Posted on 05/16/2014 12:31:49 PM PDT by greeneyes
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You might try the deck corn that Marcella is growing. It only takes a pot of 2 inch diameter for 9 seeds. They also make some dwarf varieties that you can put 4 seeds per sq. inch.
Good news. Rain is a real kick starter for gardens.
Here outside of Shitcago it was 80 degrees last Monday.
Today it SNOWED!
The biggie problem with tomatoes and heat is night time temps. Once those go much about 72F you’re toast. I find that the cherry varieties tend to produce better mainly because they’ve got more blossoms open at once and stand a better chance of timing that pollination when the temp/humidity are favorable. Also the heat tolerant varieties tend to do better for a few more degrees of nighttime heat than the others.
YMMV.
Trinidad Scorpions are about twice as hot as ghosts on average. I’m pinging a pepper expert to this as well.
I’ll think about that for next year. By then, my puppy will be older and I would be able to grow it in the yard. Right now, he’s digging everything up.
But what about your cucuzza..Any news on those? Out of my 12 pots, I still only have the three up, and they are out in the yard now.
We’re growing only the small tomato varieties. Last year, our big tomatoes didn’t do well (probably because of the heat.)
On another subject, I observed the first dead armadillo on the highway today. I thought the cold from last winter might have killed them off but no luck.
Time to get out the 2 X 6 boards and coon traps. A couple years ago, I nailed eight of these critters in one summer.
A Texas buddy remarked they are “good eating.” I don’t know if he was kidding but I’ll stick with more recognizable fare.
Armadillos carry tuberculosis IIRC. Be careful with the dead bodies.
Big gloves.
Into the trash bag.
Cucuzza = zero, zip, zilch, and nada. I have resisted the urge to uncover the most recent two and ‘peep’. Next year, I will buy different seeds, not this brand. Watch the darn things sprout around September .....
I found that using a small brush and pollinating them myself works the best. 1. the flowers are only fertile for one day and 2. you need to be able to tell the difference between male flowers and female, (look on line for pics). good luck.
—She worked so hard and got full scholarships so that she doesn’t have any college debt, and has a job starting in two weeks. —
Now that’s a great example of how it can be done if one tries hard. Congratulations, I know you’re proud.
Growing a beer garden...Is that anything like growing a bar crawl?
SNOWED!!!!!!!! That is truly shocking. Where is GLOBULL Warming when you need it??????????
We haven’t seen any armadillo around here yet. Just the regular possums, coons, moles, rabbits, and bushy tailed rodents.
Thanks so much. Yes we are busting with pride for her. She is such a blessing.
I’ve never grown corn. It’s very large.”
I’m growing “Deck Corn”, developed by Burpee to be grown in containers. I have 13 of them on the deck and the 11 I planted first are in their pollination stage. I just measured, and they are about 3 1/2 feet tall.
Hopefully, corn will develop. If they do, I’ll plant more of those next year.
It’s a sweet corn! I can try that this season. Thank you!
You are welcome - it’s Marcella’s discovery.
Without the bar, of course, but with any luck, I’ll be crawling. =D
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