Gardening Questions & Answers

[Kordax]

I can get you some online papers, I will send you the links by PM.

And in turn I will gladly give you some beautiful online tomato plants....

[tnponder]

I am saving mine for you, Kordax.

Wk - I pruned a lot of the closer blueberry bushes and with all the rain we have had so far, hopefully we will get some larger and fatter berries this year.

[Warkitty]

I will plan on picking your hillside this spring!! I was thinking about that not too long ago, how I was hoping to get more of those blueberries from up your way.

[Tookie]

I thought orchids needed lots of humidity and care. but that's just from reading Nero Wolfe novels, so what do I know?

And he had Theodore to help, too.


Kordax, I'll save my papers for you. Just let me know when you want them.

[LimitedRecourse]

Kordax,

There are quite a few long, straight "trees" that have been cleared from the back of the Center for Creative Arts High School that are just sitting in a big pile on the parking lot toward the back of the school. They would make perfect tomato stakes. I'm sure that if you contacted the principal, she would be happy to have you remove as many as you wanted.

[tnponder]

Maybe a few more forumites would like to join us. At my age I am pretty much done with rushing time, but I am ready for summer and the wonderful bounty it brings. Not to mention relaxing in the pool.

[Kordax]

800 potential tomato plants are now officially potentially germinating .....

_{(with more seeds on their way)}

[LimitedRecourse]

Were you able to get any of those "stakes" at CCH?

[Kordax]

Were you able to get any of those "stakes" at CCH?

Missed 'em.

I'm planning to use many more metal stakes this year with smaller wooden stakes in between the metal ones & binder's twine running parallel to the ground at higher & higher levels. I'll trellis more plants this way & hope it's more efficient ....

[Babs]

Maarvel and I have decided to put in a raised bed for the tomatos. May we have a few? Let us know when you need the papers. They're not in the way. Whenever!

[LimitedRecourse]

If you have any tender vegetation, tonight (TUESDAY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY MORNING) is the night to cover it...protect it from the frost.

[LimitedRecourse]

As far as I can tell, no damage to any vegetation on the estate.

[Kordax]

90%+ of my tomatoes have wilted & died -- sorry, but I'm buying plants this year ....

[LimitedRecourse]

How very sad!

[Deleted]

My squash and onions continue to do well at work. I look forward to seeing banana peppers and bell peppers make their appearance soon.

[LimitedRecourse]

The estate garden has been planted: carrots, radishes, scallions, broccoli, okra, pumpkins, canteloupe, cucumbers, peppers & tomatoes. Also planted thyme, sweet basil, dill & cilantro in the herb garden.

[goomba]

what is the latest that you can till & plant?

Dallas is wanting to do a garden in the back yard. and Im waiting for the borrowed tiller to arrive....

[Deleted]

It varies with what you plant. Seed packets have little "calendar maps" on them. Take a look at the things that you want to grow.

[xterragirl]

We are doing a small container garden because our soil is full of rocks. We've planted a couple of heirloom tomato plants, some pickling cucumbers and grape tomato plants.

[LimitedRecourse]

Seeds are sprouting...another couple of days and a first thinning will be in order. LOVE all this rain!

[wheels]

what kind of potting mix do you guys recommend for veggies in containers?

[doughlady]

We've already harvested cabbages and broccoli. Peas should be ready to harvest by Tuesday or Wednesday.

[doodle]

doughlady
do peas grow up as green beans? sorry, never have grown either still in the baby stage with my beans and peas.

[LimitedRecourse]

doodle - peas and green beans are two different vegetables. However, the peas WILL be in pods that look like very fat & wide green beans. Don't pick the pea pods until the peas are large enough to eat (unless you are going to use the pods in soup or stew). Green beans will generally be longer and much thinner than pea pods.

[doodle]

Sorry, let me clarify. Do peas need the support as green beans, ie poles and string. I have them both in the ground as such yet someone told me that peas do not grow the same as green beans. Thanks for the fast reply !
Loved the late rain last night !!

[LimitedRecourse]

The supports are not always necessary for peas, but they can't hurt.

[doodle]

Thanks...I'll let you know how it works out

[luvtoclimb]

Question to the gardeners out there, is it hickory or black walnut that ginsing likes.

Trying to find a location to move some roots to.

[Justin Thyme]

From www.ncgoldenseal.com/info/faq.html:

Ginseng growing around trees:
Q-- I am contacting you on behalf of my father, who is 86 and still gathering plants out of the woods! My Dad says "sang" likes Oaks, Hickory, and Chestnut trees. We planted some in my small patch of Maples and it didn't come up. He said it does not like Elms either. Is this correct?
A-- Although your Dad may think ginseng likes "nutty" trees, i.e. Oak, Hickory and Chestnut, a Pennsylvania State study shows ginseng growing under the following trees: #1 Poplar, #2 Beech, #3 Maple, #4 Dogwood and #5 Oak.

[mikeydokey]

I am so glad this thread is no longer on a "gun toting, gunslinging, gun shooting thread". Could one of you Sherlock Holmes, Norman Einstein, moderators's tell me why "Gardening Questions & Answers" thread was ever put on the "gun toting, gunslinging, gun shooting thread" to begin with??