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 Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/09/10 10:22 PM
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I can't tell you about the strawberries, but can explain the 'spanking' of one's tomato plants...
I go out and give mine a good shake (not so hard as to break anything, but to give a good vibrating jolt)...This will help the plants pollinate...Now I have over 100 tomato plants, and I dance at retirement homes for older ladies in the evening so I'm a bit too busy for the other way...However, you can also thump the back of each yellow flower when they are showing and help get the pollination process on the road...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon]
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05/09/10 10:23 PM
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Also, congratulations on starting a garden...My mom and grandfather started us on gardening when I was 4. I can only remember a couple of years where we didn't have a garden of some sort growing...It's a good hobby...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon]
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05/09/10 10:44 PM
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JDavis7873
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It is a good hobby. I find myself thinking about the dang thing, while I am at work. truthfully, I am thinking, "I wonder if i could make a living as farmer or produce man". Probably not.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 01:38 PM
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I don't spank the plants. What I do, I call diddling (vulgar, I know  ). Diddling is when you go to a flower cluster and cup your fingers around it and twiddle your fingers. After you do do the first cluster, go to the next, and on and on until you've diddled every flower cluster, then got back to the first one and diddle it. The result is that you pollenate the flowers and almost every one will fruit. Is this perverse? Maybe. But the maters will be worth the act. Just try not to think about how your act helped father the maters and you'll have no problem eating them. 
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: JDavis7873]
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05/10/10 01:40 PM
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My Red Norland potato plant was totally brown so I dumped the container yesterday only to find 6 taters. I was sure there would be more. I ammended the soil and planted some beans.
Also, I 'planted' some fish under my squash plants that are starting to turn brown and I started my early morning watering routine per LSS.
I could probably look back on this thread to find out when I 'planted' fish under the maters but I'm lazy. Anyway, since I did that the tomatoes have grown more than a foot, probably closer to two feet. My sweet 100 is darn near as tall as the peas that are still going nuts by the way. Fresh peas for a snack today!
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 01:53 PM
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My Red Norland potato plant was totally brown so I dumped the container yesterday only to find 6 taters. I was sure there would be more. I ammended the soil and planted some beans.
Also, I 'planted' some fish under my squash plants that are starting to turn brown and I started my early morning watering routine per LSS.
I could probably look back on this thread to find out when I 'planted' fish under the maters but I'm lazy. Anyway, since I did that the tomatoes have grown more than a foot, probably closer to two feet. My sweet 100 is darn near as tall as the peas that are still going nuts by the way. Fresh peas for a snack today! Glad to read your tomatoes are doing well...As the plants get larger, you'll need to increase the watering just a bit...Like 1 or 2 seconds more per plant...Since you have a smaller garden, one thing you could do is get a board, nail some big nails through it and then aerate the ground around the plants with it... One thing to keep in mind, ESPECIALLY with the high winds, wind can be very drying and you may need to water more to counteract it...I had to turn on the sprinklers for the first time this year, after hand watering the garden, so it could soak into the ground...The 30 and 45 mph winds the day before dried my garden...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 02:30 PM
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DHFisher
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My Red Norland potato plant was totally brown so I dumped the container yesterday only to find 6 taters. I was sure there would be more. I ammended the soil and planted some beans.
Also, I 'planted' some fish under my squash plants that are starting to turn brown and I started my early morning watering routine per LSS.
I could probably look back on this thread to find out when I 'planted' fish under the maters but I'm lazy. Anyway, since I did that the tomatoes have grown more than a foot, probably closer to two feet. My sweet 100 is darn near as tall as the peas that are still going nuts by the way. Fresh peas for a snack today! Glad to read your tomatoes are doing well...As the plants get larger, you'll need to increase the watering just a bit...Like 1 or 2 seconds more per plant...Since you have a smaller garden, one thing you could do is get a board, nail some big nails through it and then aerate the ground around the plants with it... One thing to keep in mind, ESPECIALLY with the high winds, wind can be very drying and you may need to water more to counteract it...I had to turn on the sprinklers for the first time this year, after hand watering the garden, so it could soak into the ground...The 30 and 45 mph winds the day before dried my garden... Good info.. Something I forgot to mention... When I was digging down to 'plant' my fish yesterday, I noticed the first 2-4 inches of soil was dry to semi-moist then the next say 6 inches was moist but not wet then at about 10" to a foot down the next 2 inches were pretty wet, like almost standing water wet. My beds have probably 14 inches of soil total. The last time I watered before that was Friday (light watering) and we got only a sprinkling of rain saturday night. Is this something I should be concerned with?
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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05/10/10 02:34 PM
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If you're referring to the standing water, not really...Very few vegetable plants have a long tap root...Most are less than 4 inches in length...Just continue the watering and watch the winds and temp...Both can affect the watering needs of the plants...Also, high nitrogen can be very drying, so watch the ground...You seem to have a good idea of how your garden is doing and that's the first step...My family laughs at me because I know exactly how many plants I have, where they are and how many vegetables on the plants...I KNOW when I've been robbed by a squirrel, or human, of my vegetables...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 03:19 PM
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Well, I normally give some to family and friends...If I have an overabundance, I will wash it, slice it and freeze it... I thought I had all the bases covered on the zuccs, but I've already started giving some away. I've read some recipes of dump cake made from zuccs. I might try that next.
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 06:40 PM
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Well, I normally give some to family and friends...If I have an overabundance, I will wash it, slice it and freeze it... I thought I had all the bases covered on the zuccs, but I've already started giving some away. I've read some recipes of dump cake made from zuccs. I might try that next. I found a recipe in a cookbook called 'White Trash Cooking' (I don't remember which volume) for Squash Pie...I must admit, it was pretty tasty...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon]
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05/10/10 08:19 PM
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Well, I normally give some to family and friends...If I have an overabundance, I will wash it, slice it and freeze it... I thought I had all the bases covered on the zuccs, but I've already started giving some away. I've read some recipes of dump cake made from zuccs. I might try that next. I found a recipe in a cookbook called 'White Trash Cooking' (I don't remember which volume) for Squash Pie...I must admit, it was pretty tasty... Steamed with a little butter, salt and pepper. Raw with ranch. Marinated and grilled. Casserole
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/10/10 11:36 PM
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Squash.... Why? 
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: DHFisher]
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05/11/10 12:32 AM
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Fungus or squash bugs would be my guess...Might be too much water, but I'm leaning towards the other two...If they died faster, I'd say you had a pest boring into the roots, but since they are still alive, I'm going with the fungus or squash bugs...
Check the underside of the remaining leaves for brown spots in a cluster...If that's the cause, it's going to be the squash bugs...
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
[Re: LoneStarSon]
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05/11/10 01:08 AM
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I think it's lack of nutrients in the soil and it's suffering just like the tomatoes did but I'm workn on that. Aren't these plants a little young/small to flower and should I let em go or should I snip the flowers?
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Re: TFF Gardening Thread
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05/11/10 02:17 AM
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What are people doing about weeds in the garden. I have a bunch of weeds. I am tired of pulling them all every year. Any tips?
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