2018 gardening thread
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i have used those planting pods once before.
POS, waste of money
if you have had good luck with them, congrats to you.
i have been not too involved anymore with growing from seeds anymore, buying the plants from the greenhouse is faster/cheaper overall for me.
They're just peat moss. You have to add plant food.
yes, i bought a kit at Lowe's one year, all compact, until you add water, then they expand.
i had it all, grow lamps, heated pad, tempered area.....waste of my time still, all stuff gone now.
Go to the west side of Oregon. People will pay you to take them. If you want big, sweet berries you can eat right off the bush, get Himalayas. If you want jam and pie berries with lots of flavor, but not so much sugar, get NorthWestern. Himalayas have a broad, solid leaf, looks kind of like an Elm leaf. NorthWestern have a dark green, deeply cut leaf, looks more like a green Japanese Maple leaf.
The kit I got at Lowes didn't have plant food with it. You have to get that separate.
It's just easier to buy the plants, though. Especially in northern areas with short growing seasons.
Blood
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Buncha candy-ass half-steppers!
When I started gardening tillers had two-stick transmissions with no engine!
You had to peddle them like bicycles while looping both arms through the tines to shift!
The new breed of gardeners are too fragile to poke a damn hole in the dirt with one finger and drop a seed.
It's pathetic!
And why the hell does it smell like lysol in here!!??
DISGUSTING!!
Blood
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I've had decent luck.
No transplanting since you can set the whole pod into your grow area when the time comes.
I've used the peat pods before too and didn't care for them.
These are coconut coir.
I bought a box of 1,000 coupla years ago...
used a bunch and gave a bunch away.
Still looks like a full box.
Blood
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dave350
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13 out of 15 so far.
This new guy sure does talk a lot.
Blood
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never heard of that variety. in fact, never heard of that at all, till i googled it.
i think this spring, i will only plant basil and parsley as far as herbs. if my garlic that i planted months ago grows, great, if not, so be it.
then i think my garden will be all geraniums, and other flowers hanging from pots.
i am pretty much worn out from year after year of either a good crop to a bad one, due to the weather and having (when good year) an abundance of veggies, we simply cannot eat up fast enough. we do not can (preserve) anything, only (at times) slice, cook, then freeze the eggplants.
this will cut my overall costs of a garden immensely as well. as the geraniums are a hardy flower that can take the direct, hot sun and very high humid days. then mulch around them, so i don't have to really bother weeding anymore as well. this will also cut my water/sewer, as less water will be needed.
i think i am readying myself for retirement and not doin' nuffing anymore.
dave350
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I grew Mortgage Lifters two years in a row. I wasn't crazy about the flavor so I didn't plant them last year. The reason I grew them the second year was I thought the first year was maybe a fluke. But they tasted the same the second year. I might grow them again next season because I'm wondering if I was over fertilizing for a few years. I used composted horse manure for two years straight and a mix of composted manure for the season after that so over fertilizing might have played a roll in my tomatoes. My plants were huge but the fruits were not as flavorful as the first year I did heirloom varieties which was before I starting using the horse manure. It must be high powered stuff cause even Sandy's flower beds came to vigorous life after I spread it in there.
The first year I tried heirlooms I had the Pineapple variety and a Black Krim. The flavors were absolutely amazing. I've grown both the last few years and the flavor is not as intense. Last year I abandoned the horse manure and laid down some wood chips that you suggested a while back. The wood chips are still on the beds so I think I'm going to leave it at that as far as any compost. Maybe next spring (2019) I'll add some more wood chips.
My peppers have been a disappointment for the last five years. I didn't even plant them last year. I'm not the only one though, seems everybody I talk to have not had a good years with their peppers. I did California Wonders and I also tried another variety to see if they did any better. Nothin doin.
I checked the horseradish the other day. I don't see any green yet. I'm curious to see how they do this year after being over wintered.
Nothing on the garlic either.
I'm down to two chickens. I had to put one down yesterday that was sick. I wasn't feeling well yesterday so that made the chore interesting. (I probably should have buried myself and spared the chicken) I'm think going to give the last two to one of the Spanish guys to eat and I'm done with chicken raisin for the foreseeable future. I made the coop out of a enclosed trailer I got for free so I'm going to clean it up and use it for a storage trailer until I have the money to build another shed. Last year I tore down a shed that was rusted out bad and right now (and the rest of this year) funds are tight so that trailer will come in handy to free up space in my other shed which is now holding two sheds worth of stuff. Needed stuff not worthless stuff that you know who says I should get rid of.
Women are rarely right you know.
ohh. here she comes shut up or I'll blame it on you!
or as any typical mortgage.....it takes your money.......Mortgage lifters I like those. I have never seen one but they sound like a money tree
I like that. It gives me great comfort.
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