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Big garden fail again.
DogDiesel wrote:
"Derald" wrote in message ... "DogDiesel" wrote: But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Pull them early and pull them often. The seedlings are easy to spot. This is some else's photo of some "improved" variety but seedlings of the noxious natives look very similar: http://aardvarque.com/2006/11/27/DSCN2032.JPG/view -- Derald FL USDA zone 9a http://www.onlineconversion.com/ They even took over my mulch bin. I cant see it. If you just let them go, I guess you will have a problem. But a scrap tomato plant is growing there , I threw in there last year. and the tomatoes are awesome. |
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Big garden fail again.
On Sep 6, 9:04*pm, Derald wrote:
"Steve Peek" wrote: Isn't sweet potato in the same family? * * * * Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning glories. I don't know how far north they grow. -- Derald FL USDA zone 9ahttp://www.onlineconversion.com/ North to the 48th parallel I can attest to. My wide got some to grow for the first time on her arbor this year. Convolvulaceae, the vines of the serpent. AKA ololiuqui, a hallucinogenic. Its reportedly the shaman's LSD used to consult with the Oracle or the devil depending on who you consult. |
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Big garden fail again.
"Derald" wrote in message m... "Steve Peek" wrote: Isn't sweet potato in the same family? Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning glories. I don't know how far north they grow. -- Derald FL USDA zone 9a http://www.onlineconversion.com/ I grow sweet potatoes here in WNC. Last year's giant was almost 9 pounds, not large as sweet potatoes go, but a respectable one for the mountains. |
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Big garden fail again.
"Gunner" wrote in message ... On Sep 6, 9:04 pm, Derald wrote: "Steve Peek" wrote: Isn't sweet potato in the same family? Yes, all of the plants under discussion are in the same family, the Convolvulaceae. Sweet potato is an ipomoea. A morning glory. Sweet potato blossoms are big and showy sort of purpley magenta like some morning glories. I don't know how far north they grow. -- Derald FL USDA zone 9ahttp://www.onlineconversion.com/ North to the 48th parallel I can attest to. My wide got some to grow for the first time on her arbor this year. Convolvulaceae, the vines of the serpent. AKA ololiuqui, a hallucinogenic. Its reportedly the shaman's LSD used to consult with the Oracle or the devil depending on who you consult. Awesome.... |
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Big garden fail again.
"Derald" wrote in message m... "Steve Peek" wrote: I grow sweet potatoes here in WNC. Last year's giant was almost 9 pounds, not large as sweet potatoes go, but a respectable one for the mountains. Nine pounds seems respectable for anyplace, in my book. I quit trying to grow sweet potatoes down here because they fall prey to too many boring insects and to earwigs. I guess if I started them early enough I might have some chance of getting a few before the onslaught. I know folks in GA, SC, and eastern VA that do well with sweet potatoes. WNC? Where are you relative to, say Spruce Pine, Johnson City, Burnsville, etc.? -- Derald FL USDA zone 9a http://www.onlineconversion.com/ Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually. |
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Steve Peek wrote:
.... Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually. i lived in Asheville for a few weeks and ended up renting a place just over the hills near Elizabethton, TN. visited Asheville a few times and always enjoyed my times there. songbird |
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Big garden fail again.
"songbird" wrote in message ... Steve Peek wrote: ... Just a bit southwest, closer to Asheville actually. i lived in Asheville for a few weeks and ended up renting a place just over the hills near Elizabethton, TN. visited Asheville a few times and always enjoyed my times there. songbird Asheville is unusual, a liberal boat in a sea of conservatism. |
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Big garden fail again.
On Sep 5, 10:23*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote:
So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans *survived. *on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diesel. Wow, you're having better luck than I am. I have a single misshapen cucumber. |
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Big garden fail again.
"TMD" wrote in message ... On Sep 5, 10:23 pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans survived. on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diesel. Wow, you're having better luck than I am. I have a single misshapen cucumber. Thanks. |
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Big garden fail again.
On Sep 5, 10:23*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote:
So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans *survived. *on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diesel. Newsgroups are a great way to discuss topics. In this case, the topic is general gardening |
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Big garden fail again.
On Sep 5, 7:23*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote:
So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans *survived. *on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diese Sorry to have posted on here I have no clue as to what can help. this is my college home work to relpy to your post...sorry again |
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Big garden fail again.
In article ,
"David Hare-Scott" wrote: wrote: On Sep 5, 10:23 pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans survived. on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diesel. Newsgroups are a great way to discuss topics. In this case, the topic is general gardening Morning glory is a plant, so dealing with unwanted ones is on topic. Perhaps you were thinking of when you (or the one next to you) wakes up with an erection. Roundup is no use but you could try a weed-wacka. David Some how I can't imagine morning glories taking over a garden that is looked over. Do you go away for long periods? I'm not being critical. I'm just trying to understand the problem. -- - Billy Both the House and Senate budget plan would have cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy. Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans "appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of waste, fraud and abuse." http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/ [W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And itıs not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. Thatıs hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they donıt get away with no taxation. - Ralph Nader http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis |
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Big garden fail again.
Billy wrote:
In article , "David Hare-Scott" wrote: wrote: On Sep 5, 10:23 pm, "DogDiesel" wrote: So, my tomatoes did good. But morning glories took over again. And killed the corn. green beans survived. on a fence. eggplant excellent. peppers excellent no bug issues. I've got worms and toads back in play. But I cant get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. Suggestions. Diesel. Newsgroups are a great way to discuss topics. In this case, the topic is general gardening Morning glory is a plant, so dealing with unwanted ones is on topic. Perhaps you were thinking of when you (or the one next to you) wakes up with an erection. Roundup is no use but you could try a weed-wacka. David Some how I can't imagine morning glories taking over a garden that is looked over. Do you go away for long periods? I'm not being critical. I'm just trying to understand the problem. As Diesel said you got to get a grip on these F-ing morning glories. D |
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