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Post by daylilydude on Sept 22, 2018 4:25:51 GMT -5
Fess up y'all... do you have something about your gardening that just has to be done the same way every year no matter what?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2018 6:08:06 GMT -5
No, each year is different.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Sept 22, 2018 6:55:34 GMT -5
The only thing I can think of is I like to plant tomatoes in a patch. I space them 3 to 4 feet apart, so I can wander through them. In fact I prefer to plant most things that way instead of long rows of anything. I dunno why, it's just one of my quirks
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Post by paulf on Sept 22, 2018 8:17:20 GMT -5
Timing is about the only "same every year". Tomato and pepper seed starting in February, planting after the first of May whenever weather permits. Other row crops in April when soil temps are right. Most everything is weather generated. If the weather was the same I would be the same.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Sept 22, 2018 8:32:08 GMT -5
More things than not are done the same every year, in my garden, as far as method goes. Next season I will be adding a few more things to the different list, as I think that succession planting will suit them better.
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Post by brownrexx on Sept 22, 2018 8:53:59 GMT -5
I stick to a routine in the WAY I plant but each year I try to rotate the location of crops a bit.
I make a garden diagram and I stick to it. Since it is on my computer, I can refer back to previous years and see where everything was planted. I also keep notes on what worked and what didn't. Pretty OCD I guess.
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Post by paulf on Sept 22, 2018 13:05:01 GMT -5
For fifteen years I have weighed and counted EVERY tomato harvested. That is in a journal that documents temperature, wind, number of sunny and cloudy days and rainfall on a daily basis. Last frost and first frost, dates of planting and removing plants from the garden, insect pests and diseases are included. Now if that is not OCD, I don't know what is. But I can tell you which did what in all kinds of conditions. Call me crazy, but it keeps things fun, and when there is a question on how what did what, I have an answer. Maybe that's why my wife made take is picture and calls me:
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Sept 22, 2018 13:23:26 GMT -5
paulf , You make Mr. Miyagi proud, Young Daniel-Son, but you need to lift leg higher. LAUGHING!!!
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Post by meandtk on Sept 22, 2018 14:37:49 GMT -5
Nope, because I don't know enough about what I'm doing to get stuck in any rut other than trial and error.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 25, 2018 9:23:23 GMT -5
Just using Earthboxes for all of my tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, because I am convinced it works better for me than planting in-ground or in raised beds.
Everything else is up for experimentation.
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