GreenDragon
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The wife was looking through her seed catalogs tonight (or as she calls them her plant porn), and I requested she add these to her list for this year’s garden.
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North Georgia Candy Roaster - Heirloom Squash Seeds | Johnny's Selected Seeds
Curious heirloom with fantastic flavor. This delicious oddity proves that looks aren't everything. Maintains its superior eating quality up to 5 months with ...
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One particularly interesting kabocha winter squash for which I've ordered seed is a mini variety that produces 18 to 20 tiny kabochas (½ to 1½ pounds) per plant. They should be easier for me to harvest and carry back to the house. For the N. Georgia Candy Roasters, I had to drive my car out to the garden bed, and load them into my trunk, to get them to the house. Like Candy Roaster, this one is also Cucurbita maxima, and should keep much longer than acorn squash, which is Curcurbita pepo (mostly summer squash).
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Winter Squash Seeds - Organic Varieties | Johnny's Selected Seeds
Not your average winter squash. We breed and select varieties for exceptional flavor, vigor, and uniformity. Heirloom squash seed options. 100% guaranteed.
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ChinaVoodoo
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I grew a kabocha. The wife really likes them. They were productive, but not crazy like a zucchini. None of them went bad. It's a good climber.
Here is an informative (long) article on how to trellis squash:
getbusygardening.com
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How To Trellis Squash For Growing Vertically - Get Busy Gardening
Trellising squash is a space saver! Learn all about growing squash vertically: the benefits, choosing supports, training the vines, and more.
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I ordered some seed from a source in Arizona. The parcel should arrive today. But the USPS presents this emoji on the tracking page.
What are they trying to say? Will the germination rate be poor? Will they be flavorless?
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What are they trying to say? Will the germination rate be poor? Will they be flavorless?
Bob
GreenDragon
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They are trying to instill a false sense of efficiency in you that you will actually get it within a month. They real path will be like this
I planted 10 peas today at the corner of my porch. Sugar Ann Snap Pea - Bush Type (from Terroir Seeds). I'll plant a few more at two week intervals until I have something better to do with my time.
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ChinaVoodoo
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"Nurse get your pad. The boy's insane." - Bob Dylan
"The most important thing to know about growing peas is that they cannot stand hot weather. If you live in a warm climate, fall and even winter planting can be fine. Some southern gardeners sow in fall and let the seeds lie dormant in winter so that they can sprout as early as possible in the spring in order to beat the heat. Remember peas can be planted in early spring and be one of your first crops producing."
From the seed vendor
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From the seed vendor
Bob
One additional point about the peas. I need about 9 to 12 plants to provide a steady supply during the growing season. The seed packet contains about 100 seeds. So I can pretty much cover the base (the standardized pea base) over a period of planting that can continue over 18 weeks, if I want. They always seem to take forever to start to produce, but then shrivel in the mid-summer heat. Maybe I can end up with a few additional weeks of fresh peas this season. Raw, baby sugar pod peas are fabulous in a salad.
It's not like something that requires a lot of work. I just poke a hole in the dirt, drop in a pea, then cover it. If the earlier seeding never comes up, or comes up and freezes to death, I won't lose any sleep over it.
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It's not like something that requires a lot of work. I just poke a hole in the dirt, drop in a pea, then cover it. If the earlier seeding never comes up, or comes up and freezes to death, I won't lose any sleep over it.
Bob
GreenDragon
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We have Kale and Celery. That’s about it right now.
MadFarmer
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Dragon, do you grow celery regularly? How does it do in Texas?
GreenDragon
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I’ve heard that it’s hard to grow in TX, but seems to do fine as a winter crop for me. I’ve planted the root end of celery from the grocery store and it grew just fine. Most of these in the pic are from starters I got at Lowe’s. My biggest problem has been keeping the lab from peeing on it. That it doesn’t like at all.
How much of a root end of celery are you talking about? Does it need full sun? How about watering?
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GreenDragon
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I left 1 1/2” of the root end from a bunch of celery from the store this past spring. I just shoved it in a shallow hole with the very tops of the cut ends showing at surface level. Watered 2X a week (sprinkler system timer). Seemed to do fine with neglect. Gets afternoon sun.
MadFarmer
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That's wild, I might try it out next winter. I got interested when I heard this podcast: http://www.sporkful.com/when-celery-was-more-special-than-caviar/
MadFarmer
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This may be (I keep incomplete notes at best) my first year starting tomatoes from saved seed. If you've never tried tomatoes from Wild Boar Farms you should. Fingers crossed these will be Brad's Atomic Grape tomatoes.
Grape is a bit misleading, BTW. They're more plum shaped than grape.
Grape is a bit misleading, BTW. They're more plum shaped than grape.
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Few chilli varieties and some tomato.
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