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Post by beefjello on Jan 30, 2016 9:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by Rockhobbit on Jan 30, 2016 9:52:03 GMT -5
Wonderful! I bought my tomatoes and lettuce yesterday. Gonna get them in the ground today. Waiting for green peppers and squash. Home Depot doesn't have them yet.
Sheri
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 30, 2016 10:04:25 GMT -5
Nothing like gardening......Nice little one too....I like it...
At 1st,all I could see was that pile of rock,staring at me..LOL
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Post by snuffy on Jan 30, 2016 10:20:39 GMT -5
Nice! Yep,carrots take a couple weeks to come up.Need light to germinate.I always plant too thick,never getting around to thinning.I'm munching on turnips,greens,cabbage.
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Post by quartz on Jan 30, 2016 23:00:53 GMT -5
Sure wish we could do that, be mid-May at least.
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 1, 2016 6:51:03 GMT -5
Well still 5 mo before we plant frost free but seed catalogs are coming in, my bees took their first cleansing flight this week since oct. No wonder they're so ornery haven't been to the bathroom for 4 mo.
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Post by beefjello on Feb 1, 2016 19:18:52 GMT -5
Thanks all! Nice! Yep,carrots take a couple weeks to come up.Need light to germinate.I always plant too thick,never getting around to thinning.I'm munching on turnips,greens,cabbage. snuffy Do they grow okay without being thinned? From what I read radishes won't do so well being crowded. I kinda figured carrots being a 'root' would be the same way. |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 1, 2016 19:22:07 GMT -5
Well still 5 mo before we plant frost free but seed catalogs are coming in, my bees took their first cleansing flight this week since oct. No wonder they're so ornery haven't been to the bathroom for 4 mo. You raise honey bees? That's really cool. 5 months from now when it's 115 here I'll be commenting on your garden pics  |
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 1, 2016 19:41:44 GMT -5
I am starting a new garden and it will be fallow for one year to get the fertility up to snuff. One of my friends has a 3 acre garden. His garden has been ammended for density rich veggies and fruits and when checked with a "Brix" meter the quality is off the charts. I will be eating off it until my new one gets ammended.
Bees are cool, I built two versions of a Perone hive last winter and am building two modified deep frame top bar hives....both are experimental in this climate. Almost to harsh to winter bees over. We are trying to develop a bee strain similar to the black bees in russia which can survive up to 6 mo without a cleansing flight.
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Post by snuffy on Feb 1, 2016 19:56:12 GMT -5
Thanks all! Nice! Yep,carrots take a couple weeks to come up.Need light to germinate.I always plant too thick,never getting around to thinning.I'm munching on turnips,greens,cabbage. snuffy Do they grow okay without being thinned? From what I read radishes won't do so well being crowded. I kinda figured carrots being a 'root' would be the same way. Need to thin to grow properly,too thick,just skinny roots! snuffy |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2016 18:55:43 GMT -5
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Post by snuffy on Feb 2, 2016 19:14:20 GMT -5
Hate to hijack your thread,but I ran across this photo of my Grandson and some carrots I grew last year! I had thinned these.  snuffy |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 2, 2016 20:10:42 GMT -5
Ah, update: dug back the soil a bit around the base of the biggest radish when I got home. I can see it's bulking up.. shouldn't be too much longer for these! Also it got damn chilly after this cold front moved through yesterday. No freeze warnings for tonight but mighty close. Got the 'planket' ready just in case  |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 2, 2016 20:19:53 GMT -5
Hate to hijack your thread,but I ran across this photo of my Grandson and some carrots I grew last year! I had thinned these. snuffy Eh, what's up doc?  Hijack away Snuff! I appreciate any and all thoughts, advice and expertise on this subject.. as well as pictures of what we hope to harvest should look like! Those are some beauties indeed (and a handsome Grandson to boot) !! |
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 2, 2016 21:24:33 GMT -5
I plant my carrot seeds and lightly cover. Then I pour boiling water over them which reduces the germination time by over half I think. You can google it, there are techniques of scarifing different seeds to improve and speed up germination. I planted carrots one year in a peat bed, they were super long and thin as a pencil.
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Post by Rockhobbit on Feb 3, 2016 11:00:40 GMT -5
I put a halt on getting mine in the ground. Freezing temps were forecasted and it did indeed drop below 32. Warm up coming so will get them in the ground this weekend!!
Sheri
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Post by snuffy on Feb 3, 2016 13:35:23 GMT -5
Ijust picked these up from Lowes this morning.Will pot them up in gallon nursery pots in the hothouse-greenhouse.Will set them out in the garden in 5-6 weeks.And so it begins!!!  snuffy |
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Post by Intheswamp on Feb 3, 2016 14:54:58 GMT -5
Maters!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 23:03:19 GMT -5
Ijust picked these up from Lowes this morning.Will pot them up in gallon nursery pots in the hothouse-greenhouse.Will set them out in the garden in 5-6 weeks.And so it begins!!! snuffy Nice maters. Lowes? Meh..... |
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Post by snuffy on Feb 4, 2016 0:01:10 GMT -5
Ijust picked these up from Lowes this morning.Will pot them up in gallon nursery pots in the hothouse-greenhouse.Will set them out in the garden in 5-6 weeks.And so it begins!!! snuffy Nice maters. Lowes? Meh..... Yeah,thats where I get them! Lowes,Home Depot,supplied by Bonnie.The only places I can depend on to get the Celebrity variety I plant.Tried all local suppliers,should have seen the results.They buy cheaper seed and stick a celebrity label in them because its the most popular. People buy them and when hardly any production from the plants,say must of been a bad year.I used to buy a dozen at a time from different sources and grew them side by side.Should have seen the different varieties that were supposed to be Celebrity. |
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