How Does Your Garden Grow??????

Rozgreenburn

Rozgreenburn

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Larry {the} Gardener said:
This thread is a little early, as I don't have anything in the ground yet. But I am getting prep work done. I look forward to seeing everyone's gardens, so please post your pictures here.

So here is a little of what I have been up to.

I got 5 Jalapeno and 5 Mini Sweet Peppers out of cups and into pots yesterday. The roots were just right for transplanting. Just barely enough to hold the soil together.

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I have sweet corn, acorn squash, tomatoes and about 6 kinds of peppers still inside under the lights. There is no more room there, so I dug this subterranean greenhouse to hold the overflow until the threat of frost is past.

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Some of my pepper sprouts.

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And this sweet corn is going to have to so somewhere fast. It is growing like crazy. I will plant some in the ground later, but these will most likely go in grow bags in my improvised rain gutter grow system. {trench lined with black plastic}

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Nice underground grow, great idea. I've had an underground grow for decades. Yours is a bit different :lol:
 
WubbaLubbaDubDub

WubbaLubbaDubDub

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I always laugh when my local hydro store gives me freebies I’ll never use on my weed, of course I take them if it’s free.
I’ll either give them away to friends or use them in my yard/lawn.
Always makes me think, if you believe the bottles, I’m gonna have the densest terpy-est lawn in the whole neighborhood!
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Edit-This line was discontinued due to labeling but I’ll take a free bottle!
 
xtsho

xtsho

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WubbaLubbaDubDub said:
I always laugh when my local hydro store gives me freebies I’ll never use on my weed, of course I take them if it’s free.
I’ll either give them away to friends or use them in my yard/lawn.
Always makes me think, if you believe the bottles, I’m gonna have the densest terpy-est lawn in the whole neighborhood!
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Edit-This line was discontinued due to labeling but I’ll take a free bottle!
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Yikes! The price tag on that bottle says $79.99. Labeling issue or not. Who the hell pays that for some damn fertilizer? Not me. I don't care if it's a gallon size bottle.
 
WubbaLubbaDubDub

WubbaLubbaDubDub

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injinji said:
I'm sure you can pick up bags from the Chinese pretty cheap. (I know from buying tents that they will put whatever you want on a product. For example my 3F UL Gear tent is branded Meirs) Go down to the Farmer's Co-Op and buy a ton of bulk fertilizer. . . . . . . . .
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I go to the UFA/farmers co-op and grab a couple 55pound bags of alfalfa pellets and spread that over the lawn. $15CAD a bag goes far and it slowly releases.
Grabbed this spreader used for $15 on kijiji and works like a charmimage.jpg
 
MAGpie81

MAGpie81

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Larry {the} Gardener said:
This thread is a little early, as I don't have anything in the ground yet. But I am getting prep work done. I look forward to seeing everyone's gardens, so please post your pictures here.

So here is a little of what I have been up to.

I got 5 Jalapeno and 5 Mini Sweet Peppers out of cups and into pots yesterday. The roots were just right for transplanting. Just barely enough to hold the soil together.

View attachment 3617695

I have sweet corn, acorn squash, tomatoes and about 6 kinds of peppers still inside under the lights. There is no more room there, so I dug this subterranean greenhouse to hold the overflow until the threat of frost is past.

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Some of my pepper sprouts.

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And this sweet corn is going to have to so somewhere fast. It is growing like crazy. I will plant some in the ground later, but these will most likely go in grow bags in my improvised rain gutter grow system. {trench lined with black plastic}

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I like your subterranean greenhouse! I converted our broken and dirty old hot tub into a similar winter greenhouse. Stays above 80 with lid down when it is down to 40 outside. Wired with lights, and closet damper-rods for on bottom for heat. Doesn’t take much. Great for starts.
I’ll be checking back on your peppers- I also have a little trouble with starts.
Good work!
 
injinji

injinji

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myke said:
Hey guys. How long do you think I can leave these in the plastic starter cubes? Planted March 7. I’d like to not destroy them so I can re plant.There about 4” tall the pots. Thanks
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The bigger ones are ready to transplant now. I try to move them up as soon as there is enough roots to hold the soil together. You can make a little jig out of cardboard or plastic to help hold the others in place when you turn them upside down.
 
myke

myke

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injinji said:
The bigger ones are ready to transplant now. I try to move them up as soon as there is enough roots to hold the soil together. You can make a little jig out of cardboard or plastic to help hold the others in place when you turn them upside down.
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Great idea thanks.
 
injinji

injinji

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myke said:
Great idea thanks.
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I've learned the hard way. I've dumped a few.

I have a tray with 9 slots of Armenian cukes and 9 spaghetti squash that are going to be a bitch to get out and not scramble the rest of them. I guess I'm going to hold the tray on it's side and pull them out. The 30th and 31st are good transplanting days, so I find out then how ready they are.

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