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Post by daylilydude on Oct 17, 2017 3:52:26 GMT -5
Is there something that you didn't plant this year and wish you would have?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 17, 2017 8:22:56 GMT -5
Nothing really that I wish I would have planted, but a lot of things that I wish that I could have planted, as always.
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Post by paulf on Oct 17, 2017 8:45:04 GMT -5
Muskmelon
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 17, 2017 9:25:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I never got melons going for the kids here, either.
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Post by september on Oct 17, 2017 9:42:51 GMT -5
Forgot to plant cilantro this year, but my main regrets are wishing I had taken better care of a few things that did very poorly because of my own lack of action - no carrots, hardly any lettuce, and small onions. I swear to do better by them next year!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 17, 2017 9:49:21 GMT -5
Ooh, now that the heat is going away, it's time to plant cilantro here. Thanks for the reminder!
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Post by ladymarmalade on Oct 17, 2017 10:52:43 GMT -5
Basil.
I had a flat of basil during the winter and enjoyed it, but failed to start more for planting in the garden. Then I set the flat outside when I'd harvested most of it, and a whole new crop of basil sprang up, so I was excited to get a chance to transplant it.
Only then I went on vacation and didn't notice the flat had been shifted to be underneath the awning... Poor plants received no water and dried to a crisp before I got home.
I've enjoyed all kinds of fresh herbs this year, but have missed the basil greatly. I'll not make that mistake again next year.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Oct 18, 2017 11:30:23 GMT -5
Awww...
Basil, unlike some of the other herbs, enjoys regular water. Good herb for a SIP, my Genovese basil plants got taller than me this year and that was with a late start.
I should have harvested more often, I know. But after they started blooming, boy did those basil plants they bring bees to the yard. So I let them keep right on blooming.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 18, 2017 20:00:39 GMT -5
I can't imagine that ladymarmalade! A summer without basil. ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/tFy1NiKRsMDj8HPNPcFe.png) I can't even be without it in the off season. Like Laura, mine did great in the SIP. I tried blue spice basil this year, but wasn't crazy about the aroma - more fruity than spicy. It bolted very early, and attracted a lot of bees all summer, so I only recently pulled it out.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Oct 18, 2017 20:21:47 GMT -5
I can't imagine that ladymarmalade! A summer without basil. ![:'(](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/tFy1NiKRsMDj8HPNPcFe.png) I can't even be without it in the off season. Like Laura, mine did great in the SIP. I tried blue spice basil this year, but wasn't crazy about the aroma - more fruity than spicy. It bolted very early, and attracted a lot of bees all summer, so I only recently pulled it out. Fortunately, I have a local grower that I was able to support with frequent basil purchases, but gosh, it is not the same as walking out to the herb garden and grabbing what I need. Never again!
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Post by paquebot on Oct 18, 2017 20:48:15 GMT -5
I planted everything so there wasn't anything that I missed! With about 1,500 square feet at home and 7,200 on a pumpkin farm, there was no excuse for missing anything. With a Jung's garden center about 8 blocks away, and everything in the catalog there, can't claim that I forgot to order something. Didn't technically plant squash and pumpkins but did have them both trying to invade from the field.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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