((Serious Gardening))

[Cats Critters]

I stopped by the Farmer's Market last Friday and came home with 2 tomato plants, which I really don't need but they where only $1 a piece, their heirlooms, and they have pretty names of Rose and Pink Firefly! I also bought 2 iris plants one yellow, the other light violet at only $5 a piece. But now I need to get them all planted.

 

[silkiechicken]

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That's what I got started with, the General Hydropoics GO box.

I'm happy with their line and will continue to get their basic nutrient mix... don't make my mistake of adding the seaweed extract and cold processed squid supplements if you're running the system inside.... I use those all outside now. hahaha

 

[Cats Critters]

Here is what I got planted today:

2 tomato plants
2 iris plants
2 types of morning glorys
moon flowers
2 types of lettuce
crimson sweet watermelons (plants)
sugar baby watermelons
Bantam Corn
Multi-head Sunflowers
Marigolds
Blue Hubbard Squash
Connecticut Field Pumpkins
Blue of Hungaria squash
Rouge Vif D'Etampes pumpkins
Ronde de Nice summer squash
Lovage Herb

Only a couple of things left to plant!

 

[RJ3]

I'm new to planting edible things and I'm wondering when my leaf lettuce is okay to pick and eat? Right now the plants are bright green about 10 inches tall and maybe 15-20 inches around. Also do I use soap to wash the leaves? Any advice is helpful!

 

[Kassaundra]

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You can start picking leaf lettuce at almost any size, the smaller sizes have a more mild flavor. No need for soap, just rinse under running water and enjoy.

 

[NanaKat]

A few updated photos:

The bed that had Chinese cabbage and Romaine lettuce has been cleaned, reworked and planted with Diakon radish, regular radish, leaf lettuce and New Zealand spinach ( a vine spinach that takes heat well). The squash and pumpkin are growing nicely in the bed to the left of the arbor and behind that bed are cabbage, brussel sprouts and brocolli still producing.

Corn is up and the cucumbers, cantalopes, watermelons and Patty Pan squash are all vining.

This bed of tomatoes has been tied and mulched with chicken litter. Will layer with aged compost oin top before the plants get much bigger.

 

[Kassaundra]

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Awesome!!!!

 

[Carols Clucks]

A Raspberry/black berry question

Does anyone use garden fencing to support their vines?

I have out end posts in, tried just running one long line (white clothes line), but they so heavy they are pulling the line and I have 3 more rows of berries to support. FYI I am starting a new berry patch inside of the garden, we have existing plants in other places.

My though is with the garden fencing, I could pull new growth to one side and then just trim off the opposite side when pruning the canes. I used some vintage (and used) 4x4 posts for the ends and have LOTS of galv pipes for pounding in deep to support some kind of wire fencing. Mom does not see as well as she would like to let on, so using wire or green coated wire is a problem (I have lots of heavy galv wire that I can use to help support the fencing as well, I just need something she can see easily and raises the vines to a better picking height.

 

[ChicksterJo]

I used the cold processed squid and roots from the GH Go Box a few days ago...my tomatoes, basil, and okra are taking off!! I guess I will be running a little experiment, since some of my tomatoes are potted in soil from our ground, some tomatoes are potted in a coco coir/vermiculite/perlite mix, and a few tomatoes are potted in just vermiculite/ground soil. It's not exactly a perfect comparison but it's still interesting. I have a little baby okra forming on one of my plants, and my peas are starting to flower.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I have tried several ways of tying up my raspberries, none have succeeded, they usually don't support the vines, and make it even more difficult to cut out the 2 year old canes.