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WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 4, JANUARY 24, 2014
Free Republic | Jan 24, 2014 | greeneyes

Posted on 01/24/2014 12:24:31 PM PST by greeneyes

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. There is no telling where it will go and... that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us!

NOTE: This is a once a week ping list. We do post to the thread during the week. Links to related articles and discussions which might be of interest are welcomed, so feel free to post them at any time.


TOPICS: Gardening
KEYWORDS: agriculture; food; gardening; hobby
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To: Marcella

Of all the seeds I planted last week, only one little tycoon tomato plant has risen, and is trying to push his turquoise seed jacket off. It wasn’t a good time to plant above ground crops by the phases of the moon, btw.


301 posted on 01/31/2014 8:14:33 AM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: sockmonkey; rightly_dividing
The only hand machine I have is a small one called Vidalia Onion and I have to cut an onion in fourths and press down on the top to push the onion through the grid. I can only do onions and celery this way. It's not strong enough to do other veggies.

I don't do well with knives so that's why I use that thing. I have looked at your curling machine as a possibility but can you just slice something without making curls? I want cucumber slices, onion slices, potato slices, not curls.

302 posted on 01/31/2014 9:07:03 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

It has a slicing blade, but we have not yet used it, so can’t tell you how thick the slices are.


303 posted on 01/31/2014 9:11:13 AM PST by rightly_dividing (1st Cor. 15: 1-4)
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To: JRandomFreeper

“tobacco to plant today”

I need to plant tobacco today?


304 posted on 01/31/2014 9:11:58 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: sockmonkey

“Of all the seeds I planted last week, only one little tycoon tomato plant has risen,”

Give them some more time. Is water being soaked up into the bottom/lower sides of the cups or whatever you have the seed in?


305 posted on 01/31/2014 9:13:38 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella
That's what I did. 108 of the fresh seed. Add that to the 48 from old seed that are already up, and that gives me 156 to go in the ground in March. Maybe.

/johnny

306 posted on 01/31/2014 9:20:51 AM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Marcella
Is water being soaked up into the bottom/lower sides of the cups or whatever you have the seed in?

I have them in the little 5 oz dixie dups with holes poked in the bottom of the cups. They are in little plastic trays with about an inch of water, but the water doesn't seem to wick up to the top 3/8 or so of soil in the cups. Maybe I should've "packed" the soil in there more.

Or maybe the seeds are toying with me as I keep going to look at them three or four times a day. Maybe I need to yell at them to "wake up".

307 posted on 01/31/2014 10:13:28 AM PST by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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To: sockmonkey

—Maybe I need to yell at them to “wake up”—

Speak softly to your babies. :)


308 posted on 01/31/2014 10:23:46 AM PST by rightly_dividing (1st Cor. 15: 1-4)
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To: Marcella

This is pre-planting on the tobacco seed. I take a sharply creased piece of paper and pour some seeds into it. Then I use the knife to only get a few (3 or 20) seeds into each container.

Here is my 2012 seed tobacco that I started on the 20th. Since I took the picture I have thinned them.

Important on tobacco to have only ONE plant in each container.

/johnny

309 posted on 01/31/2014 12:37:24 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Marcella

Part 10 is Run Right Home and Start a Garden Now.

There are 4 Appendices:

12 Bed Layout
Garden Plan for the Second Year
Sample 100 sq ft Starter Garden
Grow Biointensive Sustainable Mini Farm: 60/30/10 Clarification

All the other sections are named exactly the same.


310 posted on 01/31/2014 2:57:48 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

My appendices are:
A. 12 Bed Layout, Diagram
B. Table C, Garden Plan for the Second Year and NOtes
C. Sample 100 sq.t. “Starter Garden”
D. Grow Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farm:
60/20/10, Clarification and Examples
E. Table D, Survival Seed Diet Nutrient Data


311 posted on 01/31/2014 3:02:49 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

60/20/10 is only 90%, so what about the other 10%?

Those tables in Appendice E are located in part 3 of my book.


312 posted on 01/31/2014 3:09:59 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: greeneyes

I looked again - my mistake, that is 30%, not 20%.


313 posted on 01/31/2014 3:36:30 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

Ok. Sounds like there’s not much difference. Maybe they changed some of the plants they were using? Chances are that whatever changes they made are not all that significant from what we’ve considered so far.


314 posted on 01/31/2014 4:17:50 PM PST by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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