The Gardening Thread

[GVF]

I think all parts are toxic but not poisonous? It's an important distinction I make when talking plants cause theyre almost all toxic in some way and people confuse the terms or use them interchangeably. Have not heard of them being poisonous.

To cats and such IIRC.

 

[Tin Man]

First daffodil flower is open this morning. A lot of bloom stalks showing on my southern facing. The warm weather of the past week has accelerated them. I just hope the next cold spell doesn’t knock them all down.

 

[GVF]

First daffodil flower is open this morning. A lot of bloom stalks showing on my southern facing. The warm weather of the past week has accelerated them. I just hope the next cold spell doesn’t knock them all down.

I need to make a sweep of the yard and check. I've got huge swaths of daffies around the edges, which I can normally see very well from anywhere in the house or yard. But, I didn't really notic any up at all except a small batch behind the house.

I've got them dead center of back yard. Side yard. Dog pen. Yard's edge transition to overgrowth. Flower bed. It's like an invasive species around my property. A very nice one. Then the white one's bloom. Then a woodland carpet of some tiny blue flower that makes it look like texas bluebonnet season.

 

[Go aeiou]

First daffodil flower is open this morning. A lot of bloom stalks showing on my southern facing. The warm weather of the past week has accelerated them. I just hope the next cold spell doesn’t knock them all down.

I have Hyacinths popping through. No blooms yet. They are blue and have spread very slowly for about 10 years

 

[Tin Man]

I first began starting pepper seeds in December, one seed per cup. Since some of the varieties can take up to 30 days to germinate, I didn’t add any additional seeds during this timeframe. After a dismal ~30% germination rate, I added two seeds to the dormant cups. Two weeks later, I added an additional seed to the remaining dormant cups. Yesterday, I added four seeds apiece to the five remaining dormant cups. I’m going to approach this differently next December.

Meanwhile, started tomatoes in late January. The San Marzano Redorta germinated in ~10 days. Only one Cherokee purple seed germinated. Yesterday, I put four seeds into each dormant cups. I’m not fooling around…

 

[GVF]

I first began starting pepper seeds in December, one seed per cup. Since some of the varieties can take up to 30 days to germinate, I didn’t add any additional seeds during this timeframe. After a dismal ~30% germination rate, I added two seeds to the dormant cups. Two weeks later, I added an additional seed to the remaining dormant cups. Yesterday, I added four seeds apiece to the five remaining dormant cups. I’m going to approach this differently next December.

Meanwhile, started tomatoes in late January. The San Marzano Redorta germinated in ~10 days. Only one Cherokee purple seed germinated. Yesterday, I put four seeds into each dormant cups. I’m not fooling around…

You're having some troubles this year getting going. Better geti t cured or you'll be down at HD and Lowe's buying plants at 4000% mark-up.

It's taken me forever to herbs going in the greenhouse. Still just little sprouts going after over a month and half.

 

[Go aeiou]

You're having some troubles this year getting going. Better geti t cured or you'll be down at HD and Lowe's buying plants at 4000% mark-up.

It's taken me forever to herbs going in the greenhouse. Still just little sprouts going after over a month and half.

Near zero Thursday. Better get those fires started.
You feeding them anything?

 

[GVF]

Near zero Thursday. Better get those fires started.
You feeding them anything?

I potted the seed with a pretty decent soil mix. And keep them wet.

I added a small ceramic space heater to keep the freeze off on cold days. I'll add a heat mat and grow light to my seed trays when i start my maters and peppers and such.

I didn't try to start all the herbs in grow cups. Just scattered the seed in the plant containers and planned on thinning. Didn't have all my accessories set up in hte greenhouse at the time.

 

[Orangeslice13]

I can’t grow a tomato in Tennessee but apparently I can grow a pineapple

 

[GVF]

I can’t grow a tomato in Tennessee but apparently I can grow a pineapple View attachment 723313

You live in a similar wind tunnel to Exie to maybe make growing tomatoes not so easy. Prob get alot of disease and such from the Southern GA/FL ag belt in your valley like she gets on the east side of the big mountains. That topography in Chattanooga will split the wind drifts for ag diseases and such between the sequatchie valley and the Tn valley/smokey mountains east. Much more impact east of I-75 than up your valley. The worst would be the third drift up the seaboard on the east side of hte smokies. So, there's really 3 prominent corridors for diseases and pests from the sounthern ag boys.

 

[Orangeslice13]

You live in a similar wind tunnel to Exie to maybe make growing tomatoes not so easy. Prob get alot of disease and such from the Southern GA/FL ag belt in your valley like she gets on the east side of the big mountains. That topography in Chattanooga will split the wind drifts for ag diseases and such between the sequatchie valley and the Tn valley/smokey mountains east. Much more impact east of I-75 than up your valley. The worst would be the third drift up the seaboard on the east side of hte smokies. So, there's really 3 prominent corridors for diseases and pests from the sounthern ag boys.

I can also grow the **** out of berries of all types.