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[Jitterbugdude]

You need more Japanese Beetles so the grubs can eat the roots thus making it easier to pull up your plants.....

 

[Brown Thumb]

If you wait until the soil is moist, the stalks will pull out by the roots more easily--some of them.

Bob

The soil is moist ? Under the plastic.
I am going to pull them out with wratchet straps hooked to the loader bucket.

 

[Brown Thumb]

You need more Japanese Beetles so the grubs can eat the roots thus making it easier to pull up your plants.....

I will pass on that Idea. No Offense.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Well a Crock Pot Grow. I could not find a bucket.
Too many Flue Curing Fumes.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I just hug all my big tips on wire. I then rolled them up and put them in a black trash bag. I then put them into the lean to with the stalk hung where it is warmer to try to yellow them up faster. Before I try to sun dry them. Anyone try this in the past?

 

[Brown Thumb]

This might just work. 24 hrs later a lot more yellowing, 3 days tops I hope.
Bag was dripping wet turned it inside out let the leaf dry out for 15 min. And back in the bag.
First pic is before going into bag yesterday.
second is today.

 

[POGreen]

Lookin great BT .
Was actually thinkin about it this afternoon but you made it happen.
Will shoot a pic tomorrow of how I did.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Thanks PO, but It ain't all yellow yet. I am Interested in what you came up with. Amex did it in storage containers in his kiln last yr. I don't think there is any reason not to try to use the sun and natural humidity from the leaf to color leaf.
But then again I could be Wrong.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Freaking Miracle Gro Still haunts me.
I put the saved plant in the Crock Pot with potting soil left over from the disaster I had starting plants in.
It is dry in the pot. I went to water and found this mold. It is outside and the dirt is dry.
I stopped by a buddies house this weekend who grows Huge tomato plants 8 ft. Cages.
His plants looked super but his plot was smaller and I asked why.
Mold he said in the potting soil, he could not get rid of it also, The person he buys seed from says never to by Miracle Gro anything, nothing but mold problems starting seeds and plants in it
I felt Better.

 

[POGreen]

Just look away from that friggin soil BT , you're up to better things next year.
Couldn't one start them seeds in pure horsechit and top it with some sand ? ( no smell ? )

Myself used something called cowmanure in a sack ( more peatmoss + cowP ) last year and had 1 1/2 sack left when I was done , took it home to my app. an after a while I had 100's of flies in my home !
I killed them over and over but they kept coming back an I didn't know from where they came...... Finally I relased they came from that sack an took it out to my patch again
When one thinks of it , its pretty gross , but I survived that one to heading for 53 next year in April

 

[POGreen]

Thanks PO, but It ain't all yellow yet. I am Interested in what you came up with. Amex did it in storage containers in his kiln last yr. I don't think there is any reason not to try to use the sun and natural humidity from the leaf to color leaf.
But then again I could be Wrong.

Stalk hangin seems to be the easiest way to cure them leaves to me , hang'em plants up side down an wait for leaves to start yellowing , just pick'em when you're there
Them small BurleyPlants I had worked wonders on that hang of mine.

 

[Knucklehead]

DGBAMA uses some nice looking soil made by Baccto. (sp?) Available at local Farmer's Co-ops. I use the Miracle Gro Seed Starting Mix with no problems so far. I hope I don't have any, what you went through this year sucked the big one.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Stalk hangin seems to be the easiest way to cure them leaves to me , hang'em plants up side down an wait for leaves to start yellowing , just pick'em when you're there
Them small BurleyPlants I had worked wonders on that hang of mine.

It is easy and fast. I will stalk hang all my burley this year.
I have to pick around 600 leaves to fill the kiln and I always overpick and hang the rest.
If I can get these leftovers to yellow up in the bag quick and put them in the sun to finish that would be sweet.
I really hate pulling all the toys out of the garage and leave them outside in the weather to hang leaf. I have a long way to go harvesting leaf.

 

[Brown Thumb]

DGBAMA uses some nice looking soil made by Baccto. (sp?) Available at local Farmer's Co-ops. I use the Miracle Gro Seed Starting Mix with no problems so far. I hope I don't have any, what you went through this year sucked the big one.

I would not wish what I went thru on anyone.
The FlashBack I got when I saw that mold in the crockpot almost got me put in a straight jacket.
After talking to Carmen the tomato guy, from what he was told anything is better than scotts soils for starting plants.
I told him I always used the cheapest dirt I could find and fertilize it and he did until this yr also. Humn

 

[Knucklehead]

After talking to Carmen the tomato guy, from what he was told anything is better than scotts soils for starting plants.
I told him I always used the cheapest dirt I could find and fertilize it and he did until this yr also. Humn

Was it Scott's or Miracle Gro? Your earlier post said Miracle Gro. Or does Scott's make Miracle Gro?

 

[Brown Thumb]

Scotts makes miracle Gro products.

 

[Brown Thumb]

The Garbage bag seems to be working to color cure yellow.
1 to 2 days more on one wire and 2 to 3 days more on the other.
I will hang in the sun with a little green in them rather than push my luck and get rot in the bag.

 

[POGreen]

What a great view .

 

[DGBAMA]

Coloring nicely.

 

[Rickey60]

They look good