General Discussion
Vegetable Garden
6/30/04 @ 1:47 PM
Who's got one ? what are you growing ? and how's it coming along? Mine consists of sweet corn , cabbage , brussel sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli ,cucumbers, zucchini, peas, tomatoes , peppers , acorn squash, pumpkins, and assorted spices. The cold wet weather hasn't been very conducive to good growth so far for me. But with warmer weather in the forecast things should turn out. I hope those of you growing fair better.
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My neighbor buys onions by the bulk from down south as part of his monthly veggie subscription service. His cost is roughly 10 cents a pound but he buys by the pallet load. Cheaper for him to buy and ship from the south than it is to grow himself.
I hear sweet corn prices are projected to increase another 1-2$ this year based on a few of my patients that sell at farmers markets, particularly in the MSP area.
I hear sweet corn prices are projected to increase another 1-2$ this year based on a few of my patients that sell at farmers markets, particularly in the MSP area.
Kale, broccoli and cauliflower all popped through yesterday. Just waiting on corn and beans planted a week ago and beets/kholorabi/basil/cilantro planted on Sunday. Second planting of brassicas will be going in this weekend along with peppers and then we should be done planting until Memorial weekend for the warm season veggies. Looks like one night in the mid 30s on Thursday, I'll probably cover the tomatoes to be safe.
Skillz - sweet potatoes are fun to grow. They like to vine so make sure to give them plenty of room. Long growing season so get them in early, but they also can't take the cold so weather has to cooperate. An early fall frost can really hurt their production. They are heavy feeders and don't like drought. I water and fertilizer my sweet potatoes more than any other vegetable I grow. I got my first round of sweet potatoes in the ground this weekend. I think it's a little early but I have so many slips that I can sacrifice a few. Last year I tried trellising one bunch of sweet potatoes but that really attracted the japanese beetles and they didn't do nearly as well as the ones I let vine on the ground. Each node will produce roots similar to a cucumber, pumpkin, etc and I think that helps alot with drought tolerance. I've had far better results storing sweet potatoes over winter than regular potatoes so we are skipping the regular potatoes and I have a 20x20 garden designated just for sweet potatoes this year.
Red Norlands,Yukon Gold,and Magic Molly. True Potato Seed is going to have to go thru a vigorous growing process this year Round 2...
Wife also just gave me 4 sweet potatoes that are sprouted. Never grown them b4 gonna be interesting. Advice welcomed. Keep pics coming. My seed onions are punny lol 1st timer here...
Wife also just gave me 4 sweet potatoes that are sprouted. Never grown them b4 gonna be interesting. Advice welcomed. Keep pics coming. My seed onions are punny lol 1st timer here...
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