How Does Your Garden Grow??????

[Tangerine_]

*takes notes*

Just in case there's ever a RIU Meet & Greet Potluck

 

[xtsho]

A decent publication from the universities of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho regarding propagating plants from seed.

Propagating Plants from Seed - Digital

The enjoyment of growing plants can be enhanced by using successful methods. This booklet covers seed selection, starting plants indoors, planting seeds outdoors, and starting both herbaceous and w ...

pubs.extension.wsu.edu

 

[Bareback]

I ran the roto tiller for about an hour and a half today but it’s to early to plant anything.

@xtsho I planted a tray of onions last night now I am waiting to see what happens. Also picked up some bunching onion seed but after reading the package it recommended sowing straight into the soil and not transplanting so maybe tomorrow depending on the rain. Going to be sticking some pepper and tomato seed in cups in a week or two.

 

[too larry]

Possums were easy to catch, just run at them and grab their tail and try not to get bit. But coons I ain’t never found the right spot to grab one . And you guessed which neighborhood I was talking about didn’t you.

I use live traps. When the melons are just getting ripe, I can catch at least one coon a night.

 

[too larry]

We have cold coming early in next week. I have to cup up peppers and get rid of the trays to make room. I let a bunch of the sprouts freeze a couple of weeks back. I will have to cull tomatoes or expand my underground greenhouse.

 

[too larry]

I have cold coming, so I got as many of the sprouts underground as would fit. This is what I added. I already had Hatch and Mini Sweets in cups, but I had so many sprouts I did scoop up a handful of each and put in gallon pots. Just in case I decide to do more later.

 

[too larry]

The before picture.



I didn't cull any of the ones already in cups. I was able to pack in the young Hab and Cayenne sprouts too. They are too small for cups. Not to mention they would take up more room that way.

 

[too larry]

I had a pretty good stand of the homestead and rainbow mix before the frost killed all of them. These are the few late arrivals. I have about a pound of the homestead, but i think that was the last of the rainbow mix.

 

[Bareback]

Well my onion experiment isn’t working out so for. I give it another couple of days and toss it ,try again and after that it’s tomato and pepper time.
I ordered a new sprinkler pump and it arrived today so I have that to install when it warms up a little ( red lion 1/2 hp ) . It has good reviews we’ll see if it works for me.

 

[too larry]

I didn't look under the glass, but we got down to 23F this morning. Did see the extra Hatch and Mini Sweets were toast yesterday morning.

 

[The Mantis]

I had a pretty good stand of the homestead and rainbow mix before the frost killed all of them. These are the few late arrivals. I have about a pound of the homestead, but i think that was the last of the rainbow mix.

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Nice setup! How cold does it get there outside? And how cold can it get and the plants survive? Cannabis and tomato plants seem to die around 28 degrees F or so if I remember from an experiment last year in the barn with some plastic tied up & a bunch of holes.

 

[too larry]

Nice setup! How cold does it get there outside? And how cold can it get and the plants survive? Cannabis and tomato plants seem to die around 28 degrees F or so if I remember from an experiment last year in the barn with some plastic tied up & a bunch of holes.

Thanks. I've done these underground greenhouses the last few years. Once the threat of cold is past, I fill them in with soil mix and grow peppers in them.

Yesterday morning we were at 23F. Some years that would be the low for the year. But we did get down to 16F a couple of years ago. Weed {in the bush} will have some damage around 25F. I lost all my crop the year it got down 16F. A lot depends on if it has recently been put out from vegging under lights. I lost 24 plants at 25F in that situation before. But plants that have been out for a while are pretty tough. The top buds might have some burn from the frost, but don't die.

 

[The Mantis]

Thanks. I've done these underground greenhouses the last few years. Once the threat of cold is past, I fill them in with soil mix and grow peppers in them.

Yesterday morning we were at 23F. Some years that would be the low for the year. But we did get down to 16F a couple of years ago. Weed {in the bush} will have some damage around 25F. I lost all my crop the year it got down 16F. A lot depends on if it has recently been put out from vegging under lights. I lost 24 plants at 25F in that situation before. But plants that have been out for a while are pretty tough. The top buds might have some burn from the frost, but don't die.

That's a great idea. Filling the holes in afterwards. Really cool.

 

[xtsho]

I'm weak. I can't help myself. I need help.

I was unable to keep myself from browsing through the seed rack yesterday while at the store. I'm going to see if I can't find a support group or something to help me deal with this addiction. But in my defense the seed rack was calling me and telling me to buy seeds. I actually heard voices. Seriously, I'm not making this up. The seeds were calling out to me saying "Buy me!". And they were buy one get one 50% off. It was only a couple dollars. I had no other choice.

 

[Bareback]

I'm weak. I can't help myself. I need help.

I was unable to keep myself from browsing through the seed rack yesterday while at the store. I'm going to see if I can't find a support group or something to help me deal with this addiction. But in my defense the seed rack was calling me and telling me to buy seeds. I actually heard voices. Seriously, I'm not making this up. The seeds were calling out to me saying "Buy me!". And they were buy one get one 50% off. It was only a couple dollars. I had no other choice.

I feel your pain fellow seed addict . A painful addition that consumes its victims forcing them to first buy the unneeded seed and then torturing their every waking moments with, where do I plant this, what fertilizer, water water water. ........will the agony never end. And then winter comes....ohh no what shall I do.

My solice is the deep freezer full of veggies calling out to make soup and cornbread.

 

[too larry]

Several of the sprouts I cupped up have cashed. It must have the cold, not the fact I used my Adult Tomato soil mix without cutting it, since a few in the trays were dead too. I have a CFL out there, but I didn't turn it on.

 

[NirvanaMesa]

Got a ripe pineapple

 

[NirvanaMesa]

We grow a few fruits here

 

[thumper60]

Well my onion experiment isn’t working out so for. I give it another couple of days and toss it ,try again and after that it’s tomato and pepper time.
I ordered a new sprinkler pump and it arrived today so I have that to install when it warms up a little ( red lion 1/2 hp ) . It has good reviews we’ll see if it works for me.

Does that pump have a pressure switch or does it just run an run.

 

[Bareback]

Does that pump have a pressure switch or does it just run an run.

I haven’t hooked it up yet, but I’m under the impression that it runs continuously. Hence sprinkler pump vs shallow well pump. The one I’m replacing is a shallow well pump that had a pressure switch and I was able to run it continuously with multiple sprinkler heads to manipulate the pressure but that wasted a lot of water. This new pump doesn’t require a pressure tank so I’m hoping it’s a better choice. I’m waiting on our typical last freeze date to install , besides I haven’t planted anything in the garden yet. About March 1st is my planned date to install.