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Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the
"posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy . Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant the 'maters . -- Snag Ain't no dollar sign on peace of mind - Zac Brown |
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Terry Coombs wrote:
Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the "posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy . Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant the 'maters . still too cold here at night. but the trend is finally nice enough. tomorrows forecast is for 70F and sunny. Tuesday rain. all night-time temperatures are above 34F for the next week for first time this spring. if i get another two weeks of gradual warming i may risk planting some peas. in all of the years of transplanting tomatoes i don't recall losing many, if any at all. they seem to be pretty hardy plants as long as it doesn't get too cold. songbird |
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On 4/22/2018 7:26 PM, songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote: Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the "posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy . Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant the 'maters . still too cold here at night. but the trend is finally nice enough. tomorrows forecast is for 70F and sunny. Tuesday rain. all night-time temperatures are above 34F for the next week for first time this spring. if i get another two weeks of gradual warming i may risk planting some peas. in all of the years of transplanting tomatoes i don't recall losing many, if any at all. they seem to be pretty hardy plants as long as it doesn't get too cold. songbird Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the "last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground . I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work on that , make sure I still have room . -- Snag Ain't no dollar sign on peace of mind - Zac Brown |
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On 4/22/2018 9:02 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 4/22/2018 7:26 PM, songbird wrote: Terry Coombs wrote: Â* Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the "posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy . Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant the 'maters . Â*Â* still too cold here at night.Â* but the trend is finally nice enough.Â* tomorrows forecast is for 70F and sunny.Â* Tuesday rain.Â* all night-time temperatures are above 34F for the next week for first time this spring.Â* if i get another two weeks of gradual warming i may risk planting some peas. Â*Â* in all of the years of transplanting tomatoes i don't recall losing many, if any at all.Â* they seem to be pretty hardy plants as long as it doesn't get too cold. Â*Â* songbird Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the "last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground . I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work on that , make sure I still have room . We are still rebuilding our raised beds, but almost done. One of them fell apart, so had to move the dirt in it and build it better this time. Thus far my husband is growing veggies via hydroponics, and he actually has about 5 squash fruit on one plant that is growing indoors under lights and in water. The squash bugs always end up killing our plants before we get fruit off of it when we plant squash outside, so, maybe we'll get to actually eat some fresh homegrown squash this year! -- Maggie |
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On Sunday, April 22, 2018 at 10:00:58 PM UTC-4, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 4/22/2018 7:26 PM, songbird wrote: Terry Coombs wrote: Â* Put all my tomato seedlings in the ground yesterday using the "posthole" method . UsedÂ* my post hole digger to make the holes , worked great . So far , they all look pretty good , nobody is layin' on the ground wailing for a safe place or a coloring book ... Looks like Tuesday will be my next opportunity to plant seedlings , it got rainy .. Temps are pretty decent though , which is what helped me decide to plant the 'maters . still too cold here at night. but the trend is finally nice enough. tomorrows forecast is for 70F and sunny. Tuesday rain. all night-time temperatures are above 34F for the next week for first time this spring. if i get another two weeks of gradual warming i may risk planting some peas. in all of the years of transplanting tomatoes i don't recall losing many, if any at all. they seem to be pretty hardy plants as long as it doesn't get too cold. songbird Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the "last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground . I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work on that , make sure I still have room . -- Snag Ain't no dollar sign on peace of mind - Zac Brown Try using safety fencing from your local builders supply. It's plastic, inexpensive, & usually lasts several seasons. The only real issue is having to pick both sides of the trellis. Steve |
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Terry Coombs wrote:
.... Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the "last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground . I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work on that , make sure I still have room . we started talking yesterday about what we want to plant where. i never really know exactly what will happen because what we plan on getting and what we end up with can often change. finally going to see some 70s this coming week. songbird |
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On 4/25/2018 5:27 AM, songbird wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote: ... Â* I watch the forecast closely now . One year I took it for granted the "last frost date" was gospel . Planted based on that date and all my tomatoes got frosted . Had to replace about a third of them with store bought shudder seedlings . I did buy some seedlings this year , but my source is all heirloom and minimal chemicals . On another note , I have a partial roll of stock fencing that in conjunction with the 3 fence posts I have left over should make a pretty nice trellis for those greasy beans . I think this year I'm going to set up something for the field peas to climb instead of letting them ramble all over the ground . I still haven't got everything mapped out where what goes , gotta work on that , make sure I still have room . we started talking yesterday about what we want to plant where. i never really know exactly what will happen because what we plan on getting and what we end up with can often change. finally going to see some 70s this coming week. songbird I planted most of the center section yesterday . Four rows about 2 feet apart and 40 feet long , one is half white greasy beans and half red rippers , a third of the other three are given over to vine stuff , one was finished out with all the peppers and two have 2/3 left for later stuff . Okra for instance won't germ until it warms up more , and I'm not sure what else I'll plant . -- Snag Ain't no dollar sign on peace of mind - Zac Brown |
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Terry Coombs wrote:
.... I planted most of the center section yesterday . Four rows about 2 feet apart and 40 feet long , one is half white greasy beans and half red rippers , a third of the other three are given over to vine stuff , one was finished out with all the peppers and two have 2/3 left for later stuff . Okra for instance won't germ until it warms up more , and I'm not sure what else I'll plant . i sure hope the beans work out well for you down there. do you measure soil temperatures at all? i do, in that i stick my finger in the dirt once in a while to see how cold it is. i have nine new varieties to trial this season including a single bean and am pretty nervous about planting it since it will be the only chance i get at this one this season. i have some wire mesh to go around it to protect it from groundhogs/chipmunks/rabbits even if it is going to be inside the fenced area there is always a chance of a critter finding a way in. i'd like to be able to get it to a few feet tall and the wire mesh i have will do that for me. we drove up north yesterday to pick up some stuff and there is still snow on the ground and some of the lakes are still frozen over. when working on my project out back the other day the hole still had some snow at the bottom from the storm we had last week. i'm not sure what i'm up to today out there, i have a pile of old wooden pallets to bust apart and pull out the nails (don't like finding those the hard way later on). songbird |
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