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Post by daylilydude on Sept 16, 2018 4:14:00 GMT -5
In all of your years of gardening what is the one most-est important thing you have learned?
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 16, 2018 7:10:37 GMT -5
Always know that you can learn more!
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 16, 2018 7:40:13 GMT -5
How to garden organically and care for the soil.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 16, 2018 8:08:11 GMT -5
There's always next year!
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Sept 16, 2018 8:29:51 GMT -5
To never get so set in your ways that your unwilling to listen to someone else.
In other words keep your mind open.
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Post by paulf on Sept 16, 2018 8:52:19 GMT -5
All of the above plus a mulching program and soil testing so as not to guess how to care for the soil.
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Post by octave1 on Sept 16, 2018 9:47:33 GMT -5
That tomato plants can grow 12 ft tall.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 16, 2018 10:02:21 GMT -5
That tomato plants can grow 12 ft tall. And that you couldn't reach them that high? But then, I guess you could use one of the tools used for picking apples and the like. Though cherry tomatoes seem to be the tallest in my garden!
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Post by september on Sept 16, 2018 10:20:43 GMT -5
The most important thing I have learned is to do your research, but use common sense and feel free to tweak practices so they fit your gardening zone and particular micro climate.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 16:55:25 GMT -5
You get to start again next season.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Sept 16, 2018 17:43:36 GMT -5
To buy two packs of each type of seed. Because next year the seed company won’t carry it.
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Post by guruofgardens on Sept 16, 2018 18:15:47 GMT -5
It all starts with the soil, so make sure to amend the soil as well as you can.
Next year is another great year.
Homegrown tastes phenomenal.
Hard work usually pays off.
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Post by whistech on Sept 16, 2018 21:14:30 GMT -5
Almost everything mentioned is really great and I will add a couple. Don't plant too closely and remember that you need to be able to give away or preserve all those tomatoes, okra, green beans, onions, etc. that you grow.
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Post by Saltflower on Sept 16, 2018 21:23:45 GMT -5
Don't defend wildlife on gardening forums. It gets you kicked off and/or yelled at...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 21:28:16 GMT -5
Don't defend wildlife on gardening forums. It gets you kicked off and/or yelled at... I don't think is quite true, at least in my experience.
Sometimes I think gardenrs and farmers are the most positive and optimistic folk, because we always hope for a great season the next year!!
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Post by Saltflower on Sept 16, 2018 21:33:53 GMT -5
Also, PLANT MY RED ROBIN TOMATO SEEDS THIS YEAR! I've been hoping for lots of little tomatoes to harvest all winter. This is the year!
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Post by octave1 on Sept 16, 2018 22:34:25 GMT -5
pepperhead212, the tomatoes were easy to reach because the branches came down from the top of the 6 ft cage all the way to the ground, and sprawled.
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Post by daylilydude on Sept 17, 2018 4:55:21 GMT -5
Don't defend wildlife on gardening forums. It gets you kicked off and/or yelled at... ??
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 17, 2018 6:23:47 GMT -5
Don't defend wildlife on gardening forums. It gets you kicked off and/or yelled at... I don't think is quite true, at least in my experience. Not on our forum of course but I was threatened with banning on a chicken forum for suggesting that a poster should make their coop more secure rather than killing the wildlife that tries to get their chickens. I was told not to criticize a members methods or something like that. I never went back.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 17, 2018 10:33:53 GMT -5
I wouldn't kick you off or yell at you if you tried to defend, say...squirrels. But I would express my opinions about <unladylike language resisted with great effort> squirrels right back to you.
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Post by bestofour on Sept 17, 2018 21:51:27 GMT -5
It's already been mentioned and I do it every year even though I know better - I plant my tomatoes too close together. I improved spacing them this year a little bit but I need to improve more next year.
I live in a yellow house facing southeast and some years we are inundated with Asian lady bugs, which aren't really lady bugs, that bite or sting and smell terrible. I mentioned on a forum that I was looking for ways to get rid of them and people attacked me. I didn't respond and unjoined that forum. On another forum years ago I asked my very first question and the very first response was "is English your second language?" Guess my question wasn't worded to his liking. I never went back there either.
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 18, 2018 7:18:28 GMT -5
I have only ever been to 3 or 4 forums and it seems like there is at least one person who is nasty and know-it-all ish on each one. Fortunately most are not like that and I have not seen any people like that on this forum.
I usually try to ignore people like that but sometimes it's hard.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Sept 18, 2018 10:15:11 GMT -5
One of the best things (maybe even THE best) about NJT is the lack of politics, and that we don't get involved in stirring the pots of other gardening forums. Let's try to keep our posts kind and thoughtful. We all learn so much from each other in a gentle and inviting atmosphere- let's keep it that way. One of the most important things I have learned about gardening over the years is that Gardeners really ARE the most thoughtful people out there, always willing to share a tip, idea, tool or garden produce. And they are also always willing to hear your thoughts and ideas as well. Always good conversation to be had with fellow gardeners!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 11:01:20 GMT -5
Squirrels are being a huge problem this year in the north eastsern orchards. They take a bite or two out of an apple and then go on; good acorn year last year, so bumper crop of squirrels this year.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 18, 2018 11:44:52 GMT -5
I read about that, @imp. Squirrels' habit of taking one bite out of every fruit (apples, peaches, tomatoes, etc.) is exactly why I have such a strong antipathy towards them. If they would just eat from one fruit per feeding - thus leaving some of the harvest for me - I wouldn't mind them nearly so much. And they ususally take bites out of the fruit just before the it's ripe, too. You can pick tomatoes at blush to get ahead of the squirrels, but they will ruin most tree fruits before they are ripe enough to pick.
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 18, 2018 12:06:44 GMT -5
I am so lucky not to have many squirrels here. We do not have big, mature trees on our side of the street but they do across the street and my neighbor complains about squirrels getting into his garden and fruit trees. Lucky for me they seem to stay over there.
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Post by bestofour on Sept 18, 2018 12:33:11 GMT -5
We're having a squirrel problem too. They ate every single fig or bit into them. In the past the birds, especially blue jays, poke holes in the figs to some degree, but this year the trees were full of squirrels. I have 2 big cats so you'd think the squirrels would be afraid but they aren't.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 18, 2018 12:36:38 GMT -5
You are lucky, brownrexx! There is no way to keep squirrels out, unless you enclose an area, including overhead, as well as into the ground enough, that they couldn't dig under it, with a fine mesh fencing, which, of course, is not feasible. Only one way to deal with squirrels, unless, of course, we could somehow bring their predators back. That is the reason in suburban areas, like mine - predators of squirrels, rabbits, and other small animals, have been more or less removed from the areas, and the pests run rampant.
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Post by daylilydude on Sept 18, 2018 12:55:12 GMT -5
I'm lucky here in a way and that my neighbors dog loves fresh squirrel meat... just wish he would finish it up and stop leaving part of it on my back porch...lol!
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Post by bestofour on Sept 18, 2018 12:57:40 GMT -5
daylilydude, My 112 pound mastiff plays with the squirrels. I can't catch a break.
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