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March 5, 2009 | #61 | |
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Also, if I have anything that interests you, let me know and I'll pick out the healthiest plant I have that has not been planted in the ground yet. Here is what I have: BrandyWine Cherokee Purple Marianna's Peace Coyote Cherry Black Cherry Red BrandyWine Roma Sweet Million (FromSeed from last year. SMil is a hybrid and seed may not come true) Sun Gold Black Krim Cherokee Purple Pink BrandyWine Celebrity Hybrid Let me know if you don't have something listed here that you want and it's yours. |
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March 5, 2009 | #62 |
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Robin,
My backyard is not presentable yet. It is a mess. I still have to clean the bed, plant most of the plants, put in soaking hose and rake all the leaves from last year. Maybe later. ArcherB, I could get one Black krim if you have plenty. |
March 5, 2009 | #63 |
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I have four. Two are in "ICU" and are not doing well. I think they'll live, but neither is more than 3-4 inches tall. You certainly don't want either of those. I have two that are in my guest bedroom window sill. They are in much better shape. They were planted from seed on Feb 2nd and both are about 6" tall. They are currently in 3" peat pots, so you have to watch their water level until they are in the ground. Of course, then just plant the whole thing, pot an all (although, I like to tear a side off the pot just to be safe). They received a little damage from the high winds last weekend. One still shows a bit of damage (yellow leaves) and the other one looks fine. Of course, I'll bring the one that is not showing any damage. See you tomorrow at 5:00. I'll send you a PM with my cell number. |
March 5, 2009 | #64 |
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Thank you ArcherB. See you.
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March 6, 2009 | #65 |
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It's been several days now and the tomatoes that were out last weekend are just fine. Yea! I went ahead and put out 8 more in another area that can be covered if necessary, but most of them are waiting for next weekend when I will have time to plant them all.
Hope it's going well for the rest of you in Austin. Fourtgn |
March 9, 2009 | #66 |
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A busy weekend. I planted ~20 plants starting from seeds (hopefully some will catch up the size to set fruit) and ~35 plants from market. I already lost track how many plants I have and how many varieties. I was thinking to put the cage on then I saw the weatherman saying cold front is coming on Thursday. I can't afford to lose any more plants
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March 9, 2009 | #67 | |
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The next 2 weeks have me worried because if I plant tomorrow I wont be home to protect them for 2 weeks. What to do, I have all of my stuff ready to go and am spooked as when to plant. Worth |
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March 9, 2009 | #68 | |
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March 9, 2009 | #69 | |
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I am doing that this year, and tomorrow I will be playing catch up and getting the 7 beds I already have planted wrapped. You know my setup, so I won't be wrapping each individual cage, just taking one piece around a bed and attaching with clothespins to the cages. With the cage tops not on yet, of course, so I can flip the excess up to seal the top if need be. I have just gotten out there and misted in the past to prevent frost from forming when necessary as you know, but will be doing this instead this year. Also, in your shoes, I think I would put half to 2/3 in now if you can and maybe wait on the rest until you get back next time. That is, if you can rig something that will provide mild protection and won't potentially bake the plants, like row cover. |
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March 10, 2009 | #70 |
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Suze I just don’t have the time, I lost one day because I went to the dentist office in Austin and should have checked my voice mail.
Patty had called and tried to cancel my appointment because her arm was in a sling. I rescheduled for yesterday so I lost 2 days of work. Today I woke up and found out it was almost 10:00 and I had planed on getting up at the crack of dawn. Then there is the whole garage thing that has worked my tail off and I really need to get it done before it gets too hot. It isn’t easy hanging 24 sheets of drywall, taping and floating, priming and painting all by my self. But this is exactly what I have done including the R-30 insulation and putting in all of the electrical, running wire and putting in light switches and outlets. Now I have 520 square foot of hardwood floor on order that will be waiting on me when I get home in 2 weeks. If I had to pay someone to do the work I would guess it would cost around $10.000 after it was all done including the cabinets and work stations that will go in. But I have gotten off track here, in too many words; I am swamped and am in deep with all of the gardening and stuff that needs to be done. The problem is I am a lazy person and too tight to hire someone else to do the work. So I will say it myself, (cry me a river.) Some how I know it will all work out in the end. Worth |
March 10, 2009 | #71 |
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March 10, 2009 | #72 |
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repeated the previous post. Can't delete it.
Last edited by newgardener_tx; March 11, 2009 at 03:42 PM. |
March 10, 2009 | #73 |
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OOps.
Don't know how to fix. Can we delete a post? |
March 11, 2009 | #74 |
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NG_TX:
There should be an "edit" button next to your posts up by the "Quote" and "Quick Reply" buttons. Clicking on that will enable you to edit your posts. As for the weather, the 10-day forecast at weather.com and weather underground (wunderground.com) shows that it will not get below 40 degrees. However, the 15-day at accuweather.com shows that it will hit 38 and 39 on Thursday and Friday, respectively. I do find that weather.com tends to be a little bit more accurate than accuweather, but accuweather goes out 15 days whereas weather.com only goes out 10. Weather Underground only goes for five. If you want to take action, of course, you can, but I'm thinking you should be fine. I'm not going to do anything with the ones that are already in the ground. I should also point out that this if for Kyle TX, not Austin. Although, since you are in South Austin, I don't see it being that big of a difference. Suze: I hope you made it through the fires OK. |
March 11, 2009 | #75 |
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Archer,
Thank you for checking the weather. Several plants got killed by last cold front. Now all my plants are in ground I am really worried. So I covered them with plastic sheet (3mm) supported by PVC tube. I am planning to open it on Sunday. Hopefully they will survive. |
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