Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[rjohns39]

Black Oil Sunflower Seeds


ETA: Unless you're talking to someone in another country who has a feed pre-mix called Boss.

 

[lazy gardener]

Dumb question probably but how do you sprout BOSS?

Dumber question - what is BOSS?

Rjohns39 got this one.

There are no dumb questions.

Same way I do any other sprouting seed: soak them for a few hours. Then, drain and rinse several times/day. Rinse and repeat till they are ready to serve.

The difficulty with BOSS is that they float. So, if I can mix them in the jar with a seed that has a similar growth rate, they will mix in with the heavier seeds and be easier to manage.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I need to go out and uncover the veggies. And the chickens will be happy to get into their runs. Looking forward to spring.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I need to go out and uncover the veggies. And the chickens will be happy to get into their runs. Looking forward to spring.

We are -26 wind chills currently, enjoy that balmy weather while I'm freezing my arse off.

 

[N F C]

Rjohns39 got this one.

There are no dumb questions.

Same way I do any other sprouting seed: soak them for a few hours. Then, drain and rinse several times/day. Rinse and repeat till they are ready to serve.

The difficulty with BOSS is that they float. So, if I can mix them in the jar with a seed that has a similar growth rate, they will mix in with the heavier seeds and be easier to manage.

Thanks LG!

 

[N F C]

We are -26 wind chills currently, enjoy that balmy weather while I'm freezing my arse off.

OHLD, are you planning to try anything new in your garden this coming year?

 

[Susannah4040]

Have enjoyed reading here over the last few days - interesting how folk are dealing with their different environments...we here in Australia, are experiencing 35C, (95F) days...too hot to do much, unless it is in the early morning or late afternoon. Today, (Boxing Day) was a little cooler - 30C...in the morning - a few hours away, I want us to finish the privacy panels around our bbq area, then I'll start on the planning of our new vegetable gardens - have been thinking of Besser (cinder), block, bush rocks or corrugated iron panels...they will be on a slope, so the blocks maybe a tad heavy getting them into position, but have seen a lot of great ideas using them...hopefully, whichever we choose it will be easy on my 'health issues'...as some of you know, aging is no picnic...5am here, so soon time to feed the 'masses' and then to paint panels...

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

OHLD, are you planning to try anything new in your garden this coming year?

Last year was the first time I grew in my big raised boxes. I had decided to plant my tomatoes elsewhere thinking it would be better, but they blighted terribly in the pumpkin bed. So I'm going to put them in my boxes and see how that goes. I may need a step ladder to pick my tomatoes, it should be interesting. I like growing Sun Sugar, and a few black varieties. I may try to grow my Black Krim again, but it seems to attract blight, so maybe I should seek out a different variety.

I'm definitely going to grow some more of those mini pumpkins called Hooligan, and may try a few more squash varieties.

I have never grown summer squash, but am considering some. I have no clue what to do with them though, probably in stir fries? Any recommendations for well behaved plants that aren't zucchini?

I will probably not grow anymore potatoes because of the space they take up. I may try cabbages again, I've never had any luck growing bug free ones, and I may try some cauliflower again. So i guess I have lots of vegetable plans.

Flowers will probably be the usual suspects, though I'm always looking for some good low maintenance perennials to continue to fill my beds to share out weeds.

You have any plans? Or does the golf course and restaurant keep you too busy to garden?

 

[N F C]

In our FL garden nematodes were a real problem for the tomatoes. We tried a few different things but found what worked best for us was just to take a big bag of soil, slit open one of the narrow ends, poke a bunch of drainage holes all over the bag then plant the tomatoes in the bags. We put the bags (plant & all) into holes in the ground to stabilize them. Worked well in that garden.

 

[lazy gardener]

Was it late or early blight? You might try picking a variety that is resistant to EB or LB. Growing tomatoes in tunnels also helps prevent them from being infected by blights. Also, rotating crops, not planting them where other solanaceous plants have grown.