Posted on 02/16/2019 5:45:10 PM PST by greeneyes
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We got the Baker's creek seeds in this week. Hubby has started some of his. I'll be starting celery this next week. Trying a pink celery that is supposed to be easier to grow.
Lemon tree has a few pea sized fruits. Has dropped a lot of leaves - not unusual. Tomato plant has 4 orange cherry size tomatoes, so nearly ripe.
This is a holiday weekend. No school on Friday due to teacher conference and Mon. is day off for President's day. Hope all is well with you and yours.
Prayers up for all. God Bless.
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I am thinking of trying sweet potatoes this year. Does anyone know how they tolerate cool night time temperatures in the 45-50 degree range?
I don’t know that. WE haven’t really done sweet potatoes before.
Three verieties of pepper seeds started yesterday (Feb 15.)
Now in our little hot house with 70 degrees and 80 percent humidity.
I know this might seem early but our experience is that peppers take two weeks longer to sprout vs. tomatoes and cucombers, etc.
Six inches of snow on the ground. A bit of warmth today melted some but another dose is in the forecast tonight into Sunday, 17th.
Wife and I were contimplating the shoveling of our long downhill driveway when our next door neighbor came down the hill on his tractor and bladed it open. Now, THAT’s a good neighbor !
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS))))
Freezing rain followed by a crisp, moonlit, cold night.
I had better watch my step tomorrow! :-)
Good neighbor indeed. How do you heat your little hot house?
I know I stay indoors when there’s freezing anything. LOL
Already got ‘itchy fingers’ of course.
Gonna try to use my “low mass” greenhouse (look it up- it’s great for Winter comfort!) for starting plants this year.
Starting off with reliable Romaine.
Low mass greenhouses get crazy hot when the sun is shining but cool down to ambient at night. (You let the heat in the house through window when warm and close window at night).
But will add a bunch of concrete blocks and water when temps are mostly in the 50s and above (by end of Feb here).
Hoping it works... and will work for less tough plants. It’s an experiment...
Sounds interesting.
Wish I could post pictures, my Hydroponics is on fire. So much lettuce in just 30 days.
Moi Aussi!
Welcome to the sunny south – Montgomery, Alabama. It was 72° today. The daffodils are in full bloom as are the Japanese tulip trees. I’m starting to see leaves on the Oakleaf hydrangeas in Chinese butterfly bushes. I put out weed killer and fertilizer today for the grass, and will be putting my dahlias tomorrow for later transfer outside after April 4. The big mess will be like to live oaks, which is starting to shed their leaves. That will be six weeks of blowing and mulching.
and I wish I could teach everyone one able to post photos
Electric wire under the floor tile.
The “Beach House” building is small enough that the floor takes care of heat.
The hot house is kept warm with the grow lights and heating pads.
In case no one has answered; I didn’t read all the posts, yet!
We’ve grown Sweet Potatoes in Zone 4, SW Wisconsin.
The trick is to have warm soil for them right off the bat, so cover a sunny space with black plastic and check your soil temps before planting. The soil needs to be at 65-70 degrees, and you still need a minimum of 90 days of growing season after that.
Cut an ‘X’ in the black plastic, plant your Sweet Potato slip in that spot, and mulch generously with straw. Adequate water, but no more than you would for regular potatoes. 1” of water per week is enough.
P.S. Throw a handful of 8-24-24 granular fertilizer in the planting hole, too!
You want to DENY high Nitrogen to Taters; you’ll get all leaves and no tubers!
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