2011 Veggies

4tatude

4tatude

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i wouldent say this in most instances but i love suprises in the garden as in finding volunteer plants or the unexpected find of a favorite you thought was gone. i grow my stuff from seed n sometimes i miss place hehehe. i do a big seed exchange in the fall with other gardeners from all over the world so its a great christmas present for me. it gives me great satisfaction to recieve gifts from others that were grown with love n the expectation that the seeds will produce something special thats not readily available to everyone.
 
CarbonX

CarbonX

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I would have to agree. I love to trade seeds of different kinds of plants because...

1 - Seeds take up less space so you can trade more then if you trade seeds for plants or plants for plants.
2 - It makes it easier to control the bugs because once you get a plant that has bugs from someone its a pain to get rid of them.
3 - You can start as many of the seeds that you want.


I was doing some research and lettuce can produce around 200 to 1200 lbs of seeds per acre
 
DST

DST

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I'll third that, seeds are the bizz. From one pumpkin bought from the store we can plant for many years to come our own! As well as tomatoes and much more. I've just collected more basil seeds that I am going to be planting. I've also got some leek seeds and some brocolli seeds drying in some envelopes.
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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this year i will be collecting seeds fromalmost every plant i have besides onions and radish, all the others im gonna let them seed
 
4tatude

4tatude

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most every pot contains a little something to peak your intrest. gardening is also outdoor pots n such too. i love the peace n calm that envelopes me when i am fooling with plants. this is a few of many on my front patio. its a southern exposure with a privacy wall that allows a microclimate that allows growing many different plants with different sun/heat requirements. listen to your plants, they will tell you when they are happy or not. if they arent move them to another place. happy gardening everyone!!

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DST

DST

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The wife and I eat a whole load of avacado's (they are seemingly very good for women to eat)! Last year she managed to get one to root and planted it and we now have a 3 foot high avacado tree, that will hopefully bear fruit in around 10 years or so. Anyway, ever since we have been trying to get another one to go (there are two types of avacados, one that opens the female flower in the morning and closes in the late morning and then a male flower opens the next day in the afternoon, and another type that opens the female flower in the afternoon, closing later in the afternoon, and then opening the male flower the following morning!!! IF we ever get to that stage.

Anyway, we have been trying to get other seeds to germinate without success. We bought some organic avacados the other day and one of them has germinated!!! And looks like we may have some others. I told my wife just to leave the jars out of the sun as that probably wasn't helping them (she had them directly in the window). So here's the one with the biggest tap root started.


Have a nice one,

DST
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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nice avocados man, we used to have like a 4 foot avocado house plant but we tossed it years ago for some reason. iv been wanting another one, maybe soon ill get a few seeds and try to germ one.
 
mcpurple

mcpurple

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just grow one indoors. like said above we had a avocado plant about 4 ft tall grown indoors in front of a window and in summer we put it outside on the porch. i dont recall it ever producing but it is still a nice plant
 
DST

DST

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Well we certainly don't have the climate here for avocados, lol. But like McP said, I got a reasonably sized one at my window and she/he is super happy at the moment. I reckon they will do well in most warm climates prodiving you take them inside in the winter months. Even better if you have a green house I guess. Germination takes about 6-8 weeks we founf out. Previously we were being a tad impatient, but I think other factors also hindered the germination process.

Looks like our potatoes are starting to produce what look like flowers. First time with growing spuds so quite exciting!!!!
 
4tatude

4tatude

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DST said:
Well we certainly don't have the climate here for avocados, lol. But like McP said, I got a reasonably sized one at my window and she/he is super happy at the moment. I reckon they will do well in most warm climates prodiving you take them inside in the winter months. Even better if you have a green house I guess. Germination takes about 6-8 weeks we founf out. Previously we were being a tad impatient, but I think other factors also hindered the germination process.

Looks like our potatoes are starting to produce what look like flowers. First time with growing spuds so quite exciting!!!!
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DST
spuds are fun, now that they are blooming it means you got taters lol. after bloom there will be smaller (new) potatoes that you can sneek from under the pile.be sure n cover all back after digging. i let my potatoe plant virtually die n get ratty before final digging. i just dug my final the past week
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mellokitty

mellokitty

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thanks for the kind words.
i know i've bee bitching and moaning about the weather, but it's been so bad my veggies would still all fit in the "sprout" category! *mad*

whodatnation said:
Those look really cool mellokitty :-) makes me wanna get my island on lol
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lmao!!
come get your island on in the flower garden, if you like!

https://www.rollitup.org/gardening/420733-kittys-garden-2011-a-7.html#post5878617

(if you happen to catch the list at the beginning, the things that ended up in the garden are a *bit different (esp. a lot of the flowers) but i had a few varieties of seeds not come up altogether.... i'll get around to a revised list sooner or later.)
 
DST

DST

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cool, so I was checking things out and I read that you pull when the flowers are gone, but I guess you just let the whole plant get really messy and on it's last legs before pulling them?

Can't wait to eat home grown spuds.

4tatude said:
DST
spuds are fun, now that they are blooming it means you got taters lol. after bloom there will be smaller (new) potatoes that you can sneek from under the pile.be sure n cover all back after digging. i let my potatoe plant virtually die n get ratty before final digging. i just dug my final the past week
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mcpurple

mcpurple

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mellokitty said:
some flowers for your enjoyment....



black calla lily



grandiflora rose "love":

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flowers are always welcome, and i used to eat rose petals when i was a kid, they didn't taste to bad with butter, i dont know if they are good for you or not but my sister said it was and they didnt taste to bad. i dont eat them any more though.



all right well i found the video on my cpu today, i guess i did upload it right just lost it. now this video is like a week or 2 old now and every thing has really grown much more its crazy, i will try to get a new video soon.

today i got 2 taxi or cherry tomato plants from work, they werent labeled right and were gonna get tossed so i took a few, i also got a small egg plant start to plant, just planted a few cantaloupe today as well. each zuchini and squash already has 4-5 fruits on them, i think i might pull them in a month or so and replant something new. i got a pic of my dollar princess plant, the flower is so cool looking and as of today it is my favorite flower, followed by the hoya.

i also planted a few potatoes in a 7 gallon pot and they already got leafs and they are growing quick, this is just a small test run as it is my 1st time, but i think i should get at least 15 pounds from them.

i also picked up some bokashi from the store the other day to add to the tea, i dont see all the hype of it though as it is pretty much the same shit as any other micro organisms for sale but it was cheaper so im gonna test it out.
im getting a soil tester kit to see what my nute levels are in the soil and tea, if my tea is strong i plan on selling it by the gallon for 3-5 bucks a gallon. i see it for sale all the time for 25 for a gallon, so i figure my price should be fine. plus it is pretty much free to make.

any way here some pics and a video, it is kinda long and some times i repeat myself cuz i was baked.:-P:-P


ok well for some reason i have the video but cant do any thing with it besides watch it, i will get it posted tonight though.
god i fucking hate CPU"S
 
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