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Discussion in 'Hobbies and Interests' started by mattjm1017, Jan 18, 2014.

  1. Loon

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    Everything planted late this year and the gardens arent doing half as good as these guys in the pots.:salute:

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  2. savemoney

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    I would be very concerned about them spreading disease. You can make a gallic solution in your blender, then add a teaspoon of dawn and then spray it on. That won't kill anything, but they don't like garlic. You can buy the stull already to go, but making it is so easy and effective. You don't have to worry about harming the bees with this stuff. Lots of garlic in the garden really discourages bugs and small animals. They don't like it and will stay away.
     
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    They can be propagated by tip layering as well. This is done by letting the vine grow up and then down to the ground to root. Once it roots well you can cut the vine in the middle and you will have a new plant. Or you can let the tip grow into a pot of soil, then cut the vine, and plant the potted plant where you want it.

    I started in my yard with a few sprigs, and now have a 10' row of them which produces gallons of berries a year for fresh eating and jam.
     
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    Same here; garden is late and mostly looks sad, but containers having been doing real good. My back has been hampering my efforts since November and I work in short spurts at any one thing. So I have multiple projects going on at once. Just starting to toughen up now and I need to work on some firewood bad.
     
  6. stuckinthemuck

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    Picked 19.55 oz of raspberries this morning, add those to the pound or so already picked and we have about 13 more ounces to pick to make a pie...
     

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    Is Chaz coming to Lawler's tomorrow?
    I'll give you some to plant. It's unbelievably easy! Just as Mr. Muck described above.
     
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  8. TurboDiesel

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    Not sure about container planting as the pots freeze through and stay froze hard for months. A 3'x4' spot in the garden is plenty of area for 8 cloves to plant.
     
  9. Chazsbetterhalf

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    That the ministry wood? If so probably not tomorrow. He doesn't get off work until 2:15 am. Friday's are generally a lost day. Are you going to be there both Friday and Saturday?
     
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    I think so. Chris cwn877 should be there also Saturday.
     
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    A garden around here is hard. It his clay based and so many rocks. We tried to one year but couldn't keep up but the tomatoes we did in containers did great. One cherry tomato plant started in a 5 gal and had transplant it. We got one of those plastic containers that is perfect for a keg to be put in. The plant ended up huge. We even ended up adding a bunch to the tomatoes we were using for tomatoe sauce. That would be the size i would want to use.
     
  12. Chazsbetterhalf

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    Now when do you normally plant them for over winter?
     
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    Id try a raised bed with a couple 2x10's.
    Fill with soil and amend each year with compost and grass clippings. Do you compost leaves and grass clippings/kitchen fruit/veggy scraps?
     
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    2 weeks after first fall frost date but before the ground freezes
     
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    That might be next month for you!
    :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Well i used to. Heavens knows with mowing this property i could have all the leaves and grass i want. We maintain about 4 acres. I do have one of those tumbler compost bin. Used to do it regularly. But since I went on o2 it seems things are getting harder and maybe making me more lazy. Lord knows Chaz doesn't have the time for it. He is already doing things that i used to do.
     
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    Oh you bite your tongue. I don't even want to think of that chit. :rofl: :lol: :rofl: :lol:

    Come to think of it, I still got to clean the window from last year. Lol
     
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    Some leaves of the plants look kinda rough at this point, but the plants are still growing, nothing getting worse and the zukes/squash being produced still look and taste good. What do you recommend for a garlic solution? Couple cloves mashed up and mixed with water? Mostly curious on ratio of cloves to water.
     
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    I knew asparagus grew fast, but didnt know just how fast. I watered yesterday evening and didn't see any sprouts.
    At noon today i found this.
    About 7 "
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    At 6 pm, 2 more inches
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  20. Eric Wanderweg

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    AB623857-77F7-4B55-8409-D5592DAAF53C.jpeg Just harvested my first Carolina Reaper! I went overboard this year with the super hot peppers in the hopes of making a mean batch of fermented hot sauce at the end of the summer. I’ve been freezing all the peppers I’ve harvested so far. On deck this season are the Reapers, Thai Hot, Sugar Rush Peach, Aji Charapita, Ghost, Tabasco, Jalapeño and Cherry Bomb peppers.