landrace
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It's a good feeling for sure. 50% was about the success rate I had with my old potatoes last year.
let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25
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Homegrowngoodnes
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Im a virgin when it comes to growin taters
skychaser
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Those sure look like taters to me! I had a bunch of way over sprouted potatoes once that were as soft as a marsh mellows. Most of the sprouts were a foot long and got broken off trying to move them. I dug a quick trench, tossed them in and covered them up. I told my wife I was either planting them or giving them a decent Christian burial. Time would tell which, They all grew into nice plants and produced a lot of potatoes.
Homegrowngoodnes
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I figired at the least i was putting more organic matter into the soil! I'm thrilled some are actually growing.
Oldfella
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Have a little scratch under one. Go gently, you won't hurt it. Then you will know for sure what you've got.
Oldfella
Finally! That dastardly, rogue crocus is no longer competing with my garlic.
Bob
Homegrowngoodnes
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Took a peek at the taters and there are smaller sprouts coming out between some of the more prominent sprouts i took photos of. It seems like all the taters i buried in that trench are coming up! I havent watered nor fertilized, just dug a trench about 1 shovel deep and set the taters in eyes up and covered back with dirt. I feel blessed. God is good.
MadFarmer
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The Speckled Romans we're looking peaked, and root bound so they went out. Everyone else has to wait until next week, after a forecast cold spell and storms. 
"Investors like to see what return their investments can make, and we – as gardeners – should also. You might be pleasantly surprised to learn the National Gardening Association estimates that every $1.00 you invest in your garden grows an average of $8.00 worth of food.
A $70 garden investment could grow about $600 worth of fresh vegetables for you - try getting that return on any other investment! And you can do it year after year."
[Stephen Scott of Terroir Seeds.]
Oriental eggplant at 1 month after starting. This is from last year's seed.
Bob
A $70 garden investment could grow about $600 worth of fresh vegetables for you - try getting that return on any other investment! And you can do it year after year."
[Stephen Scott of Terroir Seeds.]
Oriental eggplant at 1 month after starting. This is from last year's seed.
Bob
O Solanaceae sta nfronte a te!
My eggplant (previous post), as well as my tobacco and tomatoes were all started about the same time. All are in the Solanaceae family. The tomatoes have the largest seeds; tobacco the smallest.
Bob
My eggplant (previous post), as well as my tobacco and tomatoes were all started about the same time. All are in the Solanaceae family. The tomatoes have the largest seeds; tobacco the smallest.
Bob
ahh. i thought it was like a license for hunting season where they say its for both years, but they end half way through the second year and make you buy a new one.
but back on topic of veggies. i had a dumb idea in my head i wanna try this year.
you know how tomatoes can put out roots anywhere on the stem. so i was wondering what happens if i do this with a single stemmed indeterminate tomato
but back on topic of veggies. i had a dumb idea in my head i wanna try this year.
you know how tomatoes can put out roots anywhere on the stem. so i was wondering what happens if i do this with a single stemmed indeterminate tomato
Oldfella
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Might work. I know that you can graft them easily enough. Usually you graft a vigorous root stock to low producing variety. I've tried it on Beaf Stock Tomatoes some years ago and it was very successful.
Oldfella
smallwanderings
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sweet potato
cabbage and Hungarian blue poppy
tomatoes, peppers, marigold, feverfew, eggplant (the eggplant is not up yet)
Your plants are looking great. Are those "regular" green cabbages or a different color? I saw a recipe for German pot roast last night that called for red cabbage. Really different from what I'm used to but it looked awesome. I found it on the Certified Angus Beef test kitchen on youtube. Every beef recipe that I've tried there was out of this world. I made their original smash burgers using their homemeade sauce (I used tobasco) and it was the best hamburger I've ever eaten. It had just a little heat to it but not whoa hot. (I may have halved the recommended hot sauce for mine. I have acid reflux).
edit: sorry, I thought I was in a grow blog.
Red cabbage is red in cole slaw. Once you cook it, it turns green.
Bob
Bob
smallwanderings
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Red Express cabbage from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. www.rareseeds.com
GreenDragon
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If you cook red cabbage with some acid (vinegar) it will remain red. If your dish becomes too basic (used baking soda, etc) it will turn blue/green.
German Red Cabbage: 1 onion, 1 apple, 1 red cabbage, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup vinegar, S&P to taste. Simmer for one hour. Delicious! Great with sausages, knoedel, rouladen, etc.
German Red Cabbage: 1 onion, 1 apple, 1 red cabbage, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/3 cup vinegar, S&P to taste. Simmer for one hour. Delicious! Great with sausages, knoedel, rouladen, etc.
Do you know if "purple" string beans will also remain red in the presence of acidity?
Bob
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