(03-18-2012, 10:34 AM)tvguy Wrote: I guess I'll try baking or frying some next.

(03-18-2012, 11:06 AM)Valuesize Wrote:

(03-18-2012, 10:34 AM)tvguy Wrote: I guess I'll try baking or frying some next.

Here's another idea.....

http://www.lindls.com/sortiment/sirup-und-spirituosen/produkt/15-topinambur-likoer-feinbitter

http://www.topina.net/files/download/topinambur-liquer-prospekt.pdf

(03-10-2012, 02:42 PM)Larry Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 10:15 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 09:32 AM)Larry Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 08:54 AM)cletus1 Wrote: I have at least a couple hundred pepper seeds planted in trays. I also planted a tray of 48 long eggplants. I hope to plant a few more trays today. So, if most of the plants come up, I'll have plenty of extra plants. I will still buy tomatoes and bell peppers from green leaf because I am saving some room in my greenhouse for flowers.

In all seriousness, I haven't had a garden in over 20 years. I want to plant some Jalepenos and Habeneros that I bought seeds for. Walk me through this cleters. I need to get them started soon.

Sometimes its easier to just buy starts in May, especially if you are not planting a lot. Seed starter planting mix, seed trays and inserts are not too expensive, but it all adds up. However, since you have seeds you will now need to get a seed starter plant mix and some 4 cell inserts or just some 4 inch pots. All available at the Grange or Walmart.

All you do with pepper seeds is to plant 1 or 2 seeds a quarter inch deep in each cell and water them in. Keep the soil moist, not wet for 12 days and see what pops up. If you don't have a light, you can get a seed tray with a clear humidity dome and put them on a table very close to a window. If both seeds in a cell sprout, cut one of them off in around 10 days or so. Peppers never get too big to outgrow their containers in my experience, so you can plant them directly outside in late May or when the danger of frost is over. The starter mix typically has everything in it, so you don't need to fertilize, but you can apply a half strength solution after a month of growth.

Alrighty then. I have 36 Jalepeno and 36 Habeneros in the starter kit. We'll see if they take. Thanks for the advise.

(03-04-2012, 07:02 PM)Tiamat Wrote: I still am in a war with bamboo. I know Applegate laughs, but here in the hood, there is no river running through with rocks in it, so I'm always looking for a source of good size rocks. I found one! On the railroad track! Right down from the Mission, so I don't think anyone wants them. They are river rock, so they must have been dumped there long ago for whatever reason, but I'm raiding it! It's half under weeds, so whoever put them there must have done it long ago. So I will put them to use! To build beds! And in the beds I managed to get in some lettuce, onions and cabbage!

Do you still need rocks?

(03-28-2012, 06:04 PM)Larry Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 02:42 PM)Larry Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 10:15 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 09:32 AM)Larry Wrote:

(03-10-2012, 08:54 AM)cletus1 Wrote: I have at least a couple hundred pepper seeds planted in trays. I also planted a tray of 48 long eggplants. I hope to plant a few more trays today. So, if most of the plants come up, I'll have plenty of extra plants. I will still buy tomatoes and bell peppers from green leaf because I am saving some room in my greenhouse for flowers.

In all seriousness, I haven't had a garden in over 20 years. I want to plant some Jalepenos and Habeneros that I bought seeds for. Walk me through this cleters. I need to get them started soon.

Sometimes its easier to just buy starts in May, especially if you are not planting a lot. Seed starter planting mix, seed trays and inserts are not too expensive, but it all adds up. However, since you have seeds you will now need to get a seed starter plant mix and some 4 cell inserts or just some 4 inch pots. All available at the Grange or Walmart.

All you do with pepper seeds is to plant 1 or 2 seeds a quarter inch deep in each cell and water them in. Keep the soil moist, not wet for 12 days and see what pops up. If you don't have a light, you can get a seed tray with a clear humidity dome and put them on a table very close to a window. If both seeds in a cell sprout, cut one of them off in around 10 days or so. Peppers never get too big to outgrow their containers in my experience, so you can plant them directly outside in late May or when the danger of frost is over. The starter mix typically has everything in it, so you don't need to fertilize, but you can apply a half strength solution after a month of growth.

Alrighty then. I have 36 Jalepeno and 36 Habeneros in the starter kit. We'll see if they take. Thanks for the advise.

So some of them have sprouted in the last couple days. Do I take the lid off the "greenhouse" now? I have it in a north/east garden bay window.

(03-28-2012, 04:27 PM)Simon Peter Wrote:

tomatoes, cukes, okra, peppers, lettuces/greens and a variety of herbs.

Quote:I planted yellow straight-neck squash, zucchini and Burpless cuke seeds,

(03-28-2012, 10:46 PM)Valuesize Wrote:

(03-04-2012, 07:02 PM)Tiamat Wrote: I still am in a war with bamboo. I know Applegate laughs, but here in the hood, there is no river running through with rocks in it, so I'm always looking for a source of good size rocks. I found one! On the railroad track! Right down from the Mission, so I don't think anyone wants them. They are river rock, so they must have been dumped there long ago for whatever reason, but I'm raiding it! It's half under weeds, so whoever put them there must have done it long ago. So I will put them to use! To build beds! And in the beds I managed to get in some lettuce, onions and cabbage!

Do you still need rocks?


http://medford.craigslist.org/zip/2927836502.html

(03-29-2012, 08:00 AM)tvguy Wrote:

Quote:I planted yellow straight-neck squash, zucchini and Burpless cuke seeds,

I think it too early for these. IMO anyway. I have bought starts and planted seeds right next to them and the seeds out grew the starts
All of these squash plants won't grow well until the soil is really warm and it doesn't get so cold at night.
The same is true with the Okra that Simon started. I never had any luck with that until it gets hot.
Having said that... IF I had a greenhouse (finished) I would plant all the same thing too

(03-29-2012, 08:00 AM)tvguy Wrote:

Quote:I planted yellow straight-neck squash, zucchini and Burpless cuke seeds,

I think it too early for these. IMO anyway. I have bought starts and planted seeds right next to them and the seeds out grew the starts
All of these squash plants won't grow well until the soil is really warm and it doesn't get so cold at night.
The same is true with the Okra that Simon started. I never had any luck with that until it gets hot.
Having said that... IF I had a greenhouse (finished) I would plant all the same thing too

(03-18-2012, 10:34 AM)tvguy Wrote: What's in my garden now? Mud and Jerusalem artichokes anyway I planted a few bulbs/tubers a couple of years ago and they spread like crazy. So I walked through what was the garden and I was admiring the dry stalks and how straight and tough they are. Anyway when I pulled a couple I noticed a ton of these tubers coming up with them.
I've never even tried eating these so I pressure washed a couple, sliced them thin and was surprised to find that they are very tasty
I guess I'll try baking or frying some next.





It's time to plant onions. I noticed they are selling sets already. The earlier you get them in the ground the better.
I usually plant Wall Walla's about the end of this month.

(03-30-2012, 09:06 AM)Tiamat Wrote:

(03-18-2012, 10:34 AM)tvguy Wrote: What's in my garden now? Mud and Jerusalem artichokes anyway I planted a few bulbs/tubers a couple of years ago and they spread like crazy. So I walked through what was the garden and I was admiring the dry stalks and how straight and tough they are. Anyway when I pulled a couple I noticed a ton of these tubers coming up with them.
I've never even tried eating these so I pressure washed a couple, sliced them thin and was surprised to find that they are very tasty
I guess I'll try baking or frying some next.





It's time to plant onions. I noticed they are selling sets already. The earlier you get them in the ground the better.
I usually plant Wall Walla's about the end of this month.

Oh, yes, they are supposed to be pretty tasty.. They also contain inulin, a sugar our body can digest or break down. So, they tend to give one a lot of gas. I used to be able to find them on the grocery shelves about 30 years ago or so, but no longer. I guess there was some kind of pyramid scam attached to that. I never see them anymore. Anyway, I planted Jerusalem artichoke seeds last year and they didn't sprout.

(03-30-2012, 06:43 AM)cletus1 Wrote:

(03-29-2012, 08:00 AM)tvguy Wrote:

Quote:I planted yellow straight-neck squash, zucchini and Burpless cuke seeds,

I think it too early for these. IMO anyway. I have bought starts and planted seeds right next to them and the seeds out grew the starts
All of these squash plants won't grow well until the soil is really warm and it doesn't get so cold at night.
The same is true with the Okra that Simon started. I never had any luck with that until it gets hot.
Having said that... IF I had a greenhouse (finished) I would plant all the same thing too

Its not too early if you are indoors. Whenever I have bought squash, cucumber and tomato starts, they are good sized. So, they had to be started at least 4 to 6 weeks before the garden centers get them. The tomatoes are started even earlier, like 8 to 10 weeks from mid April. I have many veggies in 4 inch pots so they have plenty of room to grow. They will go into the green house in mid April too. I have a heater with a thermostat I will put in the Greenhouse to protect them against an occasional cold night. I like to get a head start on my veggies. I am usually eating a zuke by the end of May or first week in June which is real early. The Seven Oaks Farm in Central Point plant seeds directly into the soil in mid May.