What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

Those Ball lids have such a rough texture on the sealing surface I'm surprised that any of them hold the seal. The Kerr looks kind of rough too.

As much as you can, maybe you should see what kind of discount you'd get on a lot of 1000 of the no name lids.

I just found this:
https://www.superbsealing.com/seal-it-right-products

The lids look very similar, but without the stamped in name.

Tried these yet?

 

[TJAnonymous]

Processing the first batch of grapes


Also collected these today. Gotta figure out what to do with them. Maybe dice them up and can them...

 

[Sammster]

Your Dollar store has an outdoor garden section? Woah. You are high class....

I was at the Dollar store yesterday to pick up a bowl to use under an indoor pot. The entire garden section consisted of an endcap. That's all they had leftover.

I probably should have explained better. Indoor/houseplant isle vs outdoor/garden isle

 

[NanaK]

Went to the garden early this morning and picked more green beans. They have really done well this year. I've put up a bunch of quarts and hope to get enough to have to eat as we want and some to share until frost. Also picked more tomatoes, peppers and zucchini.

Zucchini the gift that keeps on giving.
Even the chickens look at it now like...oh, zucchini, ahhh, thanks.
Thankful for all of it, though.

 

[NanaK]

I'm so jealous! All my cukes died while I was gone. Well, at least that's what I THOUGHT. This morning I discovered one plant has revived itself from the dead. Zombie cukes.

Well, the first cukes I planted were slicer types I always grow. I've had them in the same spot every year for several years. They have not done well at all. I may have some nematodes in that area or I just have grown them there too long. I've saw evidence of nematodes on a couple tomatoes in another area last year. Never had to deal with them before.

Since those didn't look so good, still produced but barely, I set more cuke seeds in another spot. Ummm, a lot of seed. Needless to say, it's kind of scary going in now! I have a 15 ft cucumber hedge!
Grab several bushel baskets and come on over!

 

[Sammster]

Do the

Do the seedlings break through the tissue?

I like this idea because it prevents planting seeds too deep,. I am using a dome, so there will be less moisture loss. I am going to test it out....

I tested this once with carrot seed. They did not break through for me

 

[NanaK]

Anything is better than a 30-75% ball fail rate. It used to be less than 5% fail rate, darn right rare frankly and it was usually due to a micro chip on the glass or a stuck piece of food.

When I first started canning, my Mom told me to always bring a small pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat and drop in my lids to pre-warm the rubber seal when I was ready to fill my jars. She said as long as she preheated those lids she hardly ever had one not seal. So this is what I've always done to any brand lid I use. I rarely have an issue.

Just this year, I've used Ball and Golden Harvest and have more of each in my kitchen. I hope they are good.

Might be something to try. I hate to do all that work and something go wrong.

Those blue lids you have do look like that have more sealing surface. That's got to be better.

 

[WthrLady]

Tried these yet?

Thanks for that. I'd rather USA made with a name.
I placed an order for 'local' pickup the 14th. INteresting shipping, but awesome, works for me.
Nice site too.
I did the beef. 6 jars two failed, my fault....I forgot to wipe the rims
They're back in the canner with 5 chicken pints atm.
The blues popped LOUDLY and continued to quietly pop for about an hour. Interesting. The buttons are the large section of the top of the whole lid, not just a thin little weak spot like ball/kerr/golden harvest ones now.

 

[WthrLady]

When I first started canning, my Mom told me to always bring a small pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat and drop in my lids to pre-warm the rubber seal when I was ready to fill my jars. She said as long as she preheated those lids she hardly ever had one not seal. So this is what I've always done to any brand lid I use. I rarely have an issue.

Just this year, I've used Ball and Golden Harvest and have more of each in my kitchen. I hope they are good.

Might be something to try. I hate to do all that work and something go wrong.

Those blue lids you have do look like that have more sealing surface. That's got to be better.

I always warm my lids, even though I pressure can, and you don't need to when you PC.

 

[tripletfeb]

I've never warmed my lids and have used Ball my entire life. I've never had one not seal. I just wash them quick before I put them on. Interesting that people have been having issues