The Impossible Garden - Page 7

ginger2778 · January 19, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Wow Marsha, you are 15 degrees warmer!! Nice!

This is really cold for us.

Ginny

Fifteen degrees warmer, but not warm! This is really cold for us too. Sunday this front came in pwith gale force, toppled 2 banana trees, one had a really nice stalk of bananas forming. It fell on my Orange Rusdian 117, but only broke 1 branch. We are trying to prop up the tree so it can finish forming its bananas.

Fiishergurl · January 19, 2016

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

Fifteen degrees warmer, but not warm! This is really cold for us too. Sunday this front came in pwith gale force, toppled 2 banana trees, one had a really nice stalk of bananas forming. It fell on my Orange Rusdian 117, but only broke 1 branch. We are trying to prop up the tree so it can finish forming its bananas.

Oh no!! I hope you are able to save the bananas and the trees.

There is another front coming through Friday.

Ginny

Barb_FL · January 19, 2016

I'm about 60 miles south of you and I'm 8 degrees warmer at night with low of 48.

Fiishergurl · January 19, 2016

Barb,

Like you've mentioned before, I think those few degrees difference is why I can get blooms sometimes when it's too hot for your plants.

Ginny

Fiishergurl · January 23, 2016

Cucumber seedlings

Dill... :-)

Seedlings getting sun behind a wind block. Gusts up to 40mph today.

Ginny

Fiishergurl · February 11, 2016

I dont have any good pictures yet because it has been in the 30s and 40s at night the last few weeks so not much is growing right now.

I do have one plants setting a few tomatoes (not sure how).

And I'm still moving my seedlings outside on warm sunny days and inside at night. They are just maintaining until I can plant them out.

And in this cup there are two plants from the same seed source (unstable seed). One of them never got a main growth shoot. I'll be culling it but left it long enough to be sure it wasnt going to grow.

Ginny

jpop · February 11, 2016

Beautiful Ginny. I bet the anticipation must be unbearable at times. I know I would be checking the predicted weather forecast hourly haha.

Fiishergurl · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by jpop

Beautiful Ginny. I bet the anticipation must be unbearable at times. I know I would be checking the predicted weather forecast hourly haha.

Thank you Jpop! Seeing how well your beautiful plants are doing made me all the more impatient... lol.

The 10 day forecast shows it's starting to get consistently warmer so I'm planning to plant themout a week from Saturday. Have you been spraying yours much?

Ginny

jpop · February 11, 2016

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Originally Posted by Fiishergurl

Thank you Jpop! Seeing how well your beautiful plants are doing made me all the more impatient... lol.

The 10 day forecast shows it's starting to get consistently warmer so I'm planning to plant themout a week from Saturday. Have you been spraying yours much?

Ginny

You are very welcome and thank you for the kind words. I am following Marsha's practices as she has been very successful in our zone and no need to reinvent the wheel. Her recommendation was to spray them w/ 1/2 tbs copper & 1 tsp BT to gal. of water once a week and/or after every rain. Due to the relatively dry weather in Jan. vs. Dec. I have not had to prune much foliage thank goodness. If my plants stay healthy, I will do some pruning later in the spring when the RH climbs above 65% for extended periods.

The only difference I believe I am doing is treating the city water w/ a chloramine water conditioner for min. 48 hours prior to filling reservoirs or spraying the foliage. I inoculated my potting mix w/ mycorrhizae prior to transplant and the chloramine would likely kill any beneficial fungi as a result.

efisakov · February 11, 2016

Ginny, your pictures are like candies to a baby. Can't get enough. Keep them coming.

Worth1 · February 11, 2016

Confounded cucumber seedlings made me plant cucumber seeds today.

Worth

Fiishergurl · February 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by efisakov

Ginny, your pictures are like candies to a baby. Can't get enough. Keep them coming.

Thank you! Another Floridian told me the DE doesnt work here due to humidity. What do you think?

Ginny

Fiishergurl · February 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

Confounded cucumber seedlings made me plant cucumber seeds today.

Worth

Did you plant dill also?... :-)

Ginny

barefootgardener · February 12, 2016

Ginny, I am enjoying your pictures. Your seedlings are looking good! Hope you get to plant them out soon. I started a few seeds yesterday, early I know, but I just have the need to see those tomato babies sprout up so I can brush those leaves to get a whiff!

Ginny

Worth1 · February 12, 2016

No dill I wonder if the dill seed I have for spice would work or if they baked it.

I'm going to give it a try.

Worth

February 11, 2016	#100
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	Ginny, your pictures are like candies to a baby. Can't get enough. Keep them coming. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

February 12, 2016	#105
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	No dill I wonder if the dill seed I have for spice would work or if they baked it. I'm going to give it a try. Worth Last edited by Worth1; February 12, 2016 at 05:07 PM.

January 19, 2016	#93
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 2,000	I'm about 60 miles south of you and I'm 8 degrees warmer at night with low of 48.

January 19, 2016	#94
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Barb, Like you've mentioned before, I think those few degrees difference is why I can get blooms sometimes when it's too hot for your plants. Ginny

January 23, 2016	#95
Fiishergurl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Oak Hill, Florida Posts: 1,781	Cucumber seedlings Dill... :-) Seedlings getting sun behind a wind block. Gusts up to 40mph today. Ginny

February 11, 2016	#97
jpop Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: SE Florida Zone 10 Posts: 319	Beautiful Ginny. I bet the anticipation must be unbearable at times. I know I would be checking the predicted weather forecast hourly haha.

February 11, 2016	#101
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Confounded cucumber seedlings made me plant cucumber seeds today. Worth

February 12, 2016	#104
barefootgardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Michigan Zone 4b Posts: 1,291	Ginny, I am enjoying your pictures. Your seedlings are looking good! Hope you get to plant them out soon. I started a few seeds yesterday, early I know, but I just have the need to see those tomato babies sprout up so I can brush those leaves to get a whiff! Ginny