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Post by belldandy on Apr 24, 2020 8:21:33 GMT -6
It's been colder than usual this spring AND we're not good at growing from seed. Given the current situation we are hesitating to go out and buy seedlings. All we have now is onion and celery stubs grown in water, and a few potato eyes in a pot, and crossed fingers.
I will miss having tomatoes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2020 10:25:26 GMT -6
I think I would just go ahead, in the spirit of the pioneers. They had to plant every year without knowing if the crops would make it or not. And with all the pondering of interruptions in the food supply, it doesn't hurt to try while it's still a choice.
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Post by MammaMel on Apr 24, 2020 12:05:08 GMT -6
I agree with Leah. I plan next week to go get some plants, tomatoes, cucumbers, pepper, pumpkins, melons and cantaloupes. I may even get a honeysuckle or jasmine if I find one. Then I will have the kids from church help me plant them all. I will of course share any produce!
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Post by hidi74 on Apr 27, 2020 22:36:53 GMT -6
I actually planted I some raised beds I ordered online from Home Depot. Only killed a few things so far. Hah
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Post by Poohbaah on Apr 28, 2020 21:01:50 GMT -6
I have onions planted, broccoli, snap peas and potatoes. I'm waiting for it to be warm enough to plant my tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers and peppers. I am trying the square foot gardening method this year and am looking forward to see if it works out for me :-)
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Post by sewblessed on Apr 29, 2020 8:06:47 GMT -6
This has been a weird year. (That was an understatement, right?!)
I am just now beginning to think gardens. I'm in zone 9 so we're kinda of at the beginning of the peak before the oppressive summer heat starts.
I've got some zukes, an eggplant plant, and a couple of peppers in pots on the back porch.
I may start an okra patch.
That's about the best I can do this year.
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Post by ginakay57 on May 7, 2020 20:23:03 GMT -6
Okra love heat so go ahead and plant the seeds. I planted seeds and seedlings. I always buy the tomato seedlings instead of starting seeds. I went to a local nursery where I could social distance & it's outdoors so felt I was safe. That nursery doesn't sell name-brand like "Bonnie" so the prices were much cheaper.
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Post by MammaMel on May 8, 2020 10:25:29 GMT -6
I am trying to figure a cheap way to block off an area from Katie to put in pumpkins, watermelon and cantaloupe. I have some cantaloupe growing in a pot at the moment.
I am also trying to figure out if my Rose of Sharon, planted last October is dead or just still in shock... I am pretty sure the Crepe Myrtle planted the same day is dead. There is no bend in its twigs. The ROS still bends some...
Plus I have 2 new roses in posts that I am trying to decide to plant now or wait until fall. They are in large, bush or tree size pots so they don't need planted right away. Plus they have good soil in the posts not the mostly caliche that is in my yard.
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Post by belldandy on May 8, 2020 12:44:47 GMT -6
We had called a Bigname Store and found out they had tomatoes! So we suited up and ran to buy some. There was no one at the garden entrance, but cashiers standing around with nothing to do, but we weren't allowed to check out. We were directed to the main entrance, where the line stretched to the next parking lot.
We put the plants back.
Then, on a hunch, we called a small local garden center. They had tomatoes, too! We bought three different varieties and one pepper plant. Of course, now it may snow....
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Post by jennilee on Sept 19, 2020 16:21:21 GMT -6
Our zucchini was a bust this year. All male flowers We did get lots of yellow squash, cantaloupe, and eggplant!
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Post by merrileem on Oct 4, 2020 13:24:03 GMT -6
I have had a number of fails, and some successes. My corn was a bust, undersized, pathetic earz. My technique of using diatomaceous earth to keep corn worms away worked beautifully but sadly, the ears were so tiny and underdeveloped they just weren't worth the effort. Any tips? My biggest fails so far have been root vegetables. Not one thing grew. Is it my soil that is wrong for root veggies? OTOH my jalapeno plants produced like crazy here, I had so many jalapenos I was using them, pickling them, made jalapeno jelly and gave some away to my sister-in-law. My tomatoes did okay, and my butternut squash took over the yard. My herbs did well too, but I learned my lesson to NOT plant the seeds all at once, but stagger it out so I have some all summer.
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Post by ginakay57 on Oct 15, 2020 10:43:20 GMT -6
Merrileem, did you plant your corn in one long row or in square blocks (i.e. 6x6)? They do better with the block method. Better chances of pollinating. Other than that I don't know what the problem could have been. Seems like you got ears so pollinating took place. Enough rain? Corn requires quite a bit of water.
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