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#4643237 - 03/23/10 11:22 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: madchad]
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Sorry for you fellers that had seedlings out in this weather. We got a little snow on the ground, but all my seedlings are still safe in the seedlingararium. There have been a few additions and today we're going to start some banana peppers and add another couple of cubanelles (Mrs Chad makes some awesome rellenos!). We've also started a couple of zucchini plants. Mrs Chad uses it in fried rice so that'll be nice. I'm proud of all my kids, but my son (a very industrious 10 yr old) is planning a garden at his mom's house. This weekend we got a box of peat pots and the seeds that he didn't already have stashed back. He's going to do cayenne, sweet banana pepper, jelly bean tomato, strawberry (we'll have to buy the seedlings), and he's considering cubanelle and serrano. He's also gonna make his mom a few flower beds with Mrs Chad's flower seed stash. He's a chip off the old block for sure! Lucky for him he got his looks from his mom! I haven't been able to find the Cubanelle peppers anywhere...  I have Cayenne, California wonder (bell pepper), Tam Jalapeno, Jalapeno, Hot Banana, Sweet Banana, and Serrano, but no Cubanelle We've got cubanelle seeds. How many do ya want and I'll mail them to ya if you'll pm me an address to send to. I appreciate the offer...My mom has a phone customer that has a feed store and they are supposed to go Wednesday to their suppliers and see if they can get me some Cubanelle and Gypsy peppers...If they can't, I'll take you up on the offer...  There seems to be some fraudulent sales going on with those seeds you're looking for. I'd try and buy them from one of the established companies (I've tried to find them through Google) when they become available...Otherwise you'll end up with the habanero plants... 
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#4644727 - 03/23/10 04:34 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: madchad]
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Registered: 03/01/09
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Pardon my ignorance.....cubanelles ?
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#4644736 - 03/23/10 04:35 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: Siberman]
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Pardon my ignorance.....cubanelles ? Really good sweet pepper... Clicky
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#4645732 - 03/23/10 08:19 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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Registered: 03/01/09
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Ohhhh, my bad. A "sweet" ( might as well be an onion) pepper ? Thought it might be something with a few Schofields (sp?).
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#4646367 - 03/23/10 10:09 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: Siberman]
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Ohhhh, my bad. A "sweet" ( might as well be an onion) pepper ? Thought it might be something with a few Schofields (sp?). It's good for salads and for Yankees...  I am currently growing the following peppers: California Wonders (Bell Pepper) - 20 plants Jalapenos - 8 plants Tam Jalapenos - 16 plants Hot Banana Peppers - 4 plants Cayenne Peppers - 8 plants Serrano Peppers - 2 plants Sweet Banana Peppers - 20 plants I should be getting either 4 or 8 plants of both Cubanelle Peppers and Gypsy Peppers this week...Yeah...I need to find some Habaneros now that I see the list on the screen... 
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#4647236 - 03/24/10 07:44 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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Registered: 04/06/04
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Loc: Fort Worth, TX
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LoneStarSon. What do you do with everything these plants produce?
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#4647269 - 03/24/10 07:55 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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I give some to family and friends, freeze some of the squash, zucchini, and peas. This year, I'll also be setting up a vegetable stand and selling some of the peppers and tomatoes to help offset the cost of the water...
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#4647436 - 03/24/10 08:42 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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I'm surprised you dont have a giant rainwater collection unit.
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#4647593 - 03/24/10 09:13 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: mysavioreigns]
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Huh, same here with the potatoes. Red Norelands are going nuts but the Yukon Gold have barely come up.
My Texas sweet onion transplants look like carp. Any advice on these?
Carrots were planted about 2 weeks ago and I've yet to see any green.
However, my bunching onions sprouted up 2 days ago and are already over an inch tall.
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#4647685 - 03/24/10 09:26 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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Registered: 06/16/08
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Loc: Mansfield-ish, TX
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Huh, same here with the potatoes. Red Norelands are going nuts but the Yukon Gold have barely come up.
My Texas sweet onion transplants look like carp. Any advice on these?
Carrots were planted about 2 weeks ago and I've yet to see any green.
However, my bunching onions sprouted up 2 days ago and are already over an inch tall. My carrots took about 14 days to sprout. Look really close, too, because the greens on them are incredibly tiny. What are the Texas onions doing?
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#4647807 - 03/24/10 09:47 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: mysavioreigns]
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Most are bent over and turning a little brown.. not the healthy green look I was hoping for.
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#4647825 - 03/24/10 09:49 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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I'm surprised you dont have a giant rainwater collection unit. I actually have a water system connected to my gutters for the flower beds that surround the main house...Our water bill gets out of hand for the yard, not the garden...Hopefully this year won't be as bad as the last 2...It's an acre of land and because it has a slightly sloping elevation, water retention for most of it isn't the greatest (makes for great drainage, especially in flooding weather, but not for water retention in droughts)...The garden gets by on fairly little water in comparison because of the Ashe Juniper tree droppings...They, like pine needles, help with the water retention in that area...
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#4647831 - 03/24/10 09:50 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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Most are bent over and turning a little brown.. not the healthy green look I was hoping for. Cut off the tops and be certain to water during the drier times...
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#4647958 - 03/24/10 10:07 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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Loc: Fort Worth, TX
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how low shall i cut them?
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#4647977 - 03/24/10 10:10 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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I'd probably cut the brown ones about an inch from the ground...Since onions are a single root vegetable, the greens aren't as important to the survival as say potatoes...The good thing is your onions will probably grow a bit larger than before because you won't be as anxious to pull them with shorter greens....
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#4648005 - 03/24/10 10:15 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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They could have browned because of the snow or because of the bountiful rain amounts y'all have had recently...If any of the onions have green stalks mixed with brown, just remove the brown ones and keep the green ones on that onion...You might also want to try a little miracle-gro or other plant food because the nutrients might have been greatly diminished because of all the rains...
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#4649233 - 03/24/10 02:40 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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Alright, who can make it to the NW side of Lake Whitney by 3:30 this afternoon to help me finish planting? I have 94 plants left to get in the ground...I'll have at least another 30 to plant by this weekend...WTH?!?!?!
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#4651508 - 03/24/10 09:18 PM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon®]
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Registered: 01/23/04
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Anybody got Pequin Chili's? (Tiny Peppers) I planted one last year and these little dudes are hot and turn into a bush. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pequin_pepperThese are great for adding flavor. 
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#4652344 - 03/25/10 06:46 AM
Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: AdvTX]
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Some of you may know that my 10 yr old son is starting his own garden. He's growing mainly peppers and he's going to try and sell them to make some exta $$$$. He researched on google and boy-howdy! Did he ever! He's breeding a hybrid habanero/cayenne plant.  I'm proud of my boy! He gets the mad scientist tendencies from his paw.  Anyway, if it works well he's gonna do all hyprids next year and sell peppers that nobody else has.
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