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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 13, 2015 18:59:21 GMT
The onions, leeks, cabbage, brussel sprouts & kale are doing great.
Last week I put in just a few (6) tomato & (9) pepper plants. On Sunday, put in a yellow squash plant. We turned cold (40's) and rainy since the tomatoes & peppers went in. ALL of the tomato plants are gone, as is the squash. The pepper plants are barely hanging in there. I think it was the combination of rain & cold earth.
We're looking at more rain starting tomorrow and through the weekend ... I'm waiting to put in the rest of the tomatoes & peppers until this is over. I can't afford to lose the rest of my Amish Paste & Pantano Romanesco tomatoes I started to cold & rain.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2015 19:43:49 GMT
Oh no! I'm so sorry you lost your tomato and squash plants. I hope your peppers will recover.
I decided to put in some corn, cukes, squash and sunflowers today, because the roots started getting too big for the pots. But I'll keep whatever I can inside for a bit longer. The weather forecast is talking about a frost period in two weeks. I wonder whether a two week forecast can be believed, though.
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Post by barefootfarmer on May 14, 2015 0:21:24 GMT
Now that's a real bummer! I guess at least you didn't put them all in  I put out 10 hills of cucumber transplants today. But then I waffled and covered them with row cover, just in case. We've been having wild temp swings. 70 degrees for a day or two, then down to 58. Back up to high 60 and down to mid 50. Night time lows are bouncing between 44 and 51 through the weekend. May 15 is my go to date for seeding beans and transplanting everything but tomatoes in the field. We'll see how that works for me this year. Amish paste is one of my favorites for canning and your post reminded me that I didn't grow any of those this year. Time just slips through my fingers, sigh. |
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Post by solargeek on May 14, 2015 0:58:10 GMT
So sorry for you. Due to our 17+ day road trip, my tomatoes and all did not go in the garden. They are wildly unhappy in the tiny seed pots as some tomatoes are over 1.5' tall! I left the grow lights on continuously and they really grew.
Last year I planted too early and lost a ton. This year they are now in and out of my garage in our 2 wheelbarrows and my wagon- every morning out to harden up and back in at night. They were just too numerous and heavy to carry in and out so wheelies are great.
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Post by paquebot on May 14, 2015 2:07:24 GMT
At 6:30 this morning, looked out and the roof and hood of the truck were white. I went out to confirm that it was frost and not dew. 2½ hours later, I met a friend in the community gardens to plant 31 tomatoes in her plots. (That was after I had removed the pots over the 50 that I had planted at home.) When my friend's were taken care of, planted 50 more in my plots. Topped today's planting off with a dozen sweet potato slips. Tomorrow with find 50-60 peppers going into the ground. Used to always have to rely on the calendar for planting. Now it's the 10-day forecast.
Martin
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Post by siletz on May 14, 2015 15:54:08 GMT
I'm so sorry to hear about your spring losses. What a blessing though that you had not planted all of your plants! It looks like we will be having some good weather this next week, so I'm about to plant my tomatoes. |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 14, 2015 16:15:55 GMT
Rain predicted from today through Sunday night. Maybe by the time I get back from @pony's Homesteading Weekend, I'll be able to plant!
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Post by Skandi on May 14, 2015 17:59:16 GMT
I'm not planting anything tender outside yet. Well not much. I put in runner and borlotto beans. they were about 10" high. the wind blew all the leaves off! I think they'll do fine, but arghs, that wasn't a problem I expected.
Not putting any tomatos outside untill well into June. that's when the houseplants get kicked out for the summer as well. right now the greenhouse is on nursery duty. it's looking good. but I think I need to start tomatoes earlier next year. they're only at their first true leaves at the moment.
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 14, 2015 20:46:44 GMT
My tomatoes are between 8"-16" tall, and still in 12 oz cups. I don't use grow lights so they're real spindly now also ... at least they'll have plenty of stem for roots once they do get planted.
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Post by paquebot on May 15, 2015 0:48:05 GMT
Planted either 85 or 87 pepper plants today. Saw the rainy forscast and figured the best time to do it is now while the soil was nice and dry and I'm not kneeling in mud. Done just in time for the drizzle to begin.
Martin
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 15, 2015 1:55:57 GMT
paquebotMartin, just what do you do with all your produce? Farmer's Market? Truck Market? Wholesale?
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Post by paquebot on May 15, 2015 2:41:10 GMT
paquebotMartin, just what do you do with all your produce? Farmer's Market? Truck Market? Wholesale? When I would grow 40-50 varieties of beans and many more tomatoes, both were for my seed offers on HT or SSE. Cut back to 11 beans this year but not tomatoes. For the produce, I give it away to friends if we can't handle it. Never grew this many peppers before but again most will be given away as I won't be saving seeds. Will mainly have the fun of growing them. Besides, how can I advise on how to grow something that I've never grown? Martin |
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