The Official Gardening Thread

Get some human hair from your barber or hair dresser and sprinkle it around your garden. In addition, human hair is a great fertilizer for your vegetables.
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I've heard of stuffing human hair down mole holes to chase them critters away, but never as a fertilizer or for hare control! :1orglaugh

papagmp said:
Sad - naaaaa

Meat and potatoes - yup!
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You still have those two dozen wabbits in your garage freezer... how many years ago was this shoot? We're talkin' freezer burn! :1orglaugh


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I finally picked my first ripe tomato of this year's crop on Saturday... it's about the size of a handball.
Why the other 100 + tomatoes are still green, I'll never know. :dunno:
 
I'll be picking my first tomato this week! Almost ripe. :D

Oh, and I swear, one of my zucchini plants thinks it's albino or something. I've gotta post a pic of it tomorrow. Not turning deep green like it should be.
 
Picked the first two tomatoes yesterday, jalapenos are ready, more zucchini than I can eat, we've eaten most of the kohlrabi and the corn is coming along wonderfully.
 
Facetious said:
You still have those two dozen wabbits in your garage freezer... how many years ago was this shoot? We're talkin' freezer burn! :1orglaugh
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Might have been but my frickin roommate thawed the freezer and ruined all my wild game. Figure he ruined over 75lbs of elk, pronghorn, wabbit, pheasant and duck.

But properly wrapped and frozen, I've kept meat for over 10 years with no problem.
 
Facetious said:
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I finally picked my first ripe tomato of this year's crop on Saturday... it's about the size of a handball.
Why the other 100 + tomatoes are still green, I'll never know. :dunno:
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Ripe Vegies/Fruits emit a hormone that either stunts or aids other fruits/vegies nearby to start to form. Possibly not enough ripe ones to aid the others along; or that that one tomato is releasing a 'stunt' hormone to prevent the others from ripening. Also proper fertilizing (not regular fert, but fert especially for tomatoes) will help.
 
CSkylar86 said:
Ripe Vegies/Fruits emit a hormone that either stunts or aids other fruits/vegies nearby to start to form. Possibly not enough ripe ones to aid the others along; or that that one tomato is releasing a 'stunt' hormone to prevent the others from ripening. Also proper fertilizing (not regular fert, but fert especially for tomatoes) will help.
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100% correct. Scotts makes a good "late-season" commercial fertilizer that I use but you have to have a wholesale connection to get it.

Every fertilizer has a three-number code on the front indicating the amount of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) in that order. Plant growth, and to some extent fruit development needs high N, where ripening needs almost no N and a higher P and K. These are only three of the nutrients plants need but they are widely considered to be the primary three.

Also, many plant, including tomatoes, will change their hormonal balance due to stress - colder weather, no rain etc and accelerate the ripening process to ensure the production of seeds. I always cut back on the amount of water my tomatoes get three weeks before the first expected freeze.

You also need to know if the strain (variety) has a Premium Link Upgrade .

If canning and I want them all to ripen at once, I select a determinant variety to get enough to ripen at one time. For table varieties, I prefer an indeterminate variety so that we get a few tomatoes at a time all summer long.
 
jinxypie said:
I'll be picking my first tomato this week! Almost ripe. :D

Oh, and I swear, one of my zucchini plants thinks it's albino or something. I've gotta post a pic of it tomorrow. Not turning deep green like it should be.
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strange. sometimes, other varieties get mixed up during the seed packing process. maybe its just a different kind?

i cant wait to see it.
 
squallumz said:
strange. sometimes, other varieties get mixed up during the seed packing process. maybe its just a different kind?

i cant wait to see it.
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Here it is:

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It looks ready to pick, just not as green as it is supposed to be. :dunno: Maybe you're right about it getting mixed up.
 
I am having serious garden envy. All I can do is windowsill herbs. Sill not wide enough for containers big enough for tomatoes or peppers.

I do have a farmers market, est 1868 nearby, so I get locally grown produce and use the herbs for flavoring. Buy local, think global. Good crops this year of Basil,Chives,Rosemary, and Dill.

This thread makes my mouth water.
 
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It looks ready to pick, just not as green as it is supposed to be. :dunno: Maybe you're right about it getting mixed up.
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Looks wonderful - and ready to pick. Zucchini comes in just about every color and shape variation so don't panic - it's either a cross-pollinated seed or a miss-packaged one.

A few years back I grew Premium Link Upgrade - it's the size and shape of a billiard ball and almost black. You can get it in yellow, light green, and white ( Premium Link Upgrade ) too. According to my friend in Rocky Ford, the seed company there is working on developing all the billiard-ball colors.
 
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