WEEKLY GARDEN THREAD VOLUME 11 MARCH 14, 2014

Free Republic | March 14, 2014 | greeneyes

[greeneyes]

Yep. Tomatoes don’t do diddly unless it’s at least 50 degrees at night.

[Silentgypsy]

That’ll work. Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn’t LOL!

[greeneyes]

Is this your first T5? They are great I love mine. So much better than the older types.

[CJ Wolf]

I found cobra misters at home depot for clearance at 2 bucks. Gonna set them up in the green house with a timer. So excited.

[nascarnation]

Yes I got shocked at how much plants were last spring ($4 for a tomato plant at Lowes!) and decided to move my process upstream.

[who knows what evil?]

If they ever legalize med mary jane in Indiana, I’m gonna be supplementing my SocSec bigtime, LOL.

The cops or a neighbor with an ax to grind see that evil 'grow light', and they may think you're supplementing already. :-)

[who knows what evil?]

Yep. Tomatoes don’t do diddly unless it’s at least 50 degrees at night.

True, but keeping them on the cool side with a light breeze from a fan will give you nice healthy plants with stocky stems.

[nascarnation]

The son of a guy I worked with got busted for having a pretty large indoor growing op. He had a clean record so he avoided jail time but it has wrecked his life economically. Years after he’s still making payments on an expensive pickup truck that was seized. Can’t get a decent job, etc.

[metmom]

I got lettuce, parsley, and a few tomatoes started. I started the tomatoes from seed I had saved from last year to see if they would indeed grow.

And they DID!!

Now I’ll just have to wait and see what I get for a crop this summer.

It’s 47 out today, after getting mailed with a winter storm Wed with a high of 20 and 14 inches of snow.

I can’t wait for spring to be here to stay.

[who knows what evil?]

People are getting ‘swatted’ for starting vegetable seedlings inside...

[tflabo]

I got shocked at how much plants were last spring ($4 for a tomato plant at Lowes!)

Walmart has them for $3.88 ehehehehe. Scrooge that I hear ya--from now on its mostly seeds for me too plus you get so many more in number from seedlings--just the little extra work is involved.

[who knows what evil?]

I started the tomatoes from seed I had saved from last year to see if they would indeed grow.

Fresh heirloom seed should ALWAYS germinate...don't be so surprised. :-)

[rightly_dividing]

I had been wanting some raised beds for years, but I wanted them really raised, not just a foot or so. I wanted to build something from lumber, but time got away from me. I planted 4 sweet banana peppers, 4 jalapenos, 1 cayenne, a Boxcar Willie tomater, a Legend tomater, with room for more peppers. The video that got me interested in Boxcar Willies left one to free range in a raised bed and it was very productive. I am going to free range these two and see what happens. I have 2 more of each going into the main garden patch this weekend along with some store bought plants.

I turned on a sprinkler for about 45min to water them in. I will run drip line irrigation with a timer shortly. This potting soil really holds water well, so good it scares me. I will only need to run the drippers every other day with it.

[tflabo]

Its pretty satisfying saving your own seeds and watching them sprout for next season.

[greeneyes]

Sounds like a great deal! If you can, take pics when they are up and post them pretty please.

[greeneyes]

About the same for Walmart. Definitely too much cost for me. I’ll just plant my own for far less cost.

[greeneyes]

Tis true they don’t like excessive heat either. It’s gotta be “just right”.LOL

[who knows what evil?]

Scrooge that I hear ya--from now on its mostly seeds for me too plus you get so many more in number from seedlings--just the little extra work is involved.

If people would start saving their seed; we could have a nice little FR 'seed swap' every year. It's a GREAT way to supplement your inventory without shelling out 'big bucks'. :-)

[tflabo]

Speaking of growing Mary Jane as alternate income.. got a song here on the topic by the late Levon Helm..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsuJa8oSH7s

[greeneyes]

Boy Howdy! Me toooooo. Spring fever has sprung! You are getting a good start it seems.