Posted on 01/03/2014 12:19:51 PM PST by greeneyes
Here in central TX the tomato farmers put in their plants and melon plants. On March 5, I’m going to plant some corn
in a corner of the pasture. It has lots of horse and Llama litter to mix in the soil.
Mesquite does not grow in the piney woods. But Mesquite begins to leaf out around the first of April.
Thats what I figured, but the woods here are so dense with so many kinds of trees that I cant ID, I was not sure.
Here, in central Texas the tomato farmers put their plants and melon plants in the ground when the Mesquite tree begins to leaf out.
Under the grow lamp, besides the ones I have already mentioned before being up, I have five kinds of tomatoes up, and Homemade Pickles cucumber up and think a pepper will have a bit of green up by tomorrow as I see a tiny bit of cream colored something there. I also have National Pickling Cucumber seeds and directions say to plant that indoors, do it 4-5 weeks early for transplants.
Why five kinds of tomatoes? These tomatoes become ripe at different times. Another reason why is that most of you know from experience which kind of tomatoes do best for you at your location. I don’t have that experience. I need to fail more times with different strains of tomatoes before I find what does best at various times of my growing season. I would faint if all five kinds did well.
Lol, I am going to have to tie my hands together, or leave town to keep myself from planting too early (eg; tromboncino squash).
Or, maybe I can toss out my washer, and dryer, and turn the utility room into a grow room. Thank goodness, those appliances are too heavy for me to move.
I’d have to know what amount you pay them each month. It would be nice to have no payments till you are well.
Even if your washer is top load, you could start a lot of seeds on top of your dryer.
I will put plants outside in their final containers around March 1 (taking weather conditions into account at that time), and those seeds that said grow indoors six to eight weeks, are the ones under the grow lamp.
No, no, no, not Tromboncino squash seed - put those seeds in a sealed vault at the bank so you won't plant them early. :o)
I won't put their seed under the grow lamp until at least the middle of February. They come up so fast and grow so fast you can almost see them grow - they grow inches every night - I suspect they were in the area of an atomic blast and radiation turned them into grow freaks. :o) They also have to have warm weather/sun, and if you are planting them in the ground, the ground must be warm for them to come up.
It’s hanging in just above freezing here today. It’s too early to start tomatoes etc. in Missouri. I am hoping my potted peppers will put on some more flowers.
All the peppers have matured and been harvested, and I would like some more.
Marcella, I bought that battery operated sewing machine, it should be here Saturday or Monday.
Gotta get ready to go out to the doctor’s office. Would rather stay home in the warm house and drink tea.LOL
Each “failure” leads to a greater degree of success. Thank you for posting!
One thing about that sewing machine. The instructions say to study the way the bobbin is put in before you take it out. Roy took it out before he read that and had to study to figure out how it should go in.
The machine will have a threaded bobbin in it, so study how it is in there before you take it out.
Have the smelling salts ready, just in case they all do well.
It was 60 degrees, here, in the afternoon. Rained just about all day yesterday. A nice soft rain. We had fog this morning.
Thanks for the warning.
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