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Anyone want any of the following plants: basil, bell peppers, pole beans, celery, ground cherries? Shoot me a PM.
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derrickito
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:56 am
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two of my basil plants just died. they are usually super easy to take care of
got a good sized extra basil? id take a celery if you have an extra one of those too, my celery starts never made it out of the ground
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:17 am
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derrickito wrote:
two of my basil plants just died. they are usually super easy to take care of
got a good sized extra basil? id take a celery if you have an extra one of those too, my celery starts never made it out of the ground
I've got an extra basil, sure.
Adam G. might have just beat you to the celery, but I'm not sure he really wants it. I'll ask him. You know they like wet ground? I plant mine in the spot in my yard that turns into a miniature duck pond in November.
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derrickito
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my back yard is a second story deck, and a parking lot. im running my garden out of big planters. i dont quite have a duckpond but ill keep them nice and watered. bring them along on thursday if the other guy doesnt want them?
i think i can make plants last in a messenger bag on a bike ride.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:35 am
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derrickito wrote:
my back yard is a second story deck, and a parking lot. im running my garden out of big planters. i dont quite have a duckpond but ill keep them nice and watered. bring them along on thursday if the other guy doesnt want them?
i think i can make plants last in a messenger bag on a bike ride.
can't wait for you to have kids.
"Eh, they'll be fine!"
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:41 am
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joby wrote:
derrickito wrote:
my back yard is a second story deck, and a parking lot. im running my garden out of big planters. i dont quite have a duckpond but ill keep them nice and watered. bring them along on thursday if the other guy doesnt want them?
i think i can make plants last in a messenger bag on a bike ride.
can't wait for you to have kids.
"Eh, they'll be fine!"
I'm just shocked that Derrick eats vegetables at all.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:44 am
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gsbarnes wrote:
I'm just shocked that Derrick eats vegetables at all.
i'm banking on the presence of a nacho cheese and/or mayo supplemental
applesauche
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:44 am
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gsbarnes wrote:
I'm just shocked that Derrick eats vegetables at all.
He probably just grows vegetables to give girls something to cook for him
derrickito
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that's it. no fresh tossed salads for ANY of you.
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i'll toss my own salad, thanks
gsbarnes
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gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 12:13 pm
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derrickito wrote:
my back yard is a second story deck, and a parking lot. im running my garden out of big planters. i dont quite have a duckpond but ill keep them nice and watered. bring them along on thursday if the other guy doesnt want them?
In case anyone's in the same boat as Derrick, the best of these for container gardening are the basil and the peppers. Actually, it's possible the pole beans might work, too, but you need to give them something to climb and if you live in an apartment, the upstairs neighbor might not be pleased if you let them grow onto their deck.
Or who knows, maybe they'll love it.
Anyway, ground cherries and celery are all taken.
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derrickito
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ive done pretty well with beans in pots before, im growing them that way this year. i stake and line them plenty of places to climb, and no one is above them to complain
also do well with tomatoes in pots, cucumbers, zuchini, lettuce.
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joby wrote:
derrickito wrote:
my back yard is a second story deck, and a parking lot. im running my garden out of big planters. i dont quite have a duckpond but ill keep them nice and watered. bring them along on thursday if the other guy doesnt want them?
i think i can make plants last in a messenger bag on a bike ride.
can't wait for you to have kids.
"Eh, they'll be fine!"
Right, everyone knows you should use a Carradice bag for infants.
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:41 pm
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derrickito wrote:
t my celery starts never made it out of the ground
i'm imagining pieces of cut celery with the peanut butter licked off and stuck drunkedly in some dirt (not soil...dirt).
Actually Ito, you'd probably be able to grow peppers up there pretty well guessing it gets damn hot on that deck in the summer.
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:54 pm
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Update: celery, ground cherries, basil and peppers are all gone.
I still have 8-12 pole beans (actually, a few of these would be runner beans, but they grow the same).
I also was taking inventory, and I have 2 pots of pumpkins I don't need. These are from a medium pumpkin we got from PCC last year for carving, so I don't know the exact variety.
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pyörä
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:13 pm
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I also was taking inventory, and I have 2 pots of pumpkins I don't need. These are from a medium pumpkin we got from PCC last year for carving, so I don't know the exact variety.
chances are good that the pumpkin was an hybrid, so the pumpkins that grow from the seeds won't be the same as the pumpkin you carved.
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:36 pm
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pyörä wrote:
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I also was taking inventory, and I have 2 pots of pumpkins I don't need. These are from a medium pumpkin we got from PCC last year for carving, so I don't know the exact variety.
chances are good that the pumpkin was an hybrid, so the pumpkins that grow from the seeds won't be the same as the pumpkin you carved.
Possible, but the Territorial catalog lists more open pollinated varieties than hybrids, and most of the hybrids have weird characteristics (small, green, etc.). I conclude that there isn't much advantage to hybrids in this climate, assuming you aren't going for something out of the ordinary.
Anyway, it was a rather generic-looking C. maxima, labeled as organic. I expect it will yield rather generic-looking, largish pumpkins that grow easily in these parts. The big question is whether it'll taste any good. My wife said it looked like a good eating pumpkin when she carved it, so I'm hopeful, as she's usually right about culinary matters.
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pyörä
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:50 am
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sorry for assuming your ignorance. quite a few of the commercial pumpkins grown locally are hybrid, though I'm sure the percentage drops substantially for organic pumpkins. Johnny's, while not as local as Territorial, sells lots of hybrids that grow well here.
gsbarnes
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:32 am
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pyörä wrote:
sorry for assuming your ignorance. quite a few of the commercial pumpkins grown locally are hybrid, though I'm sure the percentage drops substantially for organic pumpkins. Johnny's, while not as local as Territorial, sells lots of hybrids that grow well here.
I was certainly ignorant of what the local farmers grow, but I guess my point is the pumpkin looked so generic to me that anything hybridized about it isn't going to be missed.
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pumpkins are one thing that i didnt try and start this year, but if you have an extra one, id be game for dropping that into a large pot and seeing how it does. drop it off tomorrow with the basil?
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