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The Outdoorsman 101

The Outdoorsman 101

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Singlemalt said:
Yep, I save my eggshells and then grind 'em up in a blender with a bit of lemon juice. Add the slurry to my beds in winter. The acid starts breaking down the egg shells and winter rains wash it in and dilutes the acid. It should be noted that it takes about a season for the calcium to become useable.
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I thought you lived in Cali, what the hell is winter rain? like your summer rain? pshhh
 
lokie

lokie

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Singlemalt said:
Yep, I save my eggshells and then grind 'em up in a blender with a bit of lemon juice. Add the slurry to my beds in winter. The acid starts breaking down the egg shells and winter rains wash it in and dilutes the acid. It should be noted that it takes about a season for the calcium to become useable.
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Good information to know.

We have been crushing all winter for this years compost bin.

Next years soil should be fruitful.
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Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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BarnBuster said:
You prolly can't grow tomato's and such in the sun/heat?
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Like Raratt said there are hybrids that do well, otherwise it's a timing game : too cold few flowers and won't set fruit, as it warms up lot's of fruits and flowers, as it gets hot flowers abort so no new fruit set, and ripening requires warmer nights. Basically it ends up with a good crop early to middle summer, a few when it's real hot cuz no new flower set then a big flush of flowers and fruits late summer early fall til freeze and early rains. Always have a ton of green tomatoes, and some may ripen indoors.
Edit: when I was a kid I grew up in LA, I could grow the same tomato plants as perennials for a couple seasons, with some tricks I'd get fresh ones in the winter
 
manfredo

manfredo

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lokie said:
My EX never had "The Sex Talk" with her son. :oops:

At around 12 she left a detailed and dated Anatomy reference manual in the living room, it is expected he did read it.;)

At 14 he still hid his eyes when HBO showed nude and often scantily clad women.:sad:

At 15 I took the time to discuss the in and outs of human interaction and gave him a Trojan.8-)
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When I was about 11-12 y.o. I got blamed for stealing condoms out of my step dads drawer, after a weekend he was away on a business trip. Both my mom and step dad confronted me, but I didn't take them...I didn't even know what a condom was yet....I still to this day wonder which one cheated! I'm thinking it was step dad as he said I must have passed them out to my friends...Nope! Plus he was a dog!! After he died I found a pocket pussy in his pickup truck....ewwwww! :spew:That was about the only sex ed I ever got from them!
 
dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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Singlemalt said:
Like Raratt said there are hybrids that do well, otherwise it's a timing game : too cold few flowers and won't set fruit, as it warms up lot's of fruits and flowers, as it gets hot flowers abort so no new fruit set, and ripening requires warmer nights. Basically it ends up with a good crop early to middle summer, a few when it's real hot cuz no new flower set then a big flush of flowers and fruits late summer early fall til freeze and early rains. Always have a ton of green tomatoes, and some may ripen indoors.
Edit: when I was a kid I grew up in LA, I could grow the same tomato plants as perennials for a couple seasons, with some tricks I'd get fresh ones in the winter
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I grew a nice crop here in Southern AZ. I arranged misters (the kind you see at theme parks) all around my bed and timed them to go on from 11 till 5 pm. It lowered temps in my tomato bed by 15 degrees...not much water waste...the droplets were too small. Something to think about.
 
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