The Russians are here.
Picked these Black Russian tomatoes today, Can't wait to eat them. I picked two smaller ones yesterday and had one for lunch. Joy!!
Posted on 08/02/2013 2:00:43 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Hi all! I got some squash plants that have many flowers but no fruit. It’s been decent weather and they are huge. Any thoughts?
Ok. I have to ask. You ordered seeds from GRIN(If that’s the name and I remember properly)?
What did you list as ‘organization’?
Tell me more tell me more tell me more...They’ve got a lot of rice seeds I’d like to experiment with!
The pellets I got to keep squirrels out, work for bunnies. If a squirrel/bunny got 15 tomatoes, I would wring their necks while I was crying for my tomatoes.
I've decided not to do those pellets myself since my son is coming for a couple of days in August. I'll let him do it because it is over 100 degrees every day now.
Yesterday, went to fine dentist and offending tooth is out and today I can't even tell he took it out - no pain at all from his taking it out. I never get tense going to him or when he is working on a tooth. He is also tall and a very handsome blond, but is still a fine dentist even though “pretty”.
I have never had a tooth hurt like this one did for days - while I was there yesterday, the tech told me one elderly lady had such a bad toothache, she put GASOLINE in her mouth. She had to be senile to do that. Gasoline can get in a lung very easily and you die of poisoned lung pneumonia so to speak. It's dangerous for men to suck up gasoline in a hose to get it to flow, but some do it anyway. Men are not the brightest of people when it comes to their survival - they take too many chances.
Okay, so Johnny is a man - he takes too many chances, too.
If you haven’t seen any pollinators you might have to play squash pimp.
It involves getting up early in the morning though. Be warned.
If you haven’t seen any female blooms (they look like baby squashes with a flower on the end) be patient, they’ll show up sooner or later.
Thank you for your reply in a previous thread about spinach. Here is a question about green beans - why do some of them get dark spots while others do not? They were all planted at the same time in the same place. Some got spots while still really small. Others grew very large with no spots at all. Thanks for any insight, and have a great weekend
Mighty big bunnies...that hop8 feet to the banana bunch! LOL.
And they carry machetes.
We went through July with out a trace of rain which would be no big deal except we had a very dry spring. Our strawberry plants continue to weaken due to some crud but the Diva Cucumbers are coming on strong and corn perhaps in 2 weeks.
/johnny
I put “none” for the organization. And for my intended use I wrote “Investigating the growing properties and tolerances of these plants in various soil and weather conditions. Researching and developing new varieties of popping beans. Testing possible commercial applications.”
Both the seeds I ordered are popbeans, one is a chickpea and the other is a kidney bean. I also have the popbean (chickpea type) that I ordered from a breeder in Oregon. That plant breeder is the same person who wrote the plant-breeding book I’ve been studying, and I came across a chapter where she mentioned that she had actually found several varieties of chickpea that popped. Most were too small to be worth selling, but of the 2 that were big enough, only one would grow reliably in her climate. The other one needed a warmer growing season.
That last part was what caught my eye, because most chickpeas need a cooler growing season. So, I’m going to experiment some with both varieties and see which one grows better in Wisconsin. Maybe I can breed one that will grow through the summer?
The popping kidney bean is a nuna, a South/Central American variety that I’ve read about, but last I’d heard wasn’t available in the US because of some legal dust-up. I was very surprised to find it through GRIN, so I had to grab some while it was there.
I thought about ordering a bunch of other seeds, but I figured I’d better start small, just in case it turned out to be more hassle than it was worth. After I get my house built I might order more, there are too many things to play with there :)
LOL. You have my sympathy.
Have you tried making kale chips??
Around my house they’re very popular. I’ve made them with several types of kale as well as collard and mustard greens.
Great for those of us watching out diet but craving something crunchy.
Have you ever tried just pouring some milk on the ground by the plants?
I’ve been tempted.
I used to eat frozen watermelon. We would use a melon baller, and then freeze them. Lots more healthy for kids than popsycles.LOL
We have had several watermelons from the store that were great. This last one has been edible, but nothing to write home about, if you know what I mean.
Glad you are progressing forward with your recovery.
The Russians are here.
Picked these Black Russian tomatoes today, Can't wait to eat them. I picked two smaller ones yesterday and had one for lunch. Joy!!
I have. They are good and so are squash chips.
I grew that New Zealand spinach indoors during the first winter after we began gardening, and it does really great in a pot indoors. Even better than regular spinach, and better for me than it did outdoors.
I am so sorry for the drought you guys have. I wish when we have all the flooding, there was a way to distribute it to all the areas that need it.
We have American Native Persimmons, but no one steals them except for the opossums.LOL
Ohh, I bet squash chips would be good.
I’ve done mushroom chips and they were very good. Will have to try squash.
Have an abundance of celery too. Yesterday's harvest. Good year here in Connecticut
If your tomatoes are indeterminate, you can cut them back a bit take off poor looking leaves, and they will take on new life.
Determinate tomatoes are pretty much done and you have to succession plant those, in order to have production through the entire season.
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