Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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March 30, 2017 | #1 |
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Worth's 2017 Accidental Garden.
That is what it is because some of this stuff broke the laws of nature.
I just transplanted all of the sweet potatoes that survived the winter here into the raised beds. Last year I let one vine grow up into a container and this spring it rewarded me with several slips. Plus other ones coming up in places I didn't plant sweet potatoes. My conclusion is at least here you can leave some in the ground for next year and this is what I did. The ground doesn't freeze here so it wont kill the potato just the stuff above ground. I have my four tomato plants taken care of and my two pepper plants are doing good. The soil in the little bed is fantastic it is full of critters and fungus breaking down dead matter. A white fungus layer all in it. Next I am going to start soaking my okra seeds to get them going. There is also a 3 foot tall Crape Myrtle that has sprouted from seed this year in the garden I need to transplant. Worth |
March 30, 2017 | #2 |
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How long do you soak your okra seeds? I'm planting out the garden this weekend starting today. We bought Emerald to grow this year.
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I have planted them with some pretty good tails and they still grew fine. I just started mine. Cow Horn and Long Pod Green. Worth |
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Hmm, I've never sown them like that. I just checked the soil temperature in the raised bed I want to grow the okra in. It's 72F at 4" deep. It sounds like soaking the okra until it grows a tail would be quicker than just sowing the seeds.
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March 30, 2017 | #5 |
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Salt I even soak bean seeds over night first.
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March 30, 2017 | #6 |
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I've soaked them overnight but not till they sprouted. Sounds like the way to do it. I plant mine with a pencil stuck in the ground, no till gardening At the end of the summer you cant pull the darn things up from all the roots that buried themselves in the red dirt here. Just whack them off at the ground with a machete.
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When they start to germinate I use a dibble to make holes in the soil for each seed one foot apart. This dibble I made myself. Worth IMG_20170330_10740.jpg Last edited by Worth1; March 30, 2017 at 05:19 PM. |
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March 30, 2017 | #9 |
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I'm hoping for a bumper crop of okra this year.
For something that is easy and cheap to grow I cant figure out why it is so costly in the store. The tomato plants got about three hand fulls of Plant Tone in each container. Then after they were planted I poured a circle of pure fish emulsion around them and watered. Both raised beds have been line trimmed down to the soil. Worth |
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I got home yesterday and started seeing more plants popping up in the rows. The temperatures aren't exactly what I wanted a little cold but it is gong to warm up again. I have to do this to beat the snails at night. If I tried it later I would have nothing they would be eaten as soon as they sprouted. Worth |
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March 30, 2017 | #12 |
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How's it going Worth. Still growing some of those green varieties you gave me 11 years ago!
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I couldn't imagine Worth not having a garden. Glad to hear the news.
On the Okra start, I have done it once (Long ago ). I just planted the seeds in small pots and put then in the cold frame to keep them warm. I am not sure exactly how long it took but I remember being surprised as I was expecting them to take long time. This time I will try both soaking method and direct sowing in pot, in cold frame. Now that I have sown my corn, bean, cukes, melons , its time for okra. I have 3 varieties : NONE is Clemson Spineless Those stuff got so tough before you could say 'AH' BTW. I see some corn and cuke sprouts emerging.
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I have been working in the San Juan Basin for over 8 years now . I haven't been back to the slope since December 2008. But there have been a lot of chamges over the years. Thought you would like to hear those green giants, and lime green salads you gave me are still going.
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