomatoes and peppers. I am looking for a bridal wreath spirea but can’t find it anywhere. I’m in SC anyone know where I can get one?


3 posted on 04/06/2012 8:00:20 AM PDT by estrogen (don't let the media pick our candidate)
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Been watering my heirloom tomatoes for 6 weeks now exclusively with rainwater from my barrels...

Some of my tomatoes are already 3’ tall...

I’m near Houston


4 posted on 04/06/2012 8:11:52 AM PDT by Former MSM Viewer
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We have been drying some of the gorgeous spring flower blooms in the garden for later use in craft projects - cards, bookmarks, etc. What we are using to dry the flowers is the 'Microfleur' Flower Press Kit for Microwave Ovens. It works very well - you can dry flowers in minutes rather than weeks. We have been quite pleased ..... here's a link:

Microfleur Flower Press

5 posted on 04/06/2012 8:17:17 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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Thailand-Vietnam mango variety. Coming along.... maybe ripe in two months

Below is different tree. Another Thailand-Vietnam mango variety. You can see four mangoes developing. One is black and will drop off. No disease here .... the tree is just selecting what mangoes to carry.

 


6 posted on 04/06/2012 8:28:33 AM PDT by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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Putting in first spring seeds this weekend here in SE PA, looks like we had our last freeze overnight.


7 posted on 04/06/2012 8:36:50 AM PDT by dirtboy
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The ping list is at the bottom of JustaDumbBlonde home page. I can ping the list if you would like.


8 posted on 04/06/2012 8:40:39 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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oh yeah please do!!! (she must be on Good Friday sabbatical)


9 posted on 04/06/2012 8:42:02 AM PDT by dennisw (A nation of sheep breeds a government of Democrat wolves!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; gardengirl; girlangler; SunkenCiv; HungarianGypsy; Gabz; billhilly; Alkhin; ...

Ping to all the Gardeners


10 posted on 04/06/2012 8:45:51 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Question: My spirea (little princess and firelight) is not leafing out on all the old wood. On some shrubs the leafing out is very spotty. Should I cut them them to the ground? The shrubs are 4-5 years old and have never been trimmed back.


11 posted on 04/06/2012 8:54:36 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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My squash plants, planted SEED on March 9th, are already a foot tall and blossoming!...................Cukes, planted same day, are starting to climb and tomatoes are blooming!............


12 posted on 04/06/2012 8:55:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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Here in eastern NC I've got a slew of greens coming up (various leaf lettuces and swiss chard) not to mention beets, peas, and radishes. Give it another three weeks and we'll be eating fresh salad.

I started an asparagus patch this year for the first time ever; we'll see how it goes. No signs of life yet, but the roots have only been in the ground for about a week now so it's clearly too soon to tell.

Wife reported a dozen white potates sprouting in the bin in the kitchen. You guessed it... into the garden they went. Never had much luck with white potatoes in NC for whatever reason, but maybe this year will be the one.

I have decided to plant my peppers directly into the garden this year instead of starting the plants indoors. I always have high mortality due to poor hardening-off when I start them inside, and I'm thinking that growing them from seed in the garden will solve that problem.

13 posted on 04/06/2012 8:58:36 AM PDT by Oberon (Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
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Thank you!


14 posted on 04/06/2012 9:01:05 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Home garden coming along nicely - 12 of 14 raised beds planted - everything but 1 type of watermelon up and happy.

This is a bit of a tangent, but it is garden related and it is Good Friday.

I am raising $500 to help a small Christian orphanage in Pakistan start a chicken farm and vegetable garden - so they can feed and support themselves.

The Facebook page is: ‘Love and Hope Christian Orphanage’.

50 X $10 buys 50 chickens and everything they need to make this dream a reality.

You can ‘buy’ a chicken via PayPal: loveandhopeproject@gmail.com.

18 chickens raised so far - only 32 to go.

Thank you!

50 X $10 buys a chicken and everything they need. 18 chickens raised so far - 32 to go.

If you'd like t

15 posted on 04/06/2012 9:13:53 AM PDT by ImProudToBeAnAmerican
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Not a regular here, but visit often. My bamboo stand (70ft x 15 ft plot) is doing great, in it’s (I think) 4th year. Last year I had some get around 10 ft tall. This year, I’m hoping some will get close to 15ft. Hundreds of new shoots - lovin it!

Oh, the Mrs. and I have a garden too :-) Nothing started here yet (Eastern Nebraska).

Anyone have suggestions on Blueberries? Our soil is sooo alkiline. Last week, I sprinkled ammonium sulfate around them. I’ve got 7 plants, and they’re just so spindly. They’re about 5 years old.

God Bless and Happy Easter!
Gregg


16 posted on 04/06/2012 9:25:31 AM PDT by pitviper68
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Here in Kalifornia's Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), we plant tomatoes sometime after mid-September, and they're pretty much totally harvested by late January.

I yanked ours around February 1, and planted some watermelon and cuke seeds immediately....the seedlings are around 4 inches tall as of now.

17 posted on 04/06/2012 9:29:48 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (A conservative, a liberal and a moderate walked into a bar; barkeep said "Hi Mitt")
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I’m one of those people I love to grow just about anything I can grow. Have a 1/5 acre so have the room to grow alot of different things, and I don’t tend to grow alot of any one things.

Probably if I had to list the companies that are my favorite sources for different stuff, it would have to be Fedco, Baker Creek, Seed Savers Exchange, Bountiful Gardens, and Horizon herbs. Some of the new stuff being tried this year:

Kamut Wheat
Hulless Barley
Magentaspreen lambsquarters
Fiber flax
Amole
Quinoa
Pipian for Tuxpan seed squash
Toraziroh
Fiskeby soybean


18 posted on 04/06/2012 9:30:09 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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Enjoying my home grown lettuce and Swiss chard very much. Plenty of pansies and other spring flowers to decorate the house with. Happy Easter to all. Happy Passover as well.


19 posted on 04/06/2012 9:35:21 AM PDT by tob2 (November can't come soon enough for me.)
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I'm into my second round of tomatoes (pulled first in January here in LA county).
But, I've always just let them grow as they want...I've been told to pinch off the 'suckers' to limit unnecessary vines and such.

Sadly, I forgot how to identify a sucker from any other growth.

Can anyone out there set me straight?

Also harvesting radish, onion, several type peppers, and turnips while Cukes and green beans develop.

20 posted on 04/06/2012 9:47:49 AM PDT by norton (I will transmit this information to Vladimir.)
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