November 25, 2015 | #76 |
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The greenhouse looks nice Joseph.
If I ever build one it will be out of painted wood and polycarbonate panels. Worth |
November 25, 2015 | #77 |
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It looks wonderful Joseph.
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November 26, 2015 | #78 |
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Awesome, Joseph, and I really like the slideshow effect too.
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November 26, 2015 | #79 |
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Slideshow went unnoticed first time thru, it takes a second to load. Glad I went back, thanks ginger.
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November 26, 2015 | #80 |
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Yup, just in time:
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November 26, 2015 | #81 |
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November 26, 2015 | #82 |
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I'm pretty sure that I didn't see even one mosquito in my garden during the most recent growing season.
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November 26, 2015 | #83 |
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That is indeed very nice! Is it all shored up the way you want it?
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November 26, 2015 | #84 |
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I have only done a little bit of the strengthening I intend. I suppose that I'll go to the hardware store tomorrow. Black Friday shopping? Oh no. That might be my first time ever. One nice thing about this build that the previous build was lacking is that the kit included extra hardware that works with the aluminum beams. That will make the shoring-up much easier.
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November 26, 2015 | #85 |
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I have F3 seeds ready to share of the cross between Hillbilly (or Virginia Sweets) and Jagodka. Hillbilly is a super-late, bi-color red/yellow, extra large, indeterminate. Jagodka is a super-early, small red determinate. They are part of my promiscuously pollinating tomatoes project.
To obtain seeds, send a self addressed stamped envelope to my PO box. These are F3 seed with a fair number of dominate traits, so the offspring are likely to be variable. I'm describing the plant that the seeds were collected from, not necessarily what the offspring will be like. HX-3: Early, determinate, medium sized bi-color fruits. With so many stacked recessive traits, this one is expected to be fairly true to type. HX-7B: Early, Indeterminate, medium yellow fruits. HX-13: Very productive indeterminate. Small red fruits. Offspring likely to be highly variable. HX-14: Late. Large red fruits. Indeterminate. This is being shared only because it had a loose/open flower structure. HX-15: Late. Red medium fruits. Loose/open flowers. Indeterminate with short inter-nodal length. HX-16: Extra large red fruits. Best example of compact indeterminate growth habit. Early. |
November 26, 2015 | #86 |
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Awesome job on the greenhouse!
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November 27, 2015 | #87 |
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The suspense is getting unbearable. Do you entend to grow seedlings on shelves inside, in that case additional pictures will be welcome later, or do you intend to grow tomatoes inside, protected from unwelcome pollens in order to improve your hybrids ? It takes 8 years to stabilize a new creation, you certainly have patience and energy.
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November 27, 2015 | #88 |
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As of tonight, my intentions for the greenhouse are to grow 3 flats of experimental tomato transplants for my farm, and 1 flat of production tomatoes that I know and trust. Flats of 72. I'm expecting to also start okra, tobacco, peppers, and true potato seeds for my farm. Might try eggplant.
Then I expect to start transplants for market. Mostly tomatoes. They will be tried and true varieties that have worked really well for me in the past. I have enough wood already to build one bench 12' X 4'. Last year I grew some things in the soil of my other greenhouse. That was nice, but I wished that I would have kept the space available for more flats. I have some strengthening tasks to do, so benches are low priority for a while. It has gotten very cold. It's possible that the ground in the greenhouse will freeze before I get the benches built. I'm intending to plant posts and build the bench on top of them, so won't be able to dig holes if the ground freezes too hard. Plenty of time for that later. Sorry about the suspense. I aim for promiscuous pollination and instability in everything that I grow. Last edited by joseph; November 27, 2015 at 10:25 PM. |
November 28, 2015 | #89 |
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Joseph, what do you do with tobacco?
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November 28, 2015 | #90 |
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Most of the tobacco I grow gets used for animal medicine (deworming goats) and by my local shamanic community for ceremonies. One of my local medicine women makes an oil infusion for use on ear-aches. Tobacco is a gorgeous decorative plant. Oh, and tobacco is one of the best plants ever for conversation starting at the farmer's market.
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