How Does Your Garden Grow??????
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Bareback
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I’ve been known scoop a few trees from the trash bin....... until I witnessed a couple get arrested for that very thing at Lowe’s. So if you decide to raid the trash.....be sure not to do it at Lowe’s lol.
injinji
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My wife's cousin has a nursery locally. I take her a mess of peas or squash and she hooks me up with pots. So far 3 gallon is as big as I've been able to get, but huge stacks of one gallons and smaller, plus lots of trays for seedlings.
Sadly since everyone in the family has got out of the cow business, no more of the big pots that the molasses based protein lick comes in. They are 30-35 gallon.
Sadly since everyone in the family has got out of the cow business, no more of the big pots that the molasses based protein lick comes in. They are 30-35 gallon.
MICHI-CAN
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Get permission. Hence my intentional acquaintance. Dumpster diving is discouraged due to liability for stupidness. I wouldn't accept it either. Know how clumsy I can be. But just ask a dept manager in garden dept. Never Know. Been given some live goodies en mass.
Bareback
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Hahaha...... dumpster or dumpstore.... one man’s trash is another man’s......hmmmm trash lol.
We live in a rural area where all the trash is placed in open top collection dumpster around the county. Getting in the dumpster is straight up frowned upon but items are left beside it a lot and will often be picked up with in minutes of being abandoned. I am not above grabbing to use in the garden or yard but would never bring an trash find into my home. However I did pick up a really nice piece of antique stain glass that I framed and gave as a Christmas gift.
Bareback
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I really like those big ones . I work a major 4 year university, an ag college ( once referred to as “ A cow college “ by our rival in football..... who’s playing for the championship tomorrow.... again) , anyway we have thousands of those trays being thrown away every year. I grab them by the arm loads.
MICHI-CAN
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I haven't, can't, seen inside a dumpster in a long time.
My point is that things are polluting our planet when they would gladly be given to any who asked. Your trash is just what someone else has been searching for. Repurpose or pass on to another of use to.
Organics and repeat.
Bareback
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I agree completely.
injinji
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I've got a few Jalapeno sprouts under glass in my subterranean greenhouse. Plus a few other peppers and what not. It's been crazy cold for NW Florida, so I run a light for a couple hours at midnight. You know, to break up the coldest part of the night.
ÒÒlegilizeitÒÒ
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Vegtables are starting to fill in finally, just starting growing indoor food about 2 months ago
NFT rail system for the lettuce and herbs, and dwc buckets for cherry tomato and cucumber
I also am going to get a jalapeno in dwc
And I bought these dragon breath seeds for the hell of it
NFT rail system for the lettuce and herbs, and dwc buckets for cherry tomato and cucumber
I also am going to get a jalapeno in dwc
And I bought these dragon breath seeds for the hell of it
injinji
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Nice setup.
farmerfischer
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Its been awhile,,, figured I'd say hi Larry.. How ya been my brother?
too larry
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What's going on? Since the world went sideways, I haven't been rollingitup much. I haven't worked for real since March. (and TL is restricted to my work laptop)
I've been trying to catch up on stuff at the farm with all the free time. In fact I've got so used to not working, that I'm not going back full time after the epidemic is over. I've told my bosses, so they have plenty of time to look for someone to replace me. But for now I'm coming in half a day a week just so they don't forget what I look like.
Bareback
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I’ve attempted to start the spring seeds......peppers .... cow horn, mammoth jalapeño, sweet long, Cajun bell........ tomatoes.....steak hybrid, some kinda cherry from baker. And 4 different onions. Squash and cucumbers are some to follow.
@xtsho have you started over purchasing seeds yet lol.
@xtsho have you started over purchasing seeds yet lol.
xtsho
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I haven't started anything yet but I've bought some of the basic seeds like beans and corn. Although the ones from last year I still have are probably good. They didn't have the Ed Hume seeds in last time I looked but that was a month ago but they're probably in at Fred Meyers now so I'll grab more than I can plant next time I go shopping. I'm going to wait a couple few weeks before I get my starts going inside except for maybe some lettuce to plant out in March. But I'm getting anxious.
Bareback
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For years I’ve tried to start onions from seeds and failed every time but this year looks promising. I got a pack of white creole onions ( Baker Seeds ) from a small hardware store late in the fall last year, he wanted the seeds gone to make room for other merchandise and he gave me his remaining stock. So I put some in a paper towel to try it a different way than I have in the past and bing go 100% germination rate. I don’t usually use the paper towel method for anything but I will have to reconsider it for the future. It also worked for germinating my tomatoes I placed 36 germinated seeds in my humidity dome last night and I’m pretty optimistic about the results.
xtsho
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Cool. Growing onions from seed opens up a whole bunch more varieties as starts are usually limited to just a few basic varieties. And thanks for reminding me that I need to get a tray started. I'm using Walla Walla and Red Torpedo seed I collected last summer. I had been planting and overwintering onions but it's hit or miss on getting them to grow without bolting. Some years it works out but others they end up mostly bolting like many of mine did last year. I think it has to do with the weather and how cold it gets during the winter. Cold spring temperatures seem to increase the bolt percentage and nothing is worse than watching your patch of onions start putting up flowers when the onions are the size of a golf ball.
I'll still get a pack of just plain yellow onion starts but I love those Walla Walla Sweets. Now I'm thinking about onion rings.
Bareback
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I have a tray of walla walla started , I wish I would have done the paper towel method on them as well and I’m probably going to pick up another pack just to see if I get better results. I really suck at the onion process, I just haven’t figured it out yet but I’m definitely making progress.Cool. Growing onions from seed opens up a whole bunch more varieties as starts are usually limited to just a few basic varieties. And thanks for reminding me that I need to get a tray started. I'm using Walla Walla and Red Torpedo seed I collected last summer. I had been planting and overwintering onions but it's hit or miss on getting them to grow without bolting. Some years it works out but others they end up mostly bolting like many of mine did last year. I think it has to do with the weather and how cold it gets during the winter. Cold spring temperatures seem to increase the bolt percentage and nothing is worse than watching your patch of onions start putting up flowers when the onions are the size of a golf ball.
I'll still get a pack of just plain yellow onion starts but I love those Walla Walla Sweets. Now I'm thinking about onion rings.