garden help! growing food for chickens

[Debbie292d]

Have you tried those hanging upside down tomato planters before? I wonder if that would help with your blight issue, you essentially grow the tomato plant upside down from any hook that you would hang like a hanging flower basket on the porch etc. you get a lot of air flow that way and they're off the ground I wonder if that would help it all!

Yes. One year I tried upside down. Like I said somewhere else, we tried everything. Blight is just thick in this area I guess.

 

[Echelontheory101]

Yes. One year I tried upside down. Like I said somewhere else, we tried everything. Blight is just thick in this area I guess.

What a bummer! Thats got to be so frustrating!

 

[Echelontheory101]

Besides all the great suggestions already posted, I'll throw out some barley, wheat, mustard, clover, chamomile, and alfalfa seeds in a protected area. Then when the sprouts are 3-4" tall and nicely leafed, I'll let the ladies in to munch on the greens. I do this a few times a year.

I'm trying some chamomile this year! Currently putting the seeds through a month of cold stratification before I start them. Any tips for it?

 

[fldiver97]

I'm trying some chamomile this year! Currently putting the seeds through a month of cold stratification before I start them. Any tips for it?

Spreads very easily…. Like mint. May want to contain it in grow bags or big pots

 

[Echelontheory101]

Spreads very easily…. Like mint. May want to contain it in grow bags or big pots

Good to know! I was gonna put it in a container with other herbs but maybe I'll give it its own container. Thanks!