ness Posted March 31, 2016 Author Posted March 31, 2016 Why did you start things so early??? I've got some blooms on pepper plants too. BilletHead 1 John
BilletHead Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Ha! That will teach me to keep up with Ness The Mess ! BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
ness Posted April 5, 2016 Author Posted April 5, 2016 I brought all my stuff upstairs and jury-rigged my lights under a card table so I could accommodate the height. What a pain. BilletHead 1 John
tho1mas Posted April 6, 2016 Posted April 6, 2016 You guys are saving a ton of $ by starting your plants. Looked at some today - pretty pricey this year. Five to ten dollars for one tomato plant & five dollars for peppers & that was at Wal-Mart. Smart move by you all. BilletHead and ness 2
ness Posted April 6, 2016 Author Posted April 6, 2016 Moved the ness mess outside for a bit: A few asparagus spears coming in: BilletHead and tho1mas 2 John
BilletHead Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Nice mess you have there Ness Ok I have had enough with the plants indoors. The light table had become too dangerous and was about ready to go over being balanced on buckets and boards. Transferred the plants outside on the porch. Some of the tomato plants have made it to 28 inches from the top of the pots. These buckets are taller than standard five gallon ones. Please someone kick my rear is I want to plant seeds too early! Just had to try and get some maters in the ground. I dug a trench with post hole diggers and laid most of the plant horizontal in the trench, then gave the stem a gentle sweep to the surface leaving just 25 percent of the plant above the surface. Now I have a bed of black krim going. Short enough that buckets can cover a couple of weeks in case of a frost, Lettuce still growing like gangbusters, Went ahead a put in a couple of peppers too, Finally a skink giving a pose BilletHead slab slinger, ness and Deadstream 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
slab slinger Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Great looking early garden billethead. Those raised beds with screen lids are awsome. Might have to copy that next year. BilletHead 1
slab slinger Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Just seen that might be lexan glass. Either way I like it. BilletHead 1
ness Posted April 11, 2016 Author Posted April 11, 2016 Always a good feeling to finally get your babies in the ground! Got my onions, shallots and about half my lettuce plants in the ground over the weekend. Such a busy weekend that I didn't even consider putting out the maters and peppers. They're doing fine in their new bigger pots under my jury-rigged light system in the kitchen. They've been hardened off and all look healthy. But I'm ready to get that mess put away! If I can get a halfway decent looking forecast for the next week or so, I'll try to get some stuff moved out this week. I've got hoops up and plastic ready if I need it. Never again will I follow BilletHead's lead and plant in early January. Seriously, I got such a late start last year I was overly anxious to get it right this year and went too far the other direction. Part of the issues is now I'm pre-sprouting peppers and maters in baggies on heat mats, and that takes a week or two out of the equation. Getting some asparagus from my small plot, and found 8 morels yesterday without trying too hard at a completely new spot. BilletHead 1 John
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