Re: Starting seeds
[Re: pintail_drake04]
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02/01/23 09:46 AM
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It was -21 this morning and -28 forecast for Friday morning so gardening isn't even on my radar yet.
I have nothing clever to put here.
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Re: Starting seeds
[Re: pintail_drake04]
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02/01/23 11:03 AM
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A buddy of mine a couple miles from me planted 50 tomato plants outside 1 June last year. They froze on 3 June, mine were still in the house. I planted outside 15 June. No big rush for me. It sounds like 160 is getting the weather I had earlier in the week. It was only 9 below this morning and says 18 below for tonight.
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Re: Starting seeds
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02/01/23 11:03 AM
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That’s a nice greenhouse. Do you buy your seeds to start or get them from last years crop? Most of my plants come from my seeds we saved. I do buy some heirlooms occasionally to introduce new genetics into my stock. Gregh, The farmers almanac states bell peppers can be started today. We are Zone 6B. I normally start my tomatoes around Valentines day. I prefer a tall healthy plant to put in the ground around Easter or shortly after. Having a greenhouse has allowed me to start seeds earlier and baby them longer if the weather doesn't cooperate.
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Re: Starting seeds
[Re: pintail_drake04]
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02/01/23 12:07 PM
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Too soon to start warm season crops here. Early March is about right. We usually get our last frost may 18th, give or take. Wish I had a greenhouse like that
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Re: Starting seeds
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02/01/23 12:52 PM
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A buddy of mine a couple miles from me planted 50 tomato plants outside 1 June last year. They froze on 3 June, mine were still in the house. I planted outside 15 June. No big rush for me. It sounds like 160 is getting the weather I had earlier in the week. It was only 9 below this morning and says 18 below for tonight. Wow, we can be picking our first ripe tomatoes by June 1 down here if we start them early indoors and set them out in April.
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Re: Starting seeds
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02/01/23 03:09 PM
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A buddy of mine a couple miles from me planted 50 tomato plants outside 1 June last year. They froze on 3 June, mine were still in the house. I planted outside 15 June. No big rush for me. It sounds like 160 is getting the weather I had earlier in the week. It was only 9 below this morning and says 18 below for tonight. Wow, we can be picking our first ripe tomatoes by June 1 down here if we start them early indoors and set them out in April. We cannot plow in April...still frozen
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Re: Starting seeds
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02/01/23 09:48 PM
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My wife often says she wants to have a garden but when it comes down to it, she just wants the finished product but doesn't like to put in the work. One year she says she wants to have some tomato plants and she promises she will take care of them all summer.
I got them going good and then planted them in the garden the middle of May, 7 plants, they were doing really good. I was going on a bear hunt for a week, so I told her if the forecast calls for a frost, just put a 5-gallon pail over the plants at night.
I came home a week later to find buckets on all the plants and the plants all dead. She put the buckets on them the first night because of a frost forecast, and left them on the plants for the whole week.
She can kill houseplants lickety split too. LOL I was able to get 9 dozen peppers, What the heck do you do with 9 doz pepper plants? Are you selling them?
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Re: Starting seeds
[Re: yotetrapper30]
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02/02/23 08:28 AM
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Pintail since we’re about 85 miles apart what do you do about blight in tomatoes…Jon I prune my lower leaves heavily. I try to eliminate the areas where blight could set in. Plenty of air flow through the plants helps us a lot. I try to have 2' of clear tomato stem by June 1. We also use baking soda and asprin foliar spray to help combat blight. What the heck do you do with 9 doz pepper plants? Are you selling them? We chop & freeze 15-20 gallons of peppers annually, and use them throughout the year. We also use several 5 gallon buckets of peppers when canning our tomato sauces. I do sell excess produce from my farm too.
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