The 2016 garden thread
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rlb
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@Matty I think it was around $7 total? Seeds are cheap, shipping was around $5. Ordered from http://www.paseseeds.com
@rottin' it all rotates around the average last frost date. Each plant is different but for broccoli you want to start the seeds indoors 12 weeks before last frost then move them outside ~ 5 weeks before last frost. This is the earliest veg, aside from tomatoes and peppers but those are way more successful when you buy seedlings from the nursery.
@rottin' it all rotates around the average last frost date. Each plant is different but for broccoli you want to start the seeds indoors 12 weeks before last frost then move them outside ~ 5 weeks before last frost. This is the earliest veg, aside from tomatoes and peppers but those are way more successful when you buy seedlings from the nursery.
qclabrat
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good job getting started, did you start broccoli this early last year?
glad you are having this thread again this year
Anyone interested in a tomato exchange this year? No one I know finishes a full pack of tomato seeds each year and usually goes to waste. Post up here what you're growing and willing to swap, I'd suggesting to starting 20 to 30 plants, 2 for each person.
I'll start, Black Crims
glad you are having this thread again this year
Anyone interested in a tomato exchange this year? No one I know finishes a full pack of tomato seeds each year and usually goes to waste. Post up here what you're growing and willing to swap, I'd suggesting to starting 20 to 30 plants, 2 for each person.
I'll start, Black Crims
I planted some Paw Paw and Persimmon seedlings in the fall. I'm interested to see if they survive the winter and how they fare this year.
rlb
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From spring plantings? That's pretty impressive!
@qclabrat I did start my broccoli this early last year but I never harvested any. Last year was a cool spring then the temperature & humidity popped all at once so my broccoli bolted right away. Hoping for better results this year!
I might be interested in a tomato swap next year but I think I'm going to stick with starters from the greenhouse this year. Hopefully someone else joins in!
On the list for this year - Thinking of picking up a 3' trees tho.
started apricots last year. got good results. pics in the spring!
qclabrat
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we used to get ours at the Rutgers AG field day every year. The event is usually in late April but I've lately been planting early to mid April so doesn't match my planting schedule for tomatoes
I don't have anywhere to plant stuff in my yard so i was thinking of getting some big planter barrel things... anybody have any tips on where I can get some cheap?
I'd like to grow tomatoes and zucchini and maybe some other vegetables...
I'd like to grow tomatoes and zucchini and maybe some other vegetables...
Wait how do you not have anywhere to grow. Don't you have over an acre of property. I mean I have seen city dwellers work gardens off balconies.
That's why I want to put stuff on my deck. Anything in my yard will get eaten by mountain lions.
rlb
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They're usually ~$20 a piece for larger plastic ones. You can also get food safe 5 gallon buckets from lowes for a few bucks a piece.
rick81721
Lothar
My garden was a complete fiasco last year - my issue is not enough sunlight. Only solution is to chainsaw all the trees in the back
