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Post by daylilydude on Sept 20, 2017 4:05:39 GMT -5
Let's hear about some of your garden blunders and how you fixed them...
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 20, 2017 7:58:09 GMT -5
One blunder is still evident out there now: that tomato trellis I made using that nylon 6x6 netting, stapled to some high posts. Even though I had used this for 2 years previously, the toms in those SIPs got so huge, that the thing came down with some 40 mph winds. Not one plant broke off, so I left them, though it is hard to find the ones on the ground, under all that foliage!
From now on, tomatoes only get supported by CRW! And next season I am going to try some smaller plants - labeled "dwarf", but listed at 4-6'. The nylon netting area will be for beans, cukes, bitter melon, and other lighter plants, and the tomatoes will be farther apart. They grow like wildfire in those SIPs!
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Post by paulf on Sept 20, 2017 20:02:07 GMT -5
Too many to remember. Every year shows me I am not as smart as I think I am. Keeping a garden journal helps from doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result. I learned early not to dump stuff on the garden without a proper soil test. One blunder was buying those cheap-o soil tester kits, pH meters and other gadgets that are a waste of money and time.
One stand-out error was announcing on a gardening website (not this one or the other one I visit) stating I had a tomato with a full sized tomato and a cherry tomato growing on the same vine and how could that happen. Not so gently chided by a tomato expert that it could not happen, so look closer. Sure enough there were TWO vines intertwined looking like one. Can you say embarrassed?
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Post by meandtk on Sept 20, 2017 21:47:44 GMT -5
The worst was planting two pounds of sunchoke tubers, only to find that I couldn't eat them. Being perennials, I had difficulty getting rid of them. 2-4-D and glyphosate rescued me, as much as I hated to do that.
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Post by spike on Sept 21, 2017 14:11:31 GMT -5
I always had my Old Uncles to push me around and teach me. Once they passed and I was left to my own devices, lord honey, there is not enough time to even mention a part of my blunders.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 21, 2017 15:19:09 GMT -5
Well, I appear to be in the midst of a blunder. My garlic harvest was lacking this year, so I'd planned to get some fresh garlic from a local farm to plant this fall.
Only the farm I usually buy from had an awful year and has no garlic.
SO right now, I have no bulbs of garlic to plant. I'm going to have to hunt some down this weekend or find some online.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 21, 2017 17:45:25 GMT -5
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Post by paquebot on Sept 21, 2017 20:26:22 GMT -5
Martin's garlic for sale! 4 large bulbs and 4 or 5 small bulbs and odd leftovers plus minimum 50 medium to large bulbils for $15 postpaid. Easily enough for 100 bulbs. One order available.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 21, 2017 20:56:10 GMT -5
Martin's garlic for sale! 4 large bulbs and 4 or 5 small bulbs and odd leftovers plus minimum 50 medium to large bulbils for $15 postpaid. Easily enough for 100 bulbs. One order available. Martin The truth is more important than the facts. ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/69NYbMmPkXk2bJ9R8OBQ.png) Seriously? Because if you are, and you PM me your address, I'll slip some lettuce into the mail for you tomorrow.
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Post by paquebot on Sept 22, 2017 9:22:07 GMT -5
I first offered garlic on Garden Web and Homesteading Today probably in 2003. Past two years has been on Homesteading Families. It's always been give me an address and then pay upon receipt. Only had one scofflaw in all that time. Friend from another forum stopped by Sunday and avoided the hassle of me having to mail them. Of course, also didn't have to pay for them! She is from Florence and a friend across the border has been growing Martin's for at least 4 years.
I can put together more than one if anyone is interested but I'm running low on large bulbs. I can still put together a few to guarantee being able to plant 50 cloves and 50 bulbils.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 22, 2017 9:37:06 GMT -5
I sent you a PM.
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