2011 Veggies

congrats MC hope all goes well and you bring home a nice healthy young boy!

The last few toms, not sure if they'll redden up now.

Our Jasmines, looking a bit healthier now, had Leaf lice/thrips, not 100% but they got zapped and left outside for a few weeks like bad plants, lol.

Lemon tree also starting to look a bit healthier. This has been cabbaged for near on 2 years...ffs! Anyway, I will not give up.

One of the hanging baskets, Salie (salvia) flowers coming to an end


Peace. DST

if they dont ripen on the vine DST you can place in a paper bag and put in a dark room temp spot till they get ripe. the banana peel method works as well u but its kinda how the big guys do it with a gas chamber to make green toms turn red but they are not ripe just red and ready for market

Hey congratulations McPurp! How exciting to be bringing your son home soon. Any names picked out yet?
btw, careful with the coons; they will rip a dog to shreds.

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Mnnnn, might try that out, although if it's just colour then I'll probably throw them in a pickle or something (I got a few greenies still hanging around). Cheers McP.

mcpurple said:

if they dont ripen on the vine DST you can place in a paper bag and put in a dark room temp spot till they get ripe. the banana peel method works as well u but its kinda how the big guys do it with a gas chamber to make green toms turn red but they are not ripe just red and ready for market

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did i read that right D your growing salvia?

fumble said:

Hey congratulations McPurp! How exciting to be bringing your son home soon. Any names picked out yet?
btw, careful with the coons; they will rip a dog to shreds.

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i think his name will be isaiha but spelled different. adn ya ive seen a coons damage before, and i got a whole gang of them, i am pretty sure it is a few mommas and theri kids cuz ive seen a few babies over theri as well, as long as they stay on theri side of the fence and leave my chickens alone they will be safe. i dont want to shoot them but i will for my eggs

Don Gin and Ton said:

did i read that right D your growing salvia?

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it is pretty common around here to grow it as it is a flower, we grow it on the farm.
i also just found out my boss is medical patient. how cool is that? and so is my landlord.

You did read right Don, but for aesthetic purposes of an external body nature. My days of putting my mind through that are long gone. They are the flowers on the last pic above.

mcpurple said:

i think his name will be isaiha but spelled different. adn ya ive seen a coons damage before, and i got a whole gang of them, i am pretty sure it is a few mommas and theri kids cuz ive seen a few babies over theri as well, as long as they stay on theri side of the fence and leave my chickens alone they will be safe. i dont want to shoot them but i will for my eggs



it is pretty common around here to grow it as it is a flower, we grow it on the farm.
i also just found out my boss is medical patient. how cool is that? and so is my landlord.

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Isiah is a good choice, I really like that name, my wife and I are torn between Judah and Josiah for the next one thats due in Jan.

Congrats to ALL the parents to be!!

I like that name McPurp. I'm pretty sure you're going to be an awesome dad!

Wow, I think I missed the part about your son being born. Go McP!!! Nice one mate, all the best with it.

hey vegheads!
found a great article about overwintering crops:

http://www.soil.ncsu.edu/publications/Soilfacts/AGW-439-58/AGW_439_58.pdf

Congrats Mc purp!!!

Thanks for the article mello. I need more quality reading material on the subject seeing as Im going balls out veggie growing next year Fingers crossed lol

D~ hows that cactus doing?

the cactus is still okay, whodat. It doesn't look like the hard cork mould has spread. We haven't watered it for a good while now which I think was it's problem (wet feet me thinks). It's been sitting on top of a radiator and I guess over the summer with them not being on and the weather not being good, the moisture has been retained and caused the problem. That's all I can think off (I repotted it a good while back as well). The bit of extra growth that is started out of it's side is still going and looks mighty healthy so I guess I need to sit and wait it out now.

Like watching a cactus grow... lol
Sounds cooooool, thanks for the cacti update D. hahah

I wonder how long my peppers will produce, as they only recently got going strong and are mostly green.

Well, pulled all of my stalks and stuff out of the soil today, now need take the beds apart and get all the dirt out, then put it all somewhere.... lol. I would compost all of it but darp darp I wont be around and sure as hell not bringing it with me
I may bring the frames with me...
Im sad I didnt get some pics of my sugar baby watermelons They were really tasty but had more seeds in it than I would like. Also had a good bit of red tomatoes left on the vines, along with some cucumbers, but didnt get to them in time, not a huge loss lol
I think I got 2 ears of corn! lol, maybe they needed more nutes or they didnt like being in the same bed as the cucumbers. Something.
Not a single cantaloupe though, not a big surprise, they got pm early on and I did nothing about it oh well.
Beans did well, and the sunflowers were great.. I let the seeds develop then cut the heads off and let the squirrels and birds live in paradise for a week or so they got at every single seed lol. I ate a few myself.
Soooo I guess thats my report for this year lol. I hope all vegheads are well

mcpurple said:

it is pretty common around here to grow it as it is a flower, we grow it on the farm.
i also just found out my boss is medical patient. how cool is that? and so is my landlord.

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it's sweet eh, i met my boss and his boss through weed. but the option of paying your rent with weed is awesome.

DST said:

You did read right Don, but for aesthetic purposes of an external body nature. My days of putting my mind through that are long gone. They are the flowers on the last pic above.

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glad to hear it fella, stuffs a nightmare eh.



on another note i've gotten a reasonable size almost red tomato! and a two tone chilli