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Racer92 3/8/2014 2:36pm
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Very cool. Did the Red Lasodas last weekend and put in all the G90 corn today.

Rick, have you been checking your pH ? Ive been tweaking mine to get it closer to 6.7ish
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borg 3/8/2014 6:59pm
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Tomatoes already in the ground. Jalapenos tomorrow. I cant let my friends down. They depend on me.
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Sandberm 3/8/2014 9:30pm
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We had snow last Sunday so...

But it did melt off by Tuesday. Today we planted peas, lettuce, spinach, broccolli and got some brussell sprout starts going in some cups inside. Cant seem to get the brussel sprouts to "finish". When late fall hits they just look like little leaf blobs in the arm pits of the stalk.

Itll be early May before we can plant maters, green beans, etc..
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Pond Scum 3/9/2014 9:17am
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Bobby, I mess with my PH once in awhile, but my well runs between 6.5 and 7 with 200 PMM of what ever. Sometimes after heavy rains and during snow melt my PH will fluctuate and need to be adjusted. I use lemon juice or baking soda. I only do this on the indoor plants, once outside, they're on their own. I put the ashes from the wood stove and my chicken shit into the garden with a little lime and rototill it in. I've tried composting but the wildlife or the farm animals eat it because I'm not far enough along in securing my place. I use my PPM meter more often so I can get my fert's just right, again, this is just for indoors


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Racer92 3/9/2014 9:57am
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Pond Scum wrote:
Bobby, I mess with my PH once in awhile, but my well runs between 6.5 and 7 with 200 PMM of what ever. Sometimes after heavy...
Bobby, I mess with my PH once in awhile, but my well runs between 6.5 and 7 with 200 PMM of what ever. Sometimes after heavy rains and during snow melt my PH will fluctuate and need to be adjusted. I use lemon juice or baking soda. I only do this on the indoor plants, once outside, they're on their own. I put the ashes from the wood stove and my chicken shit into the garden with a little lime and rototill it in. I've tried composting but the wildlife or the farm animals eat it because I'm not far enough along in securing my place. I use my PPM meter more often so I can get my fert's just right, again, this is just for indoors


Gotcha. My dirt is very base, so I hafta add sulphur or peat moss to get the pH down to something most garden plants prefer. They will make it okay around 7, (my stuff is around 7 to 7.2) but much happier with a lil more acid. My friend across the river has sandy dirt and he has to put down bunches of pelletized lime to bring it up to spec.

Hope your stuff does great this year.
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Pond Scum 3/9/2014 10:17am
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I use the lime to stabilize the PH I already have.
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TX24 3/9/2014 12:20pm
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I have three planters about 6 x 30 since our good dirt is about an inch deep. I started way too many tomato seedlings and too early last year. This year I'm a little late. I have given up on try to grow a few things, due to it getting too hot to soon. Yes, my garden need weed eating.




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Pond Scum 3/9/2014 2:07pm
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I won't be influenced by you Texans again this year. Last year Bobby's photo's got me so wound up, I planted early and had to start over after everything froze.

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TX24 3/11/2014 7:52am
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I thought it was Spring three weeks ago. Still decided to wait on setting out Summer plants. Since then we have had close to some of out coldest temps all Winter.
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Racer92 3/11/2014 8:36am
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Gonna be 80 today. Was 21 last tuesday. Welcome to Texas.......
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Pond Scum 3/11/2014 8:51am
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69 this coming Saturday. I got out last week and tilled a little dirt.

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Racer92 3/11/2014 9:24am
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Looks good. Rows are awful straight, you a lil OCD ?

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Pond Scum 3/16/2014 8:18pm
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Got the tomatoes out from under the florescent's and into the sunroom.

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borg 3/16/2014 8:55pm
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Pond Scum wrote:
69 this coming Saturday. I got out last week and tilled a little dirt. [img]http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u563/666Maverick454/Garden2-23-14_zpsf0e3508b.jpg[/img]
69 this coming Saturday. I got out last week and tilled a little dirt.

Looks like you plan to flood. Cant get away with that here. It's drip or risk getting a ticket.
I miss this place. I had room.





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Pond Scum 3/17/2014 8:39am
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That's awesome Borg. I have my own well, so I get to water all I want. I just hope this drought we're in don't effect my well this summer.
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Pond Scum 4/18/2014 12:18pm
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The tomatoes are kicking ass and are begging to go outside but I'm not giving in.


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Titan1 4/18/2014 1:15pm
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Mmmmmm...homemade salsa with garden fresh veggies. LOVE IT!
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borg 4/18/2014 7:07pm
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I'll be damned! This is as early as I have ever had one. I just walked out there and there it was. We did have a warm spring but this is weird. Shit, I may be having fried green maters on Memorial day this year. Usually it's the 4th of July

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