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Started 6/7/05 by Paul (SNOTZALOT); 112079 views.
Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

3/13/06

Wow green!  I made a trip to Pottstown PA a week ago and a few of the fruit trees were showing a bit of color in the buds. Soon........................
Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

3/31/06

Here you go, the early '06 crop of lettuce, swiss chard, beets, broccoli, and savoy cabbage.

Tucked under the clear dome, not even up yet, 6 varieties of tomato,  2 varieties of egg plant, and  two varieties of peppers.  BTW, these are being grown under a "growers" grow light....he had to retire early.....the peas where planted several days ago, the spinach and garlic are doing nicely.



  • Edited 4/1/2006 7:30 am ET by Paul (SNOTZALOT)
gunter

From: gunter

3/31/06

alright ... looking forward to further developments ...

gunter

Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

5/1/06

1st thinning's of the spinach planted Feb 4 made it to the dinner table last evening for a nice salad! The over wintered spinach (planted last fall) should be in a nice pot of boiling water by next week, they are about harvest size. Onions, carrots and swiss chard planted this past weekend.  Two early tomato plants set out inside a  Wall-O-Water heat tubes. These allow frost sensitive plants to be set out earlier, sometimes 6 to 8 weeks earlier.
Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

5/19/06

Tonite's dinner included fresh mixed green salad from the garden, vine ripe tomatoes from some where down south, fresh cauliflower (not mine),  and a big plate of spinach freshly picked and planted last fall. 

We finally got some decent rain this past week and the vegetables have taken off.  Expect fresh peas in about 1 week.

Mid summer lettuce will be started in flats this next week along with next falls brussels sprouts. I planted about 250 onion plants several weeks ago, have no idea what I'm going to do with that many.

First green beans of the year are just poking through the ground.
gunter

From: gunter

5/20/06

> 250 onion plants

That really sounds like you are getting into some serious onion farming.  How many onions does one get per onion plants, is it just one?

bshmr

From: bshmr

5/20/06

As I intrude with "Yes, unless you let them set for the two years/seasons to cast their own seed."
Annie (Orange46)

From: Annie (Orange46)

5/20/06

You should try sweet potatoes. They are real easy. You take one and put it in a glass of water so the top sticks out. Keep an eye on it and you will soon see it sprout out of the various eyes. When they grow little roots you carefully take them off and plant them.
Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

5/20/06

Gunter,

Just one per plant.  Onions are new to me and I thought I'd try using plants, it's just a bit easier.  I planted some onion plants from a local supplier here last year and they didn't do well.  It was a dry season and the plants weren't the easiest to grow.  So this year I changed suppliers and ordered 3 different types of onion. http://tinyurl.com/jcfj5 You can start them from seed, maybe next year.


Paul (SNOTZALOT)

From: Paul (SNOTZALOT)

5/20/06

I've never tried growing sweet's, but I do love to eat them.  I'm running out of space and I'd rather grow a few "Long Island Cheese Pumpkin" plants. They make an outstanding pie....


  • Edited 2/16/2009 7:45 am ET by Paul (SNOTZALOT)
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