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So, after I put in my seedlings, some people at my community garden space were covering their beds and I went to ask what was up. They said there is a strong chance of frost tonight!? Anyone covering newly-transplanted crops? Any ideas for a quick fix for my half-planted bed? I am wondering if those rectangular plastic greens containers might work for just the night...
Anyone have local experience with coping with aphids? We had a big problem in our community garden with them last year and I'm worried they'll come back. I've done some googling and am aware of a variety of ways to deal with them but wondered if folks have suggestions for what's worked in a similar setting (area with 25-30 plots, many of which are not tended to consistently).
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I have plenty of volunteer tomatoes and peppers every spring, but you never know what you got until a few months down the road, and they have a way of turning out to be whichever variety you don't want (although occaionally you get interesting hybrids, like the peppers I had that were bell pepper shaped from the top and jalapeno shaped from the side.)
im over tomatoes in the garden. pots may be the way to go. oh, and i have volunteer tomatoes coming out of many of my repoted house plants, thanks to the worm composter. got three big plants growing with my spider plants. im sure that root mass is a mess
I need to get my seeds started. It's been a busy spring, so I'm a bit behind the curve. Duppie mentioned disease issues with tomatoes. That was a big problem for me last year. I need to either replace a lot of soil or plant in big pots this year. There's NO way I'm going without fresh tomatoes.
can't wait to start to see edible beauty of nature!
(I am just a waterer, my garden is has been converted into a community garden with neighbors and the Indian American Center growing tons of goodies.)
I have more sun than I thought!
Will update here. It was an amazing first year and I became obsessed with watching everything grow and watering mornings and evenings (except for the rare days last year when we actually had rain).
Duppie, now I know who to route my excess tomatoes to.
I started all of mine this past weekend. Most of the peppers are starting their second leaves. It's time to get the second light bank down from the attic and start a second wave of seed starting (probably flowers for the most part.)
Anyone have a guess as to the last frost date?
Anyone know about when I should expect life signs from a grape vine, relative to raspberries and blackberries? Was hoping this would be the year a grape survived the winter.
I cleaned up the garden from winter last weekend, and put in some salad, radishes and kale in some of the beds. still making plans for the summer, but they will likely include more kale, pole beans, celeriac and some beets.
No tomatoes this year. We have had bad luck the last few years with disease and giving anything in the tomato family a year off.
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