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INTENSIVE of French Intensive...
Published (2009-11-08 18:49:00)
I am not an expert about the subject and this is the first time taht I have heard FI. But I do certain things that way. For example, I plant radishes and lettuce where will be my tomatoes bed. I thins them and plant tomatoes. By the tim tomato plants shade the patch, radishe and lettuce are gone. Same principle can apply to basil patch. Plants bunching onios between then. I also let some weeds similar to clovers to grow around the plants. The...
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Record Keeping
Published (2009-11-04 16:34:00)
I got an outdoor thermometer from wal-mart that stores the day's min/max for $7. It's got suction cups to stick to your window. There is another one in my greenhouse and I've noticed that the GH thermometer reads a couple degrees lower at night than the window one when the GH door is open, so I think the temperature of the window causes it to read a little warm at night.
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Mom's 2009 garden pics
Published (2009-11-08 15:33:00)
Your URL gives an error message for me. Why not just post your photos here so all can see them? Dave
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Soil tests and $
Published (2009-11-08 18:17:00)
Well there are tricky things that can foil some people depending on how you use your soil. Cabbage, for instance, loves boron. If you follow a boron-heavy feeder with a crop like beans or corn without monitoring your boron you could end up with some very sad beans and corn. pH can limit a plant's uptake of nutrients no matter how much is available and correcting pH after trying to correct a problem by over-applying what's missing can...
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Record Keeping
Published (2009-11-08 18:04:00)
Lots of ideas here, guess i'll borrow a few and see what sticks. Thanks everyone!
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your choice as the best,...
Published (2009-11-08 21:38:00)
A HUGE thanks for all of the great suggestions. It looks like I will have plenty to read this winter thatnks to you kind suggestions!
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Impatient newbie on fall crops
Published (2009-11-06 10:33:00)
That is extremely high. Leaves are naturally slightly acidic alth0 the pH varies greatly with the type of leaves. According to The U of Illinois, composting elevates the pH toward neutral. Bear in mind that municipal compost can contain all sorts of things ranging from grass clippings to sewage sludge. To get a pH over 8 would seem to indicate that that they are augmenting with a pretty basic (high pH) material. Even ground limestone only goes...
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Soil tests and $
Published (2009-11-08 20:30:00)
Thanks all. Maybe I'll try the HD tester thing next payday. I just thought about it and each raised bed was filled from different loads of soil, so they might be all different! I'll just keep doing what I'm doing for now. NT
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Preparing beds vs. fall harvest
Published (2009-11-08 19:01:00)
I think I agree with y'all. I've cleaned up about a third of the beds, which were growing warm-weather plants. The rest are giving me a salad a day and plenty to give away. Those beds can stay as they are until spring.
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Latest active threads on Vegetable Gardening::
Started 1 day, 5 hours ago (2009-11-09 07:56:00)
by marlingardener
Dana, We are in Central Texas so here's some answers/opinions from a fellow Texas gardener. You are in the USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) zone 7a. Do a search on USDA and you'll find a map and explanation of normal high and low temperatures. Yes, do get your soil tested before you start to dig. Your local Agrilife Extension Agent or the nearest USDA office can do that at a very reasonable...
Started 1 day, 20 hours ago (2009-11-08 17:16:00)
by wayne_5
Kerosene or diesel fuel will both make the pile take off. Still, I suggest that you try to burn the pile first without the fuel. With plenty of dry paper and plenty of small twigs for kindling, it should burn very well after it gets started. So the trick is to use enough kindling. A bit of kerosene that burns fully likely will not be very harmful....especially if used only on wood and not ...
Started 4 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-06 08:00:00)
by luke_oh
They are raised like any sweet pepper and I am only familiar with the sweet variety. Pimento cheese spread is where I used the ones that I grew. I'm sure that the receipe sites have other ideas. I was the only member of my family that liked them, so I no longer grow them.
Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2009-07-15 23:50:00)
by veggiefaery
I always figure that is part of gardening. Not everything is going to grow right, and bugs will always be a problem. The most frustrating thing I find about gardening is dealing with invasive species- namely the Japanese beetle at the moment. Who the heck released that pest. If it was meant as a science experiment, then why didn't the research a little bit better?! Despite the Japanese...
Started 1 day, 11 hours ago (2009-11-09 01:59:00)
by cyrus_gardner
Yes there is, rosecats. MULCH'M, MULCH'M,MULCH'M. Soil come from around the plant by the splashes of rain and watering. Good mulching can preven that. Use things like broken dried pine needle, oak leaves or straw. Mulching can also reduce weed growth and drying out. There could be other ways, possibly.
Started 2 days, 18 hours ago (2009-11-07 19:48:00)
by digdirt
Specialty focus books are one thing but in all honesty I don't think any general gardening book can match the info available on the web. ;) It would have to be the size of a set of encyclopedias! And even then it wouldn't be "comprehensive" as it would still be only one person's opinion. There is no one right way to garden. Instead you might want to explore some of the many agriculture ...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-08 09:54:00)
by digdirt
Don't know how much help this will be but DMOZ has a great research section on Intensive Gardening that you might want to explore. Also "French Intensive" does come up for discussion over on the Square Foot Gardening forum here since the two approaches share so many basic ideas. I linked one long discussion on it (basically it is a critical one) from earlier this year below. The Potager ...
Started 1 day, 17 hours ago (2009-11-08 20:48:00)
by yumamelon
Hello, The genetic change would show in the F1 generation. You refer to that generation above as the "second generation". I don't know much about Chayote, perhaps they are clonoly (sp?) propogated since you plant the whole fruit? Thanks Jonny
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Hot threads for last week on Vegetable Gardening::
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-01 16:48:00)
by wayne_5
The way I do it is to have those late crops in an area that doesn't need winterized. Perhaps that means having them planted together. I have already done earlier any additions that I want to stir in. I still have some leaves to fine mulch and add on top. Some I stir in and some I don't.
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-03 04:31:00)
by jekyll
I think that record-keeping is really valuable. Gardening makes you observe and experience your environment - the seasons, the weather etc, but if you write stuff down you will remember more and can learn more from it. Or that's my experience of it. I've been gardening for many years, but I'm learning so much more this way. I tried to keep notes in a notebook in the past, but I always forgot to...
Started 5 days, 21 hours ago (2009-11-04 16:08:00)
by digdirt
After 6 weeks you should be seeing much more growth on the leafy greens at least. If the peas and beans are doing ok but the rest isn't then it is a good indication of a nitrogen insufficiency since legumes pull theirs from the air. Another possibility is the pH may be way out of kilter so the nutrients in the soil aren't available to the plants. All depends on the quality of your compost...
Started 2 days, 16 hours ago (2009-11-07 21:15:00)
by archdiver
You're doing things OK ninjabut and I can relate to feeling stress from this economic downturn. It appears that more and more people are turning to simplifying their lives - by necessity, not choice. Due to this, vegetable gardening in the US is enjoying a Renaissance. I am however, somewhat dismayed over the cost of soil tests from your local co-op extension. Over here in southern New ...
Started 6 days ago (2009-11-04 13:08:00)
by fruitnut
Sort of looks like a Christmas cactus and it fits your sons description. The Fruitnut
Started 5 days, 16 hours ago (2009-11-04 21:31:00)
by rxkeith
i have dug brussels sprouts out from under 3 feet of snow in january up in the U.P. in michigan a couple times, so they can take a lot of cold. yours may not grow much bigger at this time of year. growth slows down as temps drop. they will still be tasty regardless of size keith
Started 2 days, 18 hours ago (2009-11-07 19:48:00)
by digdirt
Specialty focus books are one thing but in all honesty I don't think any general gardening book can match the info available on the web. ;) It would have to be the size of a set of encyclopedias! And even then it wouldn't be "comprehensive" as it would still be only one person's opinion. There is no one right way to garden. Instead you might want to explore some of the many agriculture ...
Started 2 days, 3 hours ago (2009-11-08 09:54:00)
by digdirt
Don't know how much help this will be but DMOZ has a great research section on Intensive Gardening that you might want to explore. Also "French Intensive" does come up for discussion over on the Square Foot Gardening forum here since the two approaches share so many basic ideas. I linked one long discussion on it (basically it is a critical one) from earlier this year below. The Potager ...
Started 1 day, 20 hours ago (2009-11-08 17:16:00)
by wayne_5
Kerosene or diesel fuel will both make the pile take off. Still, I suggest that you try to burn the pile first without the fuel. With plenty of dry paper and plenty of small twigs for kindling, it should burn very well after it gets started. So the trick is to use enough kindling. A bit of kerosene that burns fully likely will not be very harmful....especially if used only on wood and not ...
Started 4 days, 5 hours ago (2009-11-06 08:00:00)
by luke_oh
They are raised like any sweet pepper and I am only familiar with the sweet variety. Pimento cheese spread is where I used the ones that I grew. I'm sure that the receipe sites have other ideas. I was the only member of my family that liked them, so I no longer grow them.
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