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[jeffashman]

I read an article that said that you can use tires (tyres) to grow them. You put one down and fill it with dirt and plant the potatoes, then when they are tall enough, you stack another one on top and fill it with dirt so that the topmost part of the plant is exposed, and you do that throughout the season. Then at harvest time you remove each tire and harvest them. Haven't tried it, but it looked intriguing.

Another little trick that I learned, and it works very well, is to bury the tomato plants with just the top sticking out. The buried part of the plant roots, and you end up with a much larger and more robust plant. I think that works with any member of the nightshade family, but I haven't tried it with peppers yet.

 

[SquarePeg]

I was told to bury the first two sets of leaves and that worked pretty well last year. Someone else said to plant them on their side but I didn’t have the nerve to try that. We have such a short growing season here that I hesitate to take risks like that lol!

 

[Rickbb]

I use the old fashioned hill style on tomatoes, plant them just past the first true leaves, rake dirt up around them weekly until hells front porch arrives, (known locally as summer), then mulch heavy with straw. I get fruit from first of July until Oct. with the indeterminate varieties.

 

[cgw]

I was told to bury the first two sets of leaves and that worked pretty well last year. Someone else said to plant them on their side but I didn’t have the nerve to try that. We have such a short growing season here that I hesitate to take risks like that lol!

All but buried works here. They root off the stem. Bonus frost protection for infant plants, too!

 

[Original katomi]

Hi all, how is everyone

 

[jeffashman]

Hi all, how is everyone

Howdy! doing well, thanks! Listening to Gaby Moreno's Postales album. Incredible set of pipes. How are you?

 

[cgw]

Hi all, how is everyone

Shoveling snow this a.m. A few foolhardy snowdrops emerged in sunny beds close to warm, south-facing stone walls. C'mon Spring!

 

[SquarePeg]

I’ve got 3, that’s right 3! sprouts in my winter sowing jugs. Finally starting to see some signs of life. 2 echinacea and one Shasta daisy.

Bought dahlia tubers at Costco a few weeks ago. Last week decided to “wake them up”. I put them in clear plastic baggies out on a table in a warm room with indirect light. They have so many eyes already and some have even started to sprout. I divided the larger clumps and got 2-3 out of each crown. Package was supposed to be 8 tubers but I have at least double that, probably triple of all the eyes sprout.

No idea where I’m going to put them all as it’s about 2 months early. I think I’m going to pot each of them up with a small amount of soil for now and let them start. Once they get about 12” I’ll pinch them and then move them to bigger grow bags outside. If we get a late frost it will be survival of the fittest.

Still have 10 tubers ordered online that won’t arrive until mid April…

 

[cgw]

Jill Lepore on seed catalogs:

What We Learn from Leafing Through Seed Catalogues

They promise forty-pound beets, rhubarb that tastes like wine, tomatoes that look like stained-glass windows, and world salvation. It doesn’t hurt to dream.

www.newyorker.com

 

[jeffashman]

Jill Lepore on seed catalogs:

What We Learn from Leafing Through Seed Catalogues

They promise forty-pound beets, rhubarb that tastes like wine, tomatoes that look like stained-glass windows, and world salvation. It doesn’t hurt to dream.

www.newyorker.com

I have to wonder if some of the heirloom seeds are truly heirloom. That's a pretty big claim, I think.

 

[Photo Lady]

@Photo Lady beautiful ! I have that same Clematis. I’m hoping it comes back this year. I had to cut it all the way back last fall due to some work on the metal railings that it climbs.

thank you..same here.. we painted the railings..fingers crossed..

 

[Photo Lady]

photo lady brill pics, hope they do come up again.

thank you

 

[jeffashman]

The last of this years tulip shots from the 14th. The petals are now falling off, but I think on the next nice light day, I may get a shot of those as well.

mar14202301 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

mar14202302 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

mar14202303 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[SquarePeg]

One of my tulips is impatient to bloom. Weird right?