The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

I've got onions and garlic curing on my screened in porch right now. Too wet to dig the potatoes right now, but they are next, then plant garlic.

My garlic didn't really grow and neither did my onions. I am just going to leave it in there, I guess. Not sure why it never works for me.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Garlic is a weed for me. I always miss some so the groups of bulbs come back next year, plus a few I miss picking off the seed head, so they seed themselves. I suppose it's a nice problem to have. Dill is my other weed.

Thank you Cynthia for the sweet potato advice. I'm mostly waiting on them and my butternut squash. Tomatoes are mostly done, cucumbers are still going, and a few green beans plants here.

 

[speckledhen]

You know, Lisa, I was just thinking that if it was getting really cold there already, you could maybe put a chick heat lamp nearby to raise the temps on those potatoes a bit, not directly on them, but near them, maybe just surround them with a damp towel to raise humidity.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thanks for that advice. I will probably dig them up when we warm back up to the 60's. I have fish tanks in my basement so that will help with the humidity.

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks for that advice. I will probably dig them up when we warm back up to the 60's. I have fish tanks in my basement so that will help with the humidity.

Different people do them different ways. One guy puts his in one of those hot/cold insulated grocery bags and seals them up for a couple of weeks. You can eat them right out of the garden, but curing them raises their sweetness level. Plus, you can store them awhile after the curing process in a cool, dark place like a basement area.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I'm excited to see exactly what my vines produced. We got a lot of regular potatoes this year.

 

[1muttsfan]

What kind of fish do you have?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What kind of fish do you have?

2 big tanks with goldfish, a 75, with 13 various fancy varieties, and a 125, with my 11 bigger single tailed ones that go out in my dinky pond in the summer. I also have a 55 gallon with some tropical, mostly angels, tetra, cory cats, and loaches. Probably around 35 in it.

 

[getaclue]

My grandmother told me that when she was growing up, they put them behind the wood burning stove, covered with a damp cloth.

 

[speckledhen]

My grandmother told me that when she was growing up, they put them behind the wood burning stove, covered with a damp cloth.

Sounds about right.