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Is there a maximum temperature for planting carrots? View Quote looks like when you get above 90 the germination rate drops significantly. 104 = zero germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html |
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Quoted: looks like when you get above 90 the germination rate drops significantly. 104 = zero germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Is there a maximum temperature for planting carrots? looks like when you get above 90 the germination rate drops significantly. 104 = zero germination http://tomclothier.hort.net/page11.html I have them going inside right now but will need to transplant in the next few weeks. |
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Flower forms and then dries and falls off. Cotton boll then forms where the flower was. Here is an open flower. Mine have been turning magenta and drying within 24 hours of this stage. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo3_zpsda5mym4p.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Cotton is flowering! Cotton is kind of pretty! I've never seen it close up. Is the "flower" the cotton? Or is the cotton a receptacle for seeds later? Here is an open flower. Mine have been turning magenta and drying within 24 hours of this stage. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo3_zpsda5mym4p.jpg What a beautiful flower. Can't wait to see the boll form . |
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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/image1_zps9ah7icpo.jpeg Cotton boll forming. Notice the "petals" or "leaves" or whatever their called around the boll are the same from the 8/24 picture of the flower. View Quote That was probably the calyx of the flower..the little bottom structure that looks "tougher" than the petals. Does that make sense to you? I see a tiny bit of the thin "leaves" of that around the flower, so guessing that's what you mean. And wow, that funky greenish white polka dot thing in the middle.. That's the cotton forming? |
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Quoted: That was probably the calyx of the flower..the little bottom structure that looks "tougher" than the petals. Does that make sense to you? I see a tiny bit of the thin "leaves" of that around the flower, so guessing that's what you mean. And wow, that funky greenish white polka dot thing in the middle.. That's the cotton forming? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/image1_zps9ah7icpo.jpeg Cotton boll forming. Notice the "petals" or "leaves" or whatever their called around the boll are the same from the 8/24 picture of the flower. That was probably the calyx of the flower..the little bottom structure that looks "tougher" than the petals. Does that make sense to you? I see a tiny bit of the thin "leaves" of that around the flower, so guessing that's what you mean. And wow, that funky greenish white polka dot thing in the middle.. That's the cotton forming? I don't know what is going on in the bottom two rows of this picture. Waaayyyy above my pay grade |
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Here's a couple pictures I found on image search that may help explain it much better than I ever could http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/labs/rost/cotton/reproduction/frlife.gif I don't know what is going on in the bottom two rows of this picture. Waaayyyy above my pay grade http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/7/1391/F2.large.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/image1_zps9ah7icpo.jpeg Cotton boll forming. Notice the "petals" or "leaves" or whatever their called around the boll are the same from the 8/24 picture of the flower. That was probably the calyx of the flower..the little bottom structure that looks "tougher" than the petals. Does that make sense to you? I see a tiny bit of the thin "leaves" of that around the flower, so guessing that's what you mean. And wow, that funky greenish white polka dot thing in the middle.. That's the cotton forming? http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/labs/rost/cotton/reproduction/frlife.gif I don't know what is going on in the bottom two rows of this picture. Waaayyyy above my pay grade http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/7/1391/F2.large.jpg AWESOME information. That appears to be the observable change in cellular structure that happens as the boll forms and turns into cotton from whatever it was before. I'm guessing at that, but I've looked at images like that before and that's what it was. The cells are morphing from one kind into another, and that's what it looks like as it happens. |
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I've been meaning to update with pictures but haven't had time. Hopefully I can do so tomorrow.
1 of my types of pole beans is getting drowned and eaten alive. The other is nice and healthy. No beans yet though. Soy beans are plentiful. Snap peas are probably a bust this year. Cotton is ~4 feet tall. Bolls forming all over. Some flowers are still popping out every day. The stalks are getting really wide. So wide that I've had to stake both plants because they were falling over. Cucumbers are about 5 feet up the trellis. I'm surprised they're climbing so well. Peppers and tomatoes are doing well. Peppers are still short. I have lost all the dill I planted. Only 1 basil plant has survived. I am attempting carrots again. Last time they all died. I planted two very close rows this time. We shall see. |
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Got my first cucumber last week. Tasty cucumber. No picture because it was gone too quickly. It is still ~90 here most days. This weekend we hit 95ish and today is low 80's Rest of the week is ~90 so I think the colld will be late this year. I hope at least.
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I have a pest plaguing my cucumbers. It is burrowing into the cucumbers in perfect circular holes. I have harvested 3 unaffected cucumbers and thrown out probably 15 with holes.
Are there any pesticides that I can use on the cucumbers to get rid of the worms so they don't eat into the new fruit? |
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Looking great Sam. I just got my fall veggies in the ground yesterday.
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I'm jealous of y'all who are southern gardeners.
We are feeling serious fall on its way up here. I'm enjoying the flowers for as long as I can, and hoping I get another week or two. |
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Thanks! What did you plant? It'll be in the 70's this weekend and 80's all next week I picked 12 more cucumbers yesterday. Gave 4 away and pickled the rest. Cotton comes out tomorrow. I tried to get it to pop the bolls by taking all the leaves off and cutting it down. I had a little success. Should have done it a week or two earlier. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%201_zpsxvhcktf9.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%202_zpsinqmwx9a.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I'm jealous of y'all who are southern gardeners. We are feeling serious fall on its way up here. I'm enjoying the flowers for as long as I can, and hoping I get another week or two. I picked 12 more cucumbers yesterday. Gave 4 away and pickled the rest. Cotton comes out tomorrow. I tried to get it to pop the bolls by taking all the leaves off and cutting it down. I had a little success. Should have done it a week or two earlier. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%201_zpsxvhcktf9.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%202_zpsinqmwx9a.jpg "Pop the bolls" means getting those buds to open so you can get the cotton? Why does cutting off the leaves and pruning it make that happen? Does the cotton think it's dying so it tries to open and let the seeds out? ETA: Where'd you get your garlic, and what variety did you plant? |
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Quoted: "Pop the bolls" means getting those buds to open so you can get the cotton? Why does cutting off the leaves and pruning it make that happen? Does the cotton think it's dying so it tries to open and let the seeds out? ETA: Where'd you get your garlic, and what variety did you plant? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looking great Sam. I just got my fall veggies in the ground yesterday. Quoted: I'm jealous of y'all who are southern gardeners. We are feeling serious fall on its way up here. I'm enjoying the flowers for as long as I can, and hoping I get another week or two. I picked 12 more cucumbers yesterday. Gave 4 away and pickled the rest. Cotton comes out tomorrow. I tried to get it to pop the bolls by taking all the leaves off and cutting it down. I had a little success. Should have done it a week or two earlier. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%201_zpsxvhcktf9.jpg http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/photo%202_zpsinqmwx9a.jpg "Pop the bolls" means getting those buds to open so you can get the cotton? Why does cutting off the leaves and pruning it make that happen? Does the cotton think it's dying so it tries to open and let the seeds out? ETA: Where'd you get your garlic, and what variety did you plant? Trimming the plant to a stump was to hopefully stop the excessive growth. Last ditch effort of sorts. Softneck garlics are from southern exposure seed exchange. Italian, Lorz Italian, and Inchelium Red. Creoles are from Whistling Duck Farm. Creole Red and Pescadero. |
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collards, broccoli, cabbage and brussel's sprouts. might do some lettuce but i want to be sure we dont get late heat and cause a bolt.
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Yup, the flowers are getting ready to open. If you had waited another day or two, you would see little yellow flowers popping out. Still perfectly edible.
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Yup, the flowers are getting ready to open. If you had waited another day or two, you would see little yellow flowers popping out. Still perfectly edible. View Quote Yes. Perfect timing. Very interesting on the cotton. I hope you do that again next year. ETA: I would love your pepper jelly recipe. We don't really do that up here. AT least, we didn't when I was growing up, so I don't know how to do that well. My brother sends me pepper jellies from New Mexico and we love them. Wondering if I could do my own. |
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Quoted: Yes. Perfect timing. Very interesting on the cotton. I hope you do that again next year. ETA: I would love your pepper jelly recipe. We don't really do that up here. AT least, we didn't when I was growing up, so I don't know how to do that well. My brother sends me pepper jellies from New Mexico and we love them. Wondering if I could do my own. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Yup, the flowers are getting ready to open. If you had waited another day or two, you would see little yellow flowers popping out. Still perfectly edible. Yes. Perfect timing. Very interesting on the cotton. I hope you do that again next year. ETA: I would love your pepper jelly recipe. We don't really do that up here. AT least, we didn't when I was growing up, so I don't know how to do that well. My brother sends me pepper jellies from New Mexico and we love them. Wondering if I could do my own. I use the certo pepper jelly recipe. We take it to parties with crackers and cream cheese. Too much sugar to eat at home. Only modification I made was using 30 jalapenos in each batch instead of 3 different types of peppers. 15 of the jalapenos had veins and seeds removed, the others just had the tops lopped off. http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/certo-hot-pepper-jelly-51862.aspx Cotton will be back next year, but not in the garden. I am planning to fill the garden to the brim with veggies. |
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I ordered leeks from Dixondale the other night and will probably plant where the remaining broccoli is and the lettuce currently is.
I have only harvested 1 carrot since Thanksgiving. Broccoli has been coming in well with the first head being the best. I'll probably do more broccoli in the spring in the room not taken up by leeks. |
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Dude, can't believe you had tomatoes after thanksgiving ... Awesome
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I planted the leeks today. Each bundle was estimated to be 60 leeks. I ordered 2 bundles and got 64. Oh well. I planted accordingly. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1168_zpslteinu1q.jpg Here is the garlic and carrots. Garlic will probably die back this week becasue it is going to be mid 20s at night. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1169_zpsjsmjylgg.jpg And every now and then I'll go outside and pull up a carrot, wash it and eat it. Sooooo good. Wife has asked for a dedicated fall carrot bed if I expand the garden. She wants a carrot every day. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1170_zpsnun0cq6o.jpg View Quote I wanna move south. We are in the dead of winter. Of course....I wouldn't know what to do with a hurricane and would likely panic. ETA: I am not prone to panic, but a hurricane might do it. |
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Quoted: Your new facebook header as CARROT MAN Faster than a speeding carrot... http://www.fototime.com/0AFA4C4B3ADE079/standard.jpg View Quote |
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Whelp, the swiss chard got battered by the frozen nights and I don't think I want to do greens in the spring where it currently is. I am thinking about planting some more leeks to finish out the leek/chard bed and stock my freezer and my folks' freezer for the year. Monday would have been the perfect day to do this because its been raining since then
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Stressful day at work. Stressful evening at home. So I went to the garden with a cigar and onion sets and planted in the dark. I planted 18 Texas super sweet, 12 red creole and 12 candy. Texas in the three rows nearest the garlic, then 2 rows of candy and 2 rows of creole. I did an 8 inch grid for spacing. Pics will come in the next few days.
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Photo time!!! First up are the leeks. They're planted pretty close to the bottom of the bed. I think there is 76 total. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1288_zpsmgv1i5cx.jpg~original Garlic in the front, onions in the back. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1289_zpsw5pj0hx7.jpg~original If you look close in this picture, the two rows on onions on the right look more red (Creole) and the three on left look huge (Texas). Spacing is an 8x8 grid. No trenches or fertilizer because of my soil numbers on page 2. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1291_zpstpurmas0.jpg~original Here is a close up of what the garlic looks like. The freeze has been getting to it, thankfully. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1292_zpsmmxflxy3.jpg~original I noticed some of the garlic is standing and some is folded over. The garlic on the right actually receives the least amount of sun because it is shaded by the privacy fence for part of the morning. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1290_zpsz6p10i0h.jpg~original View Quote Your lettering on the pretty tags makes a lovely garden even in the winter. ETA: When you harvest your garlic, if you have time, will you do a side by side comparison of the varieties? I haven't grown garlic--my dad grew it when I was a little girl, but he grew whatever was in the bin at the feed store, then saved some bulbs for the next year. I'm interested in learning. That takes time of course, so if you can't, no worries. |
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Quoted: Your lettering on the pretty tags makes a lovely garden even in the winter. ETA: When you harvest your garlic, if you have time, will you do a side by side comparison of the varieties? I haven't grown garlic--my dad grew it when I was a little girl, but he grew whatever was in the bin at the feed store, then saved some bulbs for the next year. I'm interested in learning. That takes time of course, so if you can't, no worries. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Photo time!!! First up are the leeks. They're planted pretty close to the bottom of the bed. I think there is 76 total. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1288_zpsmgv1i5cx.jpg~original Garlic in the front, onions in the back. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1289_zpsw5pj0hx7.jpg~original If you look close in this picture, the two rows on onions on the right look more red (Creole) and the three on left look huge (Texas). Spacing is an 8x8 grid. No trenches or fertilizer because of my soil numbers on page 2. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1291_zpstpurmas0.jpg~original Here is a close up of what the garlic looks like. The freeze has been getting to it, thankfully. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1292_zpsmmxflxy3.jpg~original I noticed some of the garlic is standing and some is folded over. The garlic on the right actually receives the least amount of sun because it is shaded by the privacy fence for part of the morning. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1290_zpsz6p10i0h.jpg~original Your lettering on the pretty tags makes a lovely garden even in the winter. ETA: When you harvest your garlic, if you have time, will you do a side by side comparison of the varieties? I haven't grown garlic--my dad grew it when I was a little girl, but he grew whatever was in the bin at the feed store, then saved some bulbs for the next year. I'm interested in learning. That takes time of course, so if you can't, no worries. Pictures are no problem. They'd probably end up here anyways without asking. I'm (not so) secretly using this thread as a garden diary so I can keep track of planting times and such while showing everyone what not to do In a perfect world I would be able to save all my garlic out in the open. But my world is far from perfect. I am testing a head right now and it has kept a little over a month with no soft spots. But, in the summer my house is 10 degrees warmer. I'm afraid I'll have to freeze what I want to store long term and might be SOL for a self-sustained planting stock. |
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Never thought I would be making a post about the three trellises being blown over. A bad line of storms came across the southeast in the past 48 hours. This morning when I was getting my daughter to daycare I noticed all three trellises were down. All three were tipped over. Two were tipped onto the fence. Those winds must have been perfect because each trellis had a wide base but nothing else was damaged. If you look at the last set of pictures I posted, the last picture has the two that tipped over the fence in the background. http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1308_zpswb3rlr0b.jpg~original http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll23/samiamgarden/IMG_1309_zpsbeii2yrt.jpg~original View Quote So are they hinged at the top and were just sitting on top of the beds? If so, they'd have blown down first thing if I did that up here. We have to anchor everything. |
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