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Not happy with "Summer Choice"
I grow 3 kinds of tomatoes every year. A very early '4th of July' a mid season Big Boy and something new. The new one this season was Summer Choice from Berpee. It's been a tough growing season in ...
Tagged: summer choice, tomatoes
Started by Andy P Aug 25.
Free Day Lily seeds 7 Replies
I have been hybridizing Tetraploid day lilies for years. They don't pollinate around here for some reason so I do it by hand. The seeds will take 3 years to bloom, the flower colors will range from...
Tagged: day lilies, tetraploid, seeds, free
Started by Andy P. Last reply by Andy P Aug 1.
Frostbit Hydrangea..Will It Bounce Back?
I just noticed yesterday that my Hydrangeas leaves are turning blackish brown from last weeks frost. Some now have the beginnings of flowers on them but those are black instead of the usual green:(...
Started by Angela Coffey Apr 15.
Garden Projects
My project today was to set up a new strawberry bed. The first real digging of the season. I turned over a 10 X 10 area with a spading fork, removed all the weeds and crab/witch grass. Screened and...
Tagged: gardening, goals, projects
Started by Andy P Mar 21.
Purple And Green Flower Garden 3 Replies
Good morning:) I am going to plant a small flower garden with purple flowers and green flowers. I have Gladiolus, Zinnias, and Lilys..any other suggestions?
Tagged: Green, Purple, Garden, Flower
Started by Angela Coffey. Last reply by sjasis Mar 11.
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Comment by DebinSC on August 16, 2009 at 6:40pm -
Raquel, I'm growing passiflora for the first time this season. Mine have vined nicely, but no sign of a bloom...yet. I'm still hopeful, since we have such a long growing season.
Andy, you got alot accomplished getting those seedlings in!
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Comment by Andy P on August 1, 2009 at 6:28pm
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Hmmm, this group has been too quiet.
Our summer has been extra wet and cool. The past week has been hot and humid as well as very wet. the veggie gardens are a disaster in New England with rotting crops, late crops and a new problem for tomatoes and potatoes ~ late blight. The blight that caused the great potato famine a century ago in Ireland.
I've been spared the blight because I start my own plants.
Todays project was the Day Lily seedlings. I tilled under the oldest strawberry beds a couple weeks ago between rain storms. The seedlings couldn't wait any longer to be planted so I waited until that area was in the shade and tilled it again, by hand, to remove every living root and add compost etc.
I now have 3 rows of 13 little plants that I haven't a clue what I will do with in 3 years when they bloom, lol. They are my own hand pollinated tetraploids, all eyed and/or two toned.
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Hi, all. I added a Comment Wall for fun.
We had an absolutely beautiful day in Massachusetts. Lots of sun, light wind and temps near 60 degrees.
Yesterday was nice too and i pruned the apple tree and grape vine.
Today was spraying all fruit trees with lime sulfur and dormant oil. Then I attacked the blackberry patch to prune and remove the unwanted plants.
I decided 3 years ago to keep only my thornless 'Chester Thornfree' blackberries. I yanked up all the thorny ones but they persist, maybe I got the last of them this time.
Two new strawberry beds are next.
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