gardening - planing seeds for the fall
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on 7/28/11 10:25 pm, edited 7/28/11 10:27 pm
on 7/28/11 10:25 pm, edited 7/28/11 10:27 pm
Every year I become a slightly better gardener . Thank God I learn SOMETHING right ? This years lesson is in multi- cropping .
Ive always been good at getting a jump on the season with grow lights , my little unheated cheapie greenhouse ( really a see- through tent) , planting peas super early and waking my plants and worms up with compost and seaweed extract and fish emulsion... BUT
my efforts petered out in the summer heat and when I saw the sun begin to decline.
Sure i PLANNED to grow fall crops ... but by the time I got around to it ( in September ) it was pretty much too late
Well- LIGHTBULB moment
The right time to ACTUALLY plant them is whenever I have a bit of extra ROOM in the garden RIGHT NOW .
Like say .. my squash vine dies ... I can plant a cucumber or a fast growing squash in it place . Just drop in a seed or three .
My three color beans which have produced fpr a few months look peaked ... I can interplant them with MORE beans - I COULD dig them in but i dont think I will because theyre still productive ... or perhaps edamame which I'm dying to try a la Price . Again these are fast maturing crops .
Im thinking about even trying to run PEAS up the legs of my 8 foot tall Jerusalem artichoke plants
( anyone ever have success growing peas in the fall ? please send tips n tricks my way - what kind to use - large vines or bush - what variety - thanks )
Where I ( and the wold's largest Opossum ) have together
harvested my beet crop I can sow either more beet seeds or something else like kohlrabis or rutabagas or even some cool winter kales like red russian and dinosaur and maybe even cabbages to harvest over the winter ..
What do you all THINK ? Im getting the best squash harvest EVER thanks to the BT - my pattypan plants are STILL ALIVE
and productive after their vaccinations . - I even have the most amazing giant Australian blue pumpkin growing that collapsed my trellis lol ...
of course more lettuce , radishes , mesclun have already been replanted . Its time to take my baby leeks whic h I seeded in the spring and also stick em in DEEP in the beet beds individually so they can properly develop ... they will sustain us all winter ;)
What are YOU all doing ? The garden year doesnt have to end with tomatoes .. tomatoes and more tomatoes lol ( and a few eggplants n squash )
Ive always been good at getting a jump on the season with grow lights , my little unheated cheapie greenhouse ( really a see- through tent) , planting peas super early and waking my plants and worms up with compost and seaweed extract and fish emulsion... BUT
my efforts petered out in the summer heat and when I saw the sun begin to decline.
Sure i PLANNED to grow fall crops ... but by the time I got around to it ( in September ) it was pretty much too late
Well- LIGHTBULB moment
The right time to ACTUALLY plant them is whenever I have a bit of extra ROOM in the garden RIGHT NOW . Like say .. my squash vine dies ... I can plant a cucumber or a fast growing squash in it place . Just drop in a seed or three .
My three color beans which have produced fpr a few months look peaked ... I can interplant them with MORE beans - I COULD dig them in but i dont think I will because theyre still productive ... or perhaps edamame which I'm dying to try a la Price . Again these are fast maturing crops .
Im thinking about even trying to run PEAS up the legs of my 8 foot tall Jerusalem artichoke plants
( anyone ever have success growing peas in the fall ? please send tips n tricks my way - what kind to use - large vines or bush - what variety - thanks ) Where I ( and the wold's largest Opossum ) have together
harvested my beet crop I can sow either more beet seeds or something else like kohlrabis or rutabagas or even some cool winter kales like red russian and dinosaur and maybe even cabbages to harvest over the winter .. What do you all THINK ? Im getting the best squash harvest EVER thanks to the BT - my pattypan plants are STILL ALIVE
and productive after their vaccinations . - I even have the most amazing giant Australian blue pumpkin growing that collapsed my trellis lol ... of course more lettuce , radishes , mesclun have already been replanted . Its time to take my baby leeks whic h I seeded in the spring and also stick em in DEEP in the beet beds individually so they can properly develop ... they will sustain us all winter ;)
What are YOU all doing ? The garden year doesnt have to end with tomatoes .. tomatoes and more tomatoes lol ( and a few eggplants n squash )
(deactivated member)
on 7/28/11 10:45 pm
on 7/28/11 10:45 pm
My best trick with peas and beans is to soak them the night before planting ( jump starts them into action - otherwise they wait for the " right moment" and ALWAYS use legume inoculant .
Thats the powdered stuff in little packets next to the seeds ... inside its a black powder full of mycochorrhizae . These are litle bacterial and fungal organisms that allow significantly better uptake of nitrogen by the legumes roots .
Effectively U use this stuff U get three times the crop . Also significantly the mycochorrhizae colonize Ur soil and help most of UR OTHER crops grow far better too .
For YEARS. so inoculant is ABSOLUTELY worth the price and effort ( after U soak Ur seeds u drain the water off then dust the powder over the seeds coating them - then plant )
One packet of inoculant is usually enough fora garden per year - I always keep mine in the refrigrator so it doesnt go bad and use it until I can get a fresh batch .
My garden requires less water and practically no fertilizer thanks to composting and these lovely little helpers ( and the worms ) . My neighbors always comment on how lu**** looks even on the hottest days and how little I water - thats because of mulch , composting and mycochorrhizae .
Thats the powdered stuff in little packets next to the seeds ... inside its a black powder full of mycochorrhizae . These are litle bacterial and fungal organisms that allow significantly better uptake of nitrogen by the legumes roots .
Effectively U use this stuff U get three times the crop . Also significantly the mycochorrhizae colonize Ur soil and help most of UR OTHER crops grow far better too .
For YEARS. so inoculant is ABSOLUTELY worth the price and effort ( after U soak Ur seeds u drain the water off then dust the powder over the seeds coating them - then plant )
One packet of inoculant is usually enough fora garden per year - I always keep mine in the refrigrator so it doesnt go bad and use it until I can get a fresh batch .
My garden requires less water and practically no fertilizer thanks to composting and these lovely little helpers ( and the worms ) . My neighbors always comment on how lu**** looks even on the hottest days and how little I water - thats because of mulch , composting and mycochorrhizae .
I have some kale, swiss chard and the second round of beans coming up for the fall.
My edamame has taken forever so don't count on it being fast. I just picked the first bit to try for lunch today. I was waiting for the little seeds to plump out and maybe because we don'****er, they have been much slower than the french fillet beans. They are also fuzzy???? I'll let you know how they turn out.
My edamame has taken forever so don't count on it being fast. I just picked the first bit to try for lunch today. I was waiting for the little seeds to plump out and maybe because we don'****er, they have been much slower than the french fillet beans. They are also fuzzy???? I'll let you know how they turn out.
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Fuzzy or not, the edamame was good. I just boiled it softly for a few minutes in salted water, let it cool enough to handle it and ate it as I shelled it. Yummmmmm
My only problem now is that I don't have enough time and meals in a day to eat everything I want. I picked cukes the other day and can't get them eaten with the green beans, tomatoes, onions, beautiful peppers, and now edemame. I may have to go to protein drinks (which I love) and veggies for a while to get everything in I want to eat.
My only problem now is that I don't have enough time and meals in a day to eat everything I want. I picked cukes the other day and can't get them eaten with the green beans, tomatoes, onions, beautiful peppers, and now edemame. I may have to go to protein drinks (which I love) and veggies for a while to get everything in I want to eat.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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