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05-15-2019, 10:31 AM #51
Really interesting stuff about the availability of water and the use of peroxide. As a chemist it's something I've never even thought if but it's very obvious once you point it out...
Overwatering may be the issue. I start everything in a dome seed tray and the tomatillo was the first to pop up. Since the peat pellets have to stay wet until all seed have germinated there's a lot of moisture in the germination tray & dome and it may be too much for the sprouted plants. Although the squashes and tomato seedlings don't seem to give a shit and thrive in the super humid environment waiting for the lazy ass pepper seeds to sprout.
I have to find a better way to get everything started though. After about 10 days the plants get too tall to stay in peat pellets and start bending over. I've lost a couple of the heavier ones which basically collapse under their own weights. I transplant everything to bigger pots (solo cups or plastic pots from plants I bought) after a couple of weeks and they go through a first transition (old leaves whither out, plant looks haggard before recovering and sprouting new leaves) then sit in those pots for another 2-3 weeks before going into the ground where they go through transition #2. Would be nice to only transplant once into the garden but I don't have the room to start all the seedlings directly into bigger pots.
Re: roots, for sure. I actually yanked the revived tomatillo as I didn't want a second year of dealing with the sticky fucker. The root ball was enormous. Made me wonder if leaving tomato plants in the ground would work over the winter...
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05-15-2019, 11:22 AM #52mental projection
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05-15-2019, 11:43 AM #53
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05-20-2019, 09:19 AM #54
Amended with manures and compost 6 weeks ago, fixed some of the fences from snow load trashings.
Put in garlic, shallots, onions, dahlias, gladiolus, nasturtiums, sweet peas, snap peas, the first 20 basil plants with another 30 basil plants and 8 tomato plants pending.
West garden:
South garden:
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05-20-2019, 11:52 AM #55
Setup the community garden this weekend, in a snowstorm.
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05-20-2019, 04:09 PM #56
Question for you with raised planters....at some point in time do you just replace all the soil in the box?
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05-20-2019, 04:17 PM #57
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05-20-2019, 04:25 PM #58
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05-20-2019, 09:24 PM #59
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05-21-2019, 12:03 AM #60
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05-21-2019, 07:58 AM #61
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05-21-2019, 08:21 AM #62
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05-21-2019, 08:58 AM #63
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05-22-2019, 08:54 AM #64
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05-22-2019, 11:06 AM #65
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05-22-2019, 11:16 AM #66
That's a fuckload of basil. We had 2 large plants last years and are still working on the batches of pesto we vaccum-sealed and froze. Can't imagine the time you'd spend dealing with that many.
Our arugula is keeping us busy this year, we planted a small patch last year (seeded a fair amount of ground but only a 2' x 2' square grew) and it came back with a vengeance. I've always heard it tastes like shit if it gets big or puts out seeds but ours tastes exactly like baby arugula and it's 2.5' tall with 2" of flowers and seed on each stem. We're letting it do its thing so it expands a bit. The only thing that is different from baby arugula is the texture, it's a bit less crunchy. We're throwing it on everything...
If it could only stop raining for a minute in UT I'd throw my plants in the ground. I'm about 3 weeks behinds compared to last year, the only think going at this point is the cool weather patch with lettuce, onions/garlics, and hardy herbs:
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05-22-2019, 11:43 AM #67
I love basil and we burn up a ton of it over the summer in fresh pesto, with seafood and caprese at least once a week. When I make pesto pasta, it's green and firey.
We live East of Seattle in the Cascade foothills where it's cool and even rainier than Seattle, so basil doesn't grow that well here. We have a lot of slugs that can be a problem. We have a sunroom where I get starts going and root clippings in water to get a bunch more starts.
Plants usually don't get more than 10 inches tall. Basil likes hot weather. So I generally don't plant it until June and sometimes not even then. This year has been drier, so I'm trying to put it in a little earlier. I think the trick is to wait until the nigh temps stay above 50F. If I put them in early, sometimes I'll cover them with those clear plastic salad/lettuce containers.
We have no problem burning up all the basil we grow.
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05-22-2019, 11:44 AM #68
We generally grow 2 large pots of basil (~15 plants in each pot) - one "classic" variety and one usually purple Thai basil. Use a shitload of it for caprese, bruschetta, pasta sauce, and stir-frys. Don't come anywhere near using it all, though. Also give as much away as I can during season...
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05-22-2019, 11:48 AM #69
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05-22-2019, 11:51 AM #70
There’s a Pho place near me that serves a couple giant handfuls of basil leaves with a bowl. I have friends that put a leaf of two in, I’m like you sure you don’t want more of that? I leave some bean sprouts behind but never any basil.
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05-22-2019, 12:05 PM #71
Impressive peas.
I just planted ours so they're only an inch tall.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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05-22-2019, 01:41 PM #72
Those peas were planted last fall. Made it through the winter, including 2+ ft of snow.
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05-22-2019, 02:07 PM #73
I have English peas growing from the previous land owner. The flowers and nice and they grow with zero maintenance but I wish they were any other kind of pea. Who grows English soup peas ?
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05-22-2019, 02:17 PM #74
You guys and your peaness obsessions.
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05-22-2019, 02:34 PM #75
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