Is Chewbaca's miracle garden fake?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Is Chewbaca's miracle garden fake?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:08:43 AM EDT

The Whitehouse had a press conference on March 20 featuring Chewbaca planting a garden..........June 16 she is harvesting mature vegetables. I am no gardener.......is this possible, or did Obungo put on another show?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:09:17 AM EDT

[#1]

I wish my garden would grow as quick

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:11:02 AM EDT

[#2]

Some things you can get in 45 days. What was she harvesting?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:12:23 AM EDT

[#3]

Could it be that our founding fathers are spinning so fast in their grave that it's causing crops to grow faster?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:13:48 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
I wish my garden would grow as quick

If you had professional grounds keepers ferilizing and prepping your soil it woudl also grow as fast. Dont fool your slef in thinking only she tended that shit. I say it will grow that fast but it needs lots of attention or plants that are transplanted from a nursery partially mature.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:14:03 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Some things you can get in 45 days. What was she harvesting?

Looks like peas and lettuce

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:14:07 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Could it be that our founding fathers are spinning so fast in their grave that it's causing crops to grow faster?

Unlikely.

If I were up there (as opposed to Texas) and used a)row covers, b)decent mulches, c)varieties for early production with a lot of cold tolerance, I could have a lot of harvestable veggies in a two month period. Most people don't have a four season garden. The issue in Texas is that mid-summer kills it all.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:14:31 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Some things you can get in 45 days. What was she harvesting?

Looks like peas and lettuce

Absolutely. That's 45-60 days for normal stuff.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:15:36 AM EDT

[#8]

I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:15:43 AM EDT

[#9]

Unpossible.

Collard Greens typically take 60-75 days to maturity

Watermelons are typically 80-100 days

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:17:46 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Unpossible.

Collard Greens typically take 60-75 days to maturity

Watermelons are typically 80-100 days

Threadkiller.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:18:17 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
Unpossible.
Collard Greens typically take 60-75 days to maturity
Watermelons are typically 80-100 days

Damn....

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:18:58 AM EDT

[#12]

Doubtful, but possible

Frost date in Washington is late April early May, so unless she was harvesting from frost hardy plants or wickedly quick growin veggies (squash) most wouldn't be ripe yet.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:19:15 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Unpossible.
Collard Greens typically take 60-75 days to maturity
Watermelons are typically 80-100 days

Aha –– I challenge your asinine comment with this watermelon variety (for Idaho) that grows in 70 days and that I started in January and got edible melons in late March Blacktail Mountain and I feel no particular need to cite the dozens and dozens of Chinese mustard greens that you can get in 45-60 days or less down to 45 degrees, another Texas winter favorite.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:20:06 AM EDT

[#14]

March 20 to June 16 –– that is almost 90 days. Plenty of time for things to grow and mature.

Earlier this week I had my first 'harvest' of beans from my container garden, planted April 18th I believe.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:20:10 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Doubtful, but possible

Frost date in Washington is late April early May, so unless she was harvesting from frost hardy plants or wickedly quick growin veggies (squash) most wouldn't be ripe yet.

Row covers, slightly raised beds, and mulch make a world of difference, and so does starting plants in a cold frame.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:21:57 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Hopefully the gardening makes her less angry. That certainly works for me.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:22:23 AM EDT

[#17]

FWIW, here in Northern VA we've had an assload of rain over May and June-it looks like our tomatoes have grown a foot over the last two weeks.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:24:09 AM EDT

[#18]

The original planting photo shoot was a tad rigged, it was pretty obvious that the sod had been removed and then covered by clippings for MO and the kids to rake out of the way. Those are $800-$1,000 boots, BTW.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:24:19 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Hopefully the gardening makes her less angry. That certainly works for me.

D'ya think SHE is spending a lot of time out there?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:24:41 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Unpossible.
Collard Greens typically take 60-75 days to maturity
Watermelons are typically 80-100 days

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:25:49 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Hopefully the gardening makes her less angry. That certainly works for me.

D'ya think SHE is spending a lot of time out there?

No idea. It really depends on whether or not you like gardening. I do. It relaxes me.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:27:04 AM EDT

[#22]

They HAVE to be planting mature plants via transplant.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:28:23 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
They HAVE to be planting mature plants via transplant.

In that climate I would probably start on a heat mat, transfer to a cold frame for a few weeks, and then put in under mulch and a row cover. You can shave a month or more off that way.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:29:00 AM EDT

[#24]

Anything's possible. Just look how much our Federal deficit has grown in that time.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:30:16 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Hopefully the gardening makes her less angry. That certainly works for me.

D'ya think SHE is spending a lot of time out there?

No idea. It really depends on whether or not you like gardening. I do. It relaxes me.

Of course I can't know for sure......but, I 'd bet, based on the way she is dressed and the way she is holding that rake, that this is a staged photo-op and she doesn't have ANY experience gardening. A gardening devotee wouldn't be seen looking like such a nube........I would guess.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:30:53 AM EDT

[#26]

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:32:08 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I couldn't read the entire article....the taste of vomit in my mouth was too strong.

Hopefully the gardening makes her less angry. That certainly works for me.

D'ya think SHE is spending a lot of time out there?

No idea. It really depends on whether or not you like gardening. I do. It relaxes me.

Of course I can't know for sure......but, I 'd bet, based on the way she is dressed and the way she is holding that rake, that this is a staged photo-op and she doesn't have ANY experience gardening. A gardening devotee wouldn't be seen looking like such a nube........I would guess.

You may be right. I would hope that she would find an outlet other than brutalizing the Secret Service, which I have a bad feeling is where a lot of the aggression goes.

Gardening is fun, and I enjoy it.

If you have the space, you should try it too.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:34:24 AM EDT

[#28]

Shhhhh.....

Hydroponics

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:34:34 AM EDT

[#29]

This thread is not a what I thought it was about.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:35:29 AM EDT

[#30]

Harvest time at Michelle Obama's Garden

White House associate chef Sam Kass said the garden has produced lettuce, snap peas, beans, kale, collard greens, and chard.

Before today’s harvest, White House chefs had already taken 90 pounds of produce from the garden, including broccoli and green beans and one beautiful eggplant, chef Kass said. Herbs have been harvested every night and are not included in the 90 pounds.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:35:36 AM EDT

[#31]

Only on ARFCOM can I read a thread referring to Chewbacca's garden and know immediately the OP is referring to the FLOTUS

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:36:07 AM EDT

[#32]

No wonder he wants to limit visitor list info.Mexi's sneaking in overnight to overplant a garden with mature plants would not look good.She is more full of shit than he is and that takes something.

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:37:38 AM EDT

[#33]

Why didn't we hear how Laura Bush's garden did? Why is the media feeding us this nonsense?

Posted: 6/17/2009 10:38:18 AM EDT

[#34]

Too many quotes of the COC violation to edit out. Stay classy, ARFCOM.

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