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  1. Pepsi10

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    #51 Pepsi10, Aug 10, 2011
    Can you let me know how they taste? It seems hard to find ones that aren't sour.

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    #53 kali, Sep 2, 2011
    Unfortunately Hurricane Irene wiped out half my garden. Anyone else share the experience?
     
  4. velocetwo

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    #54 velocetwo, Sep 3, 2011
    That sucks

    My garden is in full swing and we can't keep up with the output pictures in a few days...
     
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    #55 agup48, Sep 3, 2011
    Randy, my Mom planted mint when we first moved into our house, I believe she had the people placing the sod not place some in a little area and had them dig the limestones out. She ended up wanted to re-do it and removed it. The mint didn't want to leave, when I was back home, my Dad and I were mowing the lawn and every time we go by that fence, there is a strong mint smell. It's cool and annoying that it doesn't die. I don't think I have a green thumb, but you can try some mint :p
     
  6. velocetwo

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    #57 UroTrash, Sep 4, 2011
    I live in peach country in the US. I'll say those a LOVELY photos! They look great!
     
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    #58 wax, Sep 4, 2011
    Oh, man - that was the best part of growing Mrs. Connors' yard when I was a kid . . .
     
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    #59 kali, Sep 5, 2011
    Mint's wonderfully fragrant, but such a pest when it comes to gardens, I'd say they are worse then morning glories in persistence. I've learned that if I ever want to plant mint next to anything else, I'll have to sink it in the ground in a pot, otherwise it will be there for your generation and the next.
     
  10. velocetwo

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    #60 velocetwo, Sep 6, 2011
    I wonder what would win the fight Mint or Bamboo?
     
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    #61 Jdubbya, Sep 7, 2011
    I put some mint and rosemary in a pot a year or two ago. It's still going pretty strong even though I just let it sit out in the weather all winter. It just keeps coming back in the spring!!


    I've gotten some tomatoes and some peppers but not much else. I have one cayenne plant that just seems to keep producing more and more. I've harvested it twice already and it's just about loaded again. It's a tiny little thing, only about 6" tall but it just keep blooming and putting out more peppers. Got a few jalapenos off a plant about the same size but it doesn't seem to be blooming again like the cayenne.

    My tomato plants look horrid but they seem to be producing some fruit. I think I need my raised bed to be deeper (or higher whichever way you look at it) next year.
     
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    #62 damian in nj, Sep 9, 2011
    My community garden plot was overrun with Hurricane Irene flood waters, which included overrun sewage water. Totally ruined, except I expect my blueberry bushes to survive. My town health department told us not to eat any produce from the plot.
     
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  14. velocetwo

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    #64 velocetwo, Sep 12, 2011
    There is always next year :)
     
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    #65 Jdubbya, Sep 19, 2011
    Well like I have mentioned I didn't get much going because of our lousy spring and early summer weather but I was able to harvest almost a full colander of tomatoes and peppers yesterday. Most of the bigger ones aren't all that great, but I have a bunch of little cherry style that are pretty great. I'm also getting quite a few great herbs to use in stuff.
     
  16. velocetwo

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    #66 velocetwo, Nov 28, 2011
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    Huge fall crops of tomato and peppers, eggplants did well too

    Here is my late start Ghost Chili, this chili plant loves heat, so I have had to move it inside, it is considered one of the hottest peppers in the world.
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  17. velocetwo

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    #67 velocetwo, Apr 9, 2012
    Time to prep your soil it's almost planting time!
     
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    #68 testdrv321, Apr 12, 2012
    Never would have figured so many Ferrari owners were into gardening. Go figure. I've got a variety of hot peppers and tomatoes growing from seed in my kitchen window. Tomatoes are almost a foot high and I am starting to temper them outside during the day. Hope to get them in the ground next week. Also going to do corn and zucchini this year too.
     
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    #69 vincent355, Apr 16, 2012
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    Just planted zuchinnis, eggplant, tomatoes, basil, ambrosia melon and some various peppers. Will wait a few more weeks to add some more peppers, beans and who knows what.
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    #71 vincent355, Apr 29, 2012
    ON Friday added, more peppers (incl. a ghost), cucumber, bishop's cap pepper, and planted some haricot vert seeds.

    Got the irrigation all dialed in. The way it's going Zuchinnis are going to be first and soon.
     
  22. velocetwo

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    #72 velocetwo, Apr 29, 2012
    I learned that the soil temp has to be pretty hot for the Ghost chili seeds to propagate, hence a late start last year. I brought it inside with a grow light and got a few chili's, but it's still alive! It's dropped some of last years leaves and is now flushing out,so I could get some chili's early in the season!

    The ghost chili loves heat.
     
  23. Osiris_x11

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    #73 Osiris_x11, Apr 30, 2012
    ... and so back to it again this year! Got planted:

    - snow & snap peas (rigged up two wrought-iron trellis w/ lattice-like supports)
    - summer squash
    - okra
    - eggplant
    - tomatoes (3-4 varieties)
    - peppers (habanero, serrano, cayenne, japapeno, Thai, sweet, banana, ghost)
    - spinach-mustard
    - spinach (more-or-less done now)
    - mint
    - cilantro
    - basil

    I'm an enthusiastic year-round composter, so the veggie garden soil bed has been enriched nicely. I also add some manure-compost-humus from time to time.

    For fertilizer, I try to blend my own using various combos/ratios of growth & bloom formulations.

    Pic(s) to follow! BTW, wow- impressive gardening skills w/ y'all! :D
     
  24. velocetwo

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    #74 velocetwo, Apr 30, 2012
    Having your own compost really helps your soil. Growing a good garden is not only about feeding the plants, but also feeding the soil.

    For fertilizer I use a lot of fish bone meal, not fish meal, fish bone meal. The half life on fish bone meal is ten to twenty times longer than beef or chicken bone meal, so it has a nice slow release over a period of months. I use the Dr Earth brand, this also has a lot of calcium, it prevents the blossom end rot on tomatoes. I also use seaweed concentrate.
     
  25. Osiris_x11

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    #75 Osiris_x11, Apr 30, 2012
    velocetwo, I noted your reference in the past w/ regards to fish bone meal & it's something I'm gonna look into for sure. One thing's a constant here'bouts- lousy AND I mean lousy soil. And I don't want to become a slave to a fertilizing schedule. Thanks for the nice tip!

    In C. TX & Greater Austin, the soil is generally sandy-loom w/ limestone, more-so on the alkaline side. Lotsa clay as well. Yearly on cue, I used to order a cubic yard of top-soil & mulch-compost for the yard (re-sodding/re-seeding often) & fruit trees. I tried doing the same for the ground-level veggie & herb garden, but I wasn't impressed at all whatsoever w/ the results. I decided to make an elevated planter using old cedar fence planks & scrap wood. I then filled the planter w/ bags of manure-compost-humus, topsoil from around the yard & surrounding area, and my own composted yard/garden/kitchen/recycle waste. That really leveled the playing field, in terms of growing potential.

    I get at least 40-50 XL bags of Oak & Elm leaves throughout the year, clippings from mowing/trimming/edging, limbs & saplings pruned regularly from many fruit & flowering trees/shrubs, annuals/perennials, kitchen waste, paper/cardboard, etc. and they all go in the composter I made (a 6'Lx6'Wx5'H stone-block & mortar bin). It's become a way of life in the household now, to feed the "compost fort"... ha! :D

    I'll take some pics as soon as I can, as well offer a more detailed list of what I planted (species/subspecies of the plant).

    Off-topic, but related... anyone here do veneer grafting and/or air layering to propagate more plants (namely fruit & flowering trees)? I've done half a dozen w/ Loquats & the results have been rather good so far! Outta room w/ them, so I need to diversify / trade.
     
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