I just found some very cool DIY sub-irrigation grow box instructions online using big 18 gallon Rubbermaid containers. I'm going to try those for the tomato plants.
How's your garden doing?
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I figure a year, two if I'm lucky.
catocom
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Today I got my okra planted, and half of the purple hull crowder peas.
I'll get the rest of the crowders in tomorrow.
I also got my rows laid off in my east court garden, and picked up the stuff
I'll plant there tomorrow.
18 tomato plants, bell peppers, and some watermelon.
I'm going to do cantaloupe, and straight 8 cucumbers from seed.
Then I've got half my big south field left to finish leveling with the tiller,
that my neighbor hit the other day, and I'll plant 1/2 and 1/2 there with
Silver King, and Silver Queen corn.
I'm going to try to get that done too, but may have to finish up monday.
I'll get the rest of the crowders in tomorrow.
I also got my rows laid off in my east court garden, and picked up the stuff
I'll plant there tomorrow.
18 tomato plants, bell peppers, and some watermelon.
I'm going to do cantaloupe, and straight 8 cucumbers from seed.
Then I've got half my big south field left to finish leveling with the tiller,
that my neighbor hit the other day, and I'll plant 1/2 and 1/2 there with
Silver King, and Silver Queen corn.
I'm going to try to get that done too, but may have to finish up monday.
catocom
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well I'm just not what I used to be.
this 'crippled up' shit sux bad sometimes
Mom got the peas finished planting.
I've almost gotten the big field ready to lay the rows off for the corn.
The plants are still in the box.
I'll see how far I get today, after I finish my stretches.
this 'crippled up' shit sux bad sometimes
Mom got the peas finished planting.
I've almost gotten the big field ready to lay the rows off for the corn.
The plants are still in the box.
I'll see how far I get today, after I finish my stretches.
A suggestion on the cucumbers: plant them a week or two apart. I am not sure if straight-8's produce all their fruit in a couple of weeks but if you plant them a week or two apart then you will have cucumbers over a longer period of time. Unless you are wanting to pickle them all at once or something.
I love the Sugar Baby watermelons. They make small, very sweet watermelons that are small enough to be kept in the refrigerator for a while. Can't do those big ones because there's only so much watermelon I can eat and I don't know what to do with the rest of the watermelon (except feed them to the chickens).
catocom
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yeah we'll be doing some pickling, but we eat um pretty heavily when they
come in.
We also have an extended family community here, so there's a lot of sharing.
...
well, all I got done today was...
got my rows laid off (20), and fertilized, and got the first 2 planted with silver king.
I'm hoping I can get the rest planted before the rain gets here in the morning, but it's
going to be close if I make it.
come in.
We also have an extended family community here, so there's a lot of sharing.
...
well, all I got done today was...
got my rows laid off (20), and fertilized, and got the first 2 planted with silver king.
I'm hoping I can get the rest planted before the rain gets here in the morning, but it's
going to be close if I make it.
catocom
Well-Known Member
yeah, they will seed before you have anything big enough, below ground.
becarful though...
becarful though...
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_november_1b_potato.asp
TexasRaceLady
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My tomato plants are growing like weeds. They even have the beginnings of blooms on them.
catocom
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Straight-8's: you're going to have to take them when they're small if you're going to pickle them.
Suggested uses: agua de pepino (cucumber lemonade); gazpacho soup; chopped to make a relish; cucumber salad; sliced thin in sandwiches; Goi Guon (Vietnamese spring rolls; I substitute shrimp for pork); cucumber kimchi (my fave!).
Other cucumber recipes I like can be found here: B's Cucumber Pages
I usually make about 10 jars of cucumber kimchi every summer as I go. I can't find my favorite recipe. I think I have it backed up on my network drive and I'll have to look for it there if anyone wants it.
I have blooms on mine also.
I've been making sub-irrigating containers (a.k.a., self-watering containers) out of 18-gallon Rubbermaid storage containers. I've made 2 so far. I planted 2 tomatoes in one container and 2 artichokes in the other. I did this because I had run out of room in my garden for the tomatoes and the artichokes. I plan on freezing a lot of tomatoes this year in freezer bags and dehydrating a lot as well. The Juliet tomatoes are so sweet that when you dehydrate them they can be eaten as snacks.
The containers are another experiment for this year's garden.
catocom
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I'll slice um in half, and spears.
I've never had them turn out crispy that way. The best I can get is something like a mushy relish.
You'll have to share your recipe!
Bish, go outside and put glass jars over your small plants. It makes a cloche to protect the seedlings. This may save them from the snow and the cold and give them a fighting chance. I used plastic bottles with the bottoms cut out as cloches in mine because of the sunny afternoons here making it too hot for a closed cloche (the turned over glass jar). I can only use glass jars in winter here. Otherwise the seedlings will burn. I keep extra large pickle jars to use for just such an occasion.
If the plants are too big for glass jars then wrap them in plastic sheeting (clear).