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post #11 of 17
5/16/12 at 6:57am

One other thing is that peppers don't really need a lot of extra fertilizer. If they're fertilized too much, you get a lot of leaves at the expense of the peppers.

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post #12 of 17
5/24/12 at 5:16pm
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Well, besides being crowded, the little garden is thriving! I'm hoping to get some nice tomatoes and green peppers (and some other veggies). Like I said before, I am a newbie and don't know what I'm doing. I'm sure everybody's right about it being overcrowded... but things are going great right now. 

 

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Edited by The Red Rooster - 5/24/12 at 7:41pm

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post #13 of 17
5/31/12 at 6:42am
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Originally Posted by The Red Rooster View Post

Well, besides being crowded, the little garden is thriving! I'm hoping to get some nice tomatoes and green peppers (and some other veggies). Like I said before, I am a newbie and don't know what I'm doing. I'm sure everybody's right about it being overcrowded... but things are going great right now. 

 

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It looks great! Throw some veggie fertilizer to them occasionally to make up for the lack of soil. Nice job!
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post #14 of 17
6/25/12 at 5:00pm
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Garden Update! 

 

The tomatoes and Green Peppers are still growing! They require a lot of water (probably because of the small space they're in and because tomatoes drink a lot). I had to tie them together because they started to droop over. The cucumbers died, but the tomatoes are doing great. They're a little droopy because I forgot to water them this morning. 

 

There's some bulbs growing off of the plants now. Are they early tomatoes? 

 

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  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

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~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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post #15 of 17
6/27/12 at 7:50pm
Looking good! Yours look better than mine in a garden! We haven't had much rain this year and my lawn and garden are showing it.
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post #16 of 17
6/27/12 at 8:39pm
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Looking good! Yours look better than mine in a garden! We haven't had much rain this year and my lawn and garden are showing it.

 

Yes-I notice that when you water them a lot, they start getting green and stand up straighter. Thank you for the kind remark! smile.png

  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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post #17 of 17
6/27/12 at 9:13pm

You're gonna have alot of tomatoes!! wink.png They look very nice!! And yep, those little bulbs are 'early tomatoes'!!

 

Some of mine are over 6 feet tall right now, somehow I got lucky this year!! I think it was all that chicken manure (composted) I used!! Hopefully next year I won't have to buy it!!!

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Super Lucky Mom to 1 chihuahua (Penny), 1 toy poodle (Auggie), 2 cats (Kitty and Paddlepaws), 1 parakeet (Tweety) and 1 Maximillian Pionus (Peanut) plus 2 human kids! Wife to 1 very loving and understanding husband!! 1 Black Australorp (Velvet); 1 Salmon Faverolles (Junie B); 1 Splash Marans (Alice); and 1 super sweet Buff Brahma (Peaches) RIP Peaches 04/23/2012-06/18/2012

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