Dr. Magill
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I always wonder about drying stuff like that
We’re picky about hay but never considered growing it
We’re picky about hay but never considered growing it
2022 Garden Thread
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Capt Insano Emeritis
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Its not expensive $18 for 30 or 40 lbs( big bag) 1 cup a foot-ish… you really can’t overdue it I double dig it in (digging fork my favorite garden tool for 40 years)add other amendments use my electric cultivator /tiller i add a bag of worm castings a lower nitrogen organic fertilizer( like 4–4-2) steamed lime, my garden compostand every 4-5 years I add granular bio char stir it up.
with my cultivator.
Some times i customize beds with other additives like greensand or seaweed meal . I have been putting our used coffee grounds around our blueberries as i am trying to get the ph down to about 4.5 to 5.5 ph… lots of soil making methods
Me too - never heard of it and curious about it. There's a feed store in town, I'm going to amend soil with some. Neat idea.
I am gonna try some ground cover next winter and pellet soon (as an experiment).
I LOVED lemon boy last year. Indeterminate, handball sized, super sweet and juicy, low number of seeds and produced a lot of fruit
Capt Insano Emeritis
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Thanks, Cap'n!
SeaRunner
Steelhead
For those who do cover crops, how do you keep the crop from sprouting back up after turning it over? I did a cover crop a few winters ago and then turned over around this time, but then had to deal with shoots from the cover crop coming up all spring. Maybe I didn't bury it deep enough when I turned it over?
Capt Insano Emeritis
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Plant annual cover crops, buckwheat austrian peas avoid clover, or plant winter crops like fava beans that form nitrogen nodules on the root cluster that you cut and leave in the soil to turn in…plus you get a bunch of beans! I grow Broad Winsor a large bean good to 12 degrees
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Anonymous member 148
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Yea, grasses like rye are commonly in cover crop mixes and they have that tendency to keep growing back, and clover. I forgot about buckwheat.
SeaRunner
Steelhead
Thank you. I planted a cover crop mix and it was definitely some kind of a grass type plant that kept growing back. I will look at trying the suggestions this coming year.
It’s orange not yellow but hard to go wrong with Juane Flamme. Productive and very tasty medium fruits. Does well potted too.
Capt Insano Emeritis
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I grow an orange that is killer good and have been growing it for 25 years just kept saving seed earliest largest specimen etc- Giant Golden Dixie
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Mind sending some seeds? I'm down to trade
Capt Insano Emeritis
Legend
I think i can do that private message your address and we can talk about others you might like to grow. I have some crosses that are stable that no one else has grown and some other interesting ones.
Mtnwkr
Steelhead
Just getting mine started again for the year. Thanks for the info on the pellets! I got a 40lb bag of organic, weed free at tractor supply for $15.
This is what I started last spring. Lots of deer and rabbits all around but they can't get in. The beds are 14" deep and have wire mesh on the bottom which really pisses off the moles.
Still need about 4 more yards to fill the nearest beds.
This is what I started last spring. Lots of deer and rabbits all around but they can't get in. The beds are 14" deep and have wire mesh on the bottom which really pisses off the moles.
Still need about 4 more yards to fill the nearest beds.
Capt Insano Emeritis
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tkww
Life of the Party
I'm on the eastside, and I really like Gold Medals. Also enjoyed Patty's Yellow Stripe in the past.
Just placced an order from territorial. This is year 2.5 of gardening at our place. We don't have a ton of space so picked a bunch of things that go fast, tall, early, and like tight spaces. We'll see how it goes!
