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Weekly Garden Thread Volume 24 June 20, 2014
Free Republic | June 20, 2014 | greeneyes

Posted on 06/20/2014 12:30:26 PM PDT 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; hobbies
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To: Ellendra

Thanks for the update. I do hope you can get a place of your own. I don’t understand why anyone would do that to a strawberry patch.

I hope you find a great new job with a really healthy company.


201 posted on 06/26/2014 9:30:52 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Comment Not Approved

Sounds like you have some tall challenges all right. We lost all the apple trees we have planted except one, IIRC. Also had trouble with peaches.

I think all the stuff is just too darned close to the walnut tree. We just need to replanted elsewhere is my opinion.


202 posted on 06/26/2014 9:33:13 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Ladysforest

Cats make for pretty decent pest control. Hope you get tons of peaches. They are one of my favorites to can.


203 posted on 06/26/2014 9:35:09 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Glad to see an update and opinion. Our aloe vera plant died, so we probably need to get another. Hope you are feeling better.


204 posted on 06/26/2014 9:37:42 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Oh my. Your losses are so much worse than mine. It’ll just cost around 1200 for a new laundry unit, but we don’t have to do it immediately. For a little more than 400 bucks we got the washer and dryer fixed. 75 bucks of that was to look at the laundry unit and tell us that the motor couldn’t be replaced, because they didn’t make it anymore.


205 posted on 06/26/2014 9:42:23 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Silentgypsy

No sweat. LOL That’s what makes the thread so fun and relaxing.


206 posted on 06/26/2014 9:44:04 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: who knows what evil?

That has got to be the one of the stupidest things I ever heard. What the heck is so magical about 100? And who the heck can’t tell a tomato plant from something that might be illegal to grow?

Freakin’ idiots.


207 posted on 06/26/2014 9:46:19 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: heylady

I am so sorry to hear about it. Why don’t you just plant some stuff in a few little pots indoors if you can. I have had great luck with my cherry tomato plant.


208 posted on 06/26/2014 9:49:47 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Augie

Thanks for the picture. That’s a great looking deck.


209 posted on 06/26/2014 9:50:23 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Augie

That looks really good. By George, I think you’ve got it!


210 posted on 06/26/2014 9:51:14 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: mlizzy
I found ten of those little devils tonight; have you ever had slugs, and if so, what did you find worked best?

I would guess slugs like beer as much as snails. Place a shallow bowl of beer, in an indent in the ground, so the bowl is level to the ground, and the slugs have no trouble getting into it.

I don't actually use that method. I like a product called Deadline, and also the cheapo walmart version of sluggo. Deadline has mulluscicides or however you spell it in it, and sluggo is iron sulfate or something that is non toxic, organic, etc. As sluggo breaks down, it enriches the soil.

Continued good luck with your cucuzzas. :)

I am really enjoying the Tromboncino and Cucuzzi on cattle panels project this year. I had never tried, seen, or even heard of either one. They grow so fast, and they're so big. I was out there..yes..on a ladder awhile ago, to hand pollinate some cucuzzi, but my flashlight wasn't cooperating, or my cats that wanted to get on the ladder to help, so I came back in.

211 posted on 06/26/2014 10:11:30 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: mlizzy

After a totally disastrous last year with ‘regular’ squash (yellow & zucchini) due to a major squash bug infestation, decided to try some of the Italian Heirlooms this year. It’s been quite the adventure and has made gardening especially exciting! The Cucuzza bloom is really delicate for a squash and this was the first one I’ve ever seen. Fingers crossed, it looks like this one might have been pollinated since the ‘baby squash’ is at least twice the size it was when the picture was taken.

We grow the Hyacinth Bean Vine for show only although we caught some neighbors picking a few pods & they probably would have tried to eat them. The info I’ve read seems too “iffy” for me to take a chance on eating them - we’re happy just to look at them. They’re certainly a show stopper - cars slow down to look at them since they’re planted along the road.


212 posted on 06/26/2014 11:48:08 PM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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To: greeneyes

Give em a try next spring. Son and his wife will visit this summer from Seattle and they like what I’ve made in the little grinder.
A tip:
Run the grinder outside. The red dust can get out and it will make you sneeze!


213 posted on 06/27/2014 4:25:42 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: greeneyes

Oh, I loved those old-time wringers. My mother had one, and I’d use it over her snappy new wash machine. It definitely got clothes a lot cleaner, and I thought it fun to use. I hope you can find a wringer.


214 posted on 06/27/2014 4:49:26 PM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
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To: sockmonkey
Thanks for all the info. I'll look up sluggo. Maybe that would work, and it sounds the easiest.

The first time I saw those amazing types of squash was a couple years ago grown by our Italian neighbors who owned a pizza restaurant in town. They grew these squash right up over their carport and sometimes pulling in was a bit of a game.

If you can post a picture of your squash, please do... climbing up to see it, all the better.... -lol-
215 posted on 06/27/2014 4:56:56 PM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
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To: Qiviut
Thanks for the info; maybe next year I'll try that type of squash. That bloom is incredible. And I know what you mean by a show-stopper in regard to the HB. I remember the first time I saw one, I stopped dead in my tracks, and now this year we have several growing here and there.

I have to mosey on over to the new thread and see some more good stuff. I hope there are more pictures of your beautiful garden! :)
216 posted on 06/27/2014 5:02:26 PM PDT by mlizzy ("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
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To: mlizzy
If you can post a picture of your squash, please do... climbing up to see it, all the better.... -lol-

Since evil Sprint discontinued Picture Mail, my picture posting is imapaired. I have a tablet, but it doesn't have a thing on the back to show what you're taking a picture of, only the lens thing on the front..So, I take about ten pictures hoping one will capture the intended target.

217 posted on 06/27/2014 5:22:26 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: greeneyes; All

I am absolutely horrible at planting/spacing seeds, especially if they’re tiny and a lot of them are. If they’re too close together (which happens a lot), then I have a hard time bringing myself to thin out the plants. Sigh. My radishes aren’t that great because I didn’t thin them & if my onions were doing anything, they’d have the same problem.

Like a bolt out of the blue, it dawned on me that maybe I could make ‘seed tapes’ so I ‘binged’ the topic and came up with two decent links for starters. Reading the comments was instructive as well .... I think I’m going to try this out!

Make your own seed tapes:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Seed-Tapes/

Another one that looks even easier:
http://www.gardengirltv.com/how-to-make-seed-tape.html

I’m doing a fall garden so I’ll find out before next spring if it works for me or not.


218 posted on 06/27/2014 5:47:35 PM PDT by Qiviut ( One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides. (W.E. Johns)
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To: greeneyes

This is only my second garden, so I was naively surprised, I guess. lol I really wanted those turnips, dangit, & didn’t get any beets last year, but this year I thought for sure we would. Time to find a farmer’s market...

I’m thinking I’ll get seeds from at least 2 different sources next time.


219 posted on 06/29/2014 10:07:27 PM PDT by KGeorge (Till we're together again, Gypsy girl. May 28, 1998- June 3, 2013)
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To: greeneyes
Sorry for the delay in replying...a vicious storm knocked out our power several days ago, and logged out everything on my computer...never happened before; so it struck me as odd. I just got my long-forgotten password back from Mr. Robinson (thank you, Jim!) so I could log back on.

It IS stupid, and we are going to take it to the town's 'Board of Selectmen'. As an 'act of defiance', we moved to a bigger piece of property on a temporary basis, and I have more tomatoes (and beans and squash and peppers and...)growing than even before.

220 posted on 06/30/2014 12:28:23 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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