The Endzone Garden Thread

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#726
VolNExile said:
Wow! Are you a farmer or market gardener? And having a college student handy sounds wonderful!
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Son of a plant scientist and world's foremost peanut expert according to ole Jimmy Carter.. We had the best yard and garden in the neighborhood growing up. I just like growing different tomatoes. Mainly to have one or two tomato pies a year. And however many tomato sandwiches I can squeeze out.
 
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#727
VolNExile said:
Wow! Are you a farmer or market gardener? And having a college student handy sounds wonderful!
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If you think mortgage lifter's are huge, you need to grow Omar's Lebanese. Can find the plant on heirloomtomatoplants.com and maybe the seeds on tomatofest.com. They get about 3 pounds. Can pull them off. Have to snip them. One is probably the size of 3 mortgage lifters. Two hander.
 
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GVF said:
Son of a plant scientist and world's foremost peanut expert according to ole Jimmy Carter.. We had the best yard and garden in the neighborhood growing up. I just like growing different tomatoes. Mainly to have one or two tomato pies a year. And however many tomato sandwiches I can squeeze out.
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Wow, now that’s a heritage! Somewhere I posted earlier that I didn’t grow up learning from parents or others anything about gardening, so that I’ve relied on books and experts and common sense for this new adventure. New=vegetable gardening. I’ve done a lot of flars. 🌸💐🌺
 
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GVF said:
If you think mortgage lifter's are huge, you need to grow Omar's Lebanese. Can find the plant on heirloomtomatoplants.com and maybe the seeds on tomatofest.com. They get about 3 pounds. Can pull them off. Have to snip them. One is probably the size of 3 mortgage lifters. Two hander.
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How do they taste? And are they resistant to disease? Those seem to be my criteria these days.
 
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GVF said:
Never tried the newspaper. I spray everything off and let die before tilling. I only mulch the maters. Still have weeding to do, but it can be kept in control with a upcoming freshman ag science major and giving him certain sections to do each week. Pretty weed free throughout right now.

One watering trick I've seen but not tried when mother nature isn't doing it is putting a length of pvc pipe by each tomato and filling it with water when it's time and let it soak down. Put it deep enough when planting to get straight to root ball.
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Newspaper works great for weed control, moisture & tills in good. Needs to stay damp so it won't blow away.
All straw has seeds. Its seeding when its cut.
 
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82_VOL_83 said:
Exie, if I bought seeds now would they be good next year? Keep them in the frezer?
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Most seeds should be good for at least one over-winter, although if you could hold off until January, it might be worth doing.

I just threw mine in a drawer, which probably wasn’t ideal. 🤪 But I have read that you shouldn’t freeze them. Here’s one reference: How to Store Leftover Seeds

I searched on “leftover seeds” rather than just “saving seeds”, because I don’t know if it’s different saving seeds from plants you’ve grown this year vs. saving seeds that you bought and didn’t use that year.
 
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VolNExile said:
Most seeds should be good for at least one over-winter, although if you could hold off until January, it might be worth doing.

I just threw mine in a drawer, which probably wasn’t ideal. 🤪 But I have read that you shouldn’t freeze them. Here’s one reference: How to Store Leftover Seeds

I searched on “leftover seeds” rather than just “saving seeds”, because I don’t know if it’s different saving seeds from plants you’ve grown this year vs. saving seeds that you bought and didn’t use that year.
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Blah blah. Talk to him. Blah blah.

I need to know how to know when I'm supposed to pick my peppers!
 
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vollygirl said:
Blah blah. Talk to him. Blah blah.

I need to know how to know when I'm supposed to pick my peppers!
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Well, I’m spitballing here, because I don’t eat hot peppers, but I’m guessing:
1) if they’re supposed to be red, are they mostly red yet, and
2) taste one? 1626483206426.gif

What kind of peppers are they? Some just stay green. They look gorgeous.

Maybe one of The Guys who like Scoville scale battles will weigh in.
 
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VolNExile said:
Well, I’m spitballing here, because I don’t eat hot peppers, but I’m guessing:
1) if they’re supposed to be red, are they mostly red yet, and
2) taste one? View attachment 380987

What kind of peppers are they? Some just stay green. They look gorgeous.

Maybe one of The Guys who like Scoville scale battles will weigh in.
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This is the little tag that came with it. And hell no I haven't tasted one! Haha20210622_192029.jpg
 
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