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Post by daylilydude on Jan 20, 2011 8:25:00 GMT -5
My first WS project that actually had snow, worked great!!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jan 20, 2011 10:02:08 GMT -5
Well, see, Dude. Snow ain't all that bad. It's good for Wintersowing and even better for making a Snowperson. What is in that box anyway???
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 20, 2011 10:10:10 GMT -5
Maters and peppers.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jan 20, 2011 12:57:31 GMT -5
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Post by sorellina on Jan 20, 2011 14:27:10 GMT -5
Oh my goodness..that's a lot of chard. Trust me, brassicas will take over if you grow too much. I had so many extra kale babies last year.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2011 8:57:58 GMT -5
How odd that only Bibb lettuce would sprout but none of the other containers. I need some more info on how you sowed what and when, and then maybe I can help you have a better result. T Uhhh, I don't remember now. It was I think 2 years ago. Probably in February. Had holes for drainage & moisture. Did a bunch of tomatoes, nothing. I have volunteers pop ip in the garden from missed cherry maters, but nothing in the containers. I used the square plastic containers like you get spring mix in from the grocery store. I'll have to find my notebook to jog my memory of what else I tried.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2011 15:12:24 GMT -5
Wow, Now thats Flat Amazing? I didn't think anything you Planted that way would grow? Good for you!\\
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2011 18:54:58 GMT -5
I've had minimum success with the concept, but I keep trying. This year it's Wild Bergamot. Last year, the only thing that grew out of about 10 containers were Hollyhocks. I've had very little success with veggies. I had a ruff time with veg until I went to mostly container or raised, the dirt here stinks.
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 22, 2011 22:31:40 GMT -5
My maters are all still in the milk jugs I love wintersowing!! No lights, no hardening off ... no watering (for me anyway) My tomatoes come up when they are ready ....... Life is so much simpler Thanks so much Trudy .. I listened to your radio talk a few months ago .......
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Post by coppice on Apr 23, 2011 7:39:12 GMT -5
Trudi has been trying to sell me on this wintersowing stuff. I am an old fart, and probably would've never set aside my own built rigs of a lighted germinating box and cold frame to set seedlings into; for her wintersown scheme.
Well, stuff happens, people move, concrete cold frames not so much.
Here at my new digs with much smaller raised beds to plant into, and not enough room to stuff in an extra ham sandwich. Winter sowing became a 'must do'.
I used some tall clear plastic totes. The got loaded late in February and sat outdoors sun rain or snow. In their own good time the tomato tote and TPS totes both germinated. once germinated I did bring totes indoors on cold nights. On sunny days I did vent totes open. Tomato (and some hitch hiking paprika) was-were potted up and out of tote to deep 36 count cells on this past Thursday. The 40 'maters and 12 peppers will come inside on cold nights, but will return to out doors in a sheltered corner when ever it goes above 50°. I am shooting for a May 7th plant to field, which is about as early as tomato can go out in SE-OH.
Would wintersowing work the way I'm doing it for a thousand+ tomato babies? I doubt if it would be practical, or needed.
In a back yard setting, I think it works pretty good.
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 23, 2011 7:45:15 GMT -5
Wow coppice thats nice ..... I put all mine on the north side and they stay there until I plant them ..... I guess I am mean to them, no babying those things! They have got to be tough!
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