BYC gardening thread!!

[marktoo]

We tend to lean towards companies that have reasonable shipping rates for seed packets. Some of these companies really try to rake you over the coals, annoys me to death when they try to charge you more for shipping than you paid for the seeds. I've cancelled orders because of it. We like Baker Creek, Peaceful Valley & Seed Savers.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Garden is snowed over now.

 

[lazy gardener]

Check out Fedco Seeds.

 

[Timskins]

Thanks for all the responses.

 

[flowergirl2100]

Can't wait until spring. Just. Little nervous about free ranging chickens. They haven't got into plants terribly bad.

 

[marktoo]

Better fence them out if you some veggies for yourself!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

I'm looking for some suggestions on places to buy organic/non gmo heirloom seeds. I'm in Phoenix, Az but will probably have to buy online.

Thanks,
Tim

I would get an account with one of BYC's sister sites, http://www.theeasygarden.com

Great info there and they have a buy, sell, and trade section too! Good luck!

 

[draye]

Has anyone ever raised any Zucchni squash using a trillis or cattle panel to keep the vines from running all over the garden?
I am thinking of trying this, I don't have a lot of space so I need to keep the vines from running all over.

 

[lazy gardener]

Zucchini are robust, and do flop over, taking up a lot of room, but I don't think of them as running, certainly not like squash. I'd also love to hear if any one has success training them to a trellis. From my reading, it may be more difficult than it's worth. Experiences, any one??? You might have better luck growing succession crops of zucchini, pulling out the older floppy plant just as it's successor comes into bloom.

 

[flgardengirl]

I haven't ever had zucchini flop over. If they are getting enough sun, water and fertilizer they shouldn't flop. My biggest challenge here with squash is fungal diseases so I mulch heavily and keep the soaker hose underneath the mulch on all my squash plants. Neem helps with fungus as well as the pests that like squash. You can also make a spray of baking soda and water and a little coco wet or a few drops of liquid soap (to help it stick). My great grandmother had the most amazing roses in Tampa. Most roses in the south get a lot of fungal problems. Her secret was the baking soda spray. Works on veggies too.