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Weekly Garden Thread - January 21-27, 2023 [Seed Shortages: Opinions & Articles As To Why]
Various Publications | January 21, 2023 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam

Posted on 01/21/2023 8:00:22 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

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.

If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located.

This thread is a non-political respite. 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. Planting, Harvest to Table Recipes, Preserving, Good Living - there is no telling where it will go - and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us! Send a Private Message to Diana in Wisconsin if you'd like to be added to our New & Improved Ping List.

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 to Gardeners are welcomed any time!


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: food; gardening; health; hobbies
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To: Ellendra

I’m using up as much ‘old’ seed as I can this year. It’s probably NOT going to be my most beautiful garden, but it’ll get the job done!

Read the next article on Food Shortages for 2023...


41 posted on 01/21/2023 10:51:24 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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8 Grocery Shortages You Can Expect to See in 2023

https://www.eatthis.com/grocery-shortages-2023/

Going to the grocery store nowadays is much like preparing for battle. As you cross the threshold armed with a shopping list, you are immediately met with ransacked displays, missing favorites, and prices like you’ve never seen before. Defeated, you may return home with only half the products you needed, having paid twice the cost.

This depressing grocery store narrative haunted us all throughout 2022—although we cycled through various shortages in a game of What Grocery Store Item Will Be Missing This Week? And the story for 2023 is shaping up to be more of the same. Most of the issues, which plagued the industry last year—catastrophic weather, the war in Ukraine, inflation—are still lingering, while a few new shortages are scheduled to make their debut this year.

Read on to discover which items could soon be in danger, and buckle up for another turbulent and unpredictable year at the grocery store.

Beef
Champagne
LETTUCE
Canned Drinks/CANNED FOOD
Sunflower & Palm Oils
Bread and other WHEAT Products
CORN
Oranges & Orange Juice

(EMPHASIS, mine.)


42 posted on 01/21/2023 10:55:31 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: FamiliarFace

I have tried it. Not one seed sprouted. I suspect the shells needed a drainage hole, but I couldn’t poke one without shattering the whole thing.


43 posted on 01/21/2023 10:57:00 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thanks for your weekly commitment to Gardening...I love it. Hopefully this year will be able to grow more (major house remodel bout done...now to garden...yay.) I have found loads of old seeds which I will “test”...plus ordering new.


44 posted on 01/21/2023 11:08:00 AM PST by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders wh to sile ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

There’s already a shortage of sunflower oil, at least here.

I’m banning myself from gardening this year, because I NEED to get my house built, and knowing me, any gardening I do will become my entire focus instead. But, I was planning to cover my field in chia to smother out the weeds. Now I’m wondering if I should sneak a stripe of spring wheat into the middle of that.


45 posted on 01/21/2023 11:30:04 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Ellendra
Colorado Mills

I think I'm good here. This plant is about 25 minutes from me but I can get it at my local grocer 5 minutes out. It's cheaper at the grocer also; volume ???

46 posted on 01/21/2023 11:41:06 AM PST by Dust in the Wind (Vote anyway)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
TO RETURN TO THE JANUARY 14-20 2023 WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD
CLICK ON THE SEED PACKET!

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47 posted on 01/21/2023 11:46:48 AM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Ellendra; FamiliarFace

Crush eggshells into your compost pile. You can use the egg carton to plant seedlings. I would cut the egg pockets separately and have them embedded in potting soil as well as filled with potting soil. The carton by itself is hard to control moisture, too dry or too wet.


48 posted on 01/21/2023 11:51:16 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

I crush eggshells and feed them back to the chickens. Cartons get reused to store eggs in.


49 posted on 01/21/2023 11:59:12 AM PST by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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To: Ellendra

I would grow wheat! I should grow wheat. Why don’t I grow wheat? ;)


50 posted on 01/21/2023 12:26:45 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Thanks, Pete!


51 posted on 01/21/2023 12:27:35 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: All

52 posted on 01/21/2023 12:29:12 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Alas Babylon!
30 years....you don't need me!!

Got something that looked like dirt on my rug near my new born seedlings. Scrubbed and scrubbed. Then moved the gro light a bit. Voila...spot gone...it was like a miracle. lol

53 posted on 01/21/2023 12:45:26 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Wheat...In my case I don't a combine or a utility shed to house it! No sickle bar either! I would have to do it by hand :)

(No...Not my yard!! I might get 2 sheaves total yield! :)

https://scythesupply.com/

https://www.thewondermill.com/

54 posted on 01/21/2023 1:16:28 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( Grant Wood Fall plowing)
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To: Alas Babylon!
My experience with Peat pellets: When after I hydrate the peat pellets I put an antifungal innoculant in them before seeding and put a grain or two of "Mosquito Bits" in the expanded pot before seeding. I use bottom heat until germination and then stop. I remove the top cover, I bottom water, I blow a small fan on germinating seedlings to keep them from molding up.

The "Mosquito Bits" help control fungus gnats that hatch, eat the roots, and fly around and carry fungus from plant to plant. (Good air circulation might be enough to prevent this!) As Diana posted earlier in the spring, get your lights down close to the plants, 4-6 inches, to keep them squat and prevent them from being spindly and devloping "Reach". Heat and light above, but cool/no bottom heat under the tray help prevent this. Good Luck!

https://www.planetnatural.com/product/mycostop/ (Someone may have suggested a spray up thread!) https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/propagation/seeds/fungus-control-in-seed-trays.htm

55 posted on 01/21/2023 1:35:08 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Good evening from Virginia! Because of this extreme winter weather (yes, it can get very cold here) most of my gardening has been indoors. Planted daffy bulbs about a week ago. Shoots are coming up already. Sowed lettuce seeds and chives. Outside, the plants are covered with leaves. Just discovered some of the outdoor daffy bulbs are sending up shoots! As I have been indoors so much, have been looking at seed catalogs. I can see in my imagination just how the planters will look when the flowers start flowering. Enough of winter already


56 posted on 01/21/2023 4:02:05 PM PST by tob2 (So much to do, so little desire to do it.)
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To: FamiliarFace

egg shells or egg cartons?


57 posted on 01/21/2023 7:51:10 PM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: Pollard

I have egg shell halves and cartons to hold them in. I was thinking to use a good potting soil or peat in the eggshell.


58 posted on 01/21/2023 9:02:21 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

That’s really pretty! Almost looks like a quilt. Would be great color combos for one of my crocheted afghans. Inspiration, everywhere! :)


59 posted on 01/22/2023 8:56:35 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: All
Sorry about the quality, but here I am 'farming' on The Mean Streets of Milwaukee, WI, 1963. Wonder if I could still sit that way? LOL! Better not to try!


60 posted on 01/22/2023 8:59:03 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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