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(Fark)   So how is your winter garden? Do you have a greenhouse or plan to build one? It's your Tuesday FARK Gardening thread, where we just can't wait for spring   (fark.com) divider line
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84 clicks; posted to Discussion » on 07 Feb 2023 at 12:35 PM (6 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 9:33:11 AM  
Not much going on here. The cat ate almost all of the catnip I have been growing.
 
Rene ala Carte [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 10:58:54 AM  
We had 6 inches of snow about 10 days ago. Since then the sun has been out every day.

The hyacinths are starting to push up through what is left of the snow, about a month earlier than normal.
 
demaL-demaL-yeH [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 11:39:03 AM  
Live on the boundary between Zones 9a and 9b.
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:04:37 PM  
He finally gave up on the Marble Machine X.

Too complicated.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:13:31 PM  
Nope...I injured an old injury...and that pretty much shelved my idea of building a hydroponic DIY tower this spring. Until I heal (the pain, the pain)
Still have my container garden for Basil, Thyme, Rosemary on the porch.
 
oldfarthenry [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:28:57 PM  
We like to convince ourselves that there are no gardens under the winter snow here in Canucklestan - then we act all surprised & delighted when the snow melts AT THE END OF APRIL OR BEGINNING OF MAY!!!
(It's cabin-fever season)
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-02-07 1:42:40 PM  

Rene ala Carte: We had 6 inches of snow about 10 days ago. Since then the sun has been out every day.

The hyacinths are starting to push up through what is left of the snow, about a month earlier than normal.


I've got dwarf irises blooming and my daffodils and tulips are coming in nicely.
 
NetOwl
2023-02-07 1:43:29 PM  
We're getting to the season where I have to pull a bunch of weeds out of my orchard.  Also, I haven't had any home-grown fruit in a few months, so I'm getting impatient.

On the bright side, it's a great season for birdwatching.
 
Uranus [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 1:50:26 PM  
frost was so sudden, and so bad, that even the aloes are buggered.
Oranges are doing fine.
Loquats are flowering nicely, and it should be a bumper crop this year if the number of blossoms and bees are anything to go by.

Decided to get rid of 2 pecans, as they're not very productive, and the shade value is quite small. I'll replace one with a guava, and am still making up my mind for what to replace the other one with. Maybe another lemon.

I suspect that the peach is doomed, so it will get i more season to prove it's not entirely worthless, or it's  joining the pecans.

/waiting for spring
 
crzybtch [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 2:05:25 PM  
Have some chives growing, grape hyacinth, one yellow viola that refuses to stop blooming.  Zone 6

We just had a big snowstorm recently, but today's high is 50 and Thursday's high is 52.  Not the February of my youth, but not complaining.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 2:25:53 PM  
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Seeing first sprouts on my new crop on the indoor setup! Planted ten seeds, 6 have popped, the other 4 might not.

I have lots of experience growing indoors over the last couple years or so, so if people have questions about best practices, equipment, etc, just ask - because I've probably done the research.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 2:33:27 PM  
I probably need to start with the growing 'spouts' for salads, cooking, sandwiches.
I'm pretty sure my last seeds have 'aged off'...and it's really too cool in the kitchen right now for them to take hold.
And the big 'sprout trays' are a bit too big for us to use in our tiny kitchen.
So, it's cheese cloth and mason jars for us. (and citric acid as final rinse for safety and extending 'fridge life)
 
bughunter [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-07 3:09:48 PM  
Heh.

When mrs b was younger and wouldn't shave her legs (or leg-adjacent areas) during the colder months, she called it her "winter garden."

/and now back to your regularly scheduled chlorophyllphilia
 
ModernPrimitive01
2023-02-07 4:03:54 PM  
we turned our garden into a raised bed this year with some repurposed lumber I had. Seemed like a good idea, but now I have to fill it with dirt. So that's where my garden is. Dirtless.

Our peas will go in sometime in the next few weeks.
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-02-07 4:11:38 PM  

optikeye: I probably need to start with the growing 'spouts' for salads, cooking, sandwiches.
I'm pretty sure my last seeds have 'aged off'...and it's really too cool in the kitchen right now for them to take hold.
And the big 'sprout trays' are a bit too big for us to use in our tiny kitchen.
So, it's cheese cloth and mason jars for us. (and citric acid as final rinse for safety and extending 'fridge life)


How does the cheese cloth and mason jar method work?
 
pheelix
2023-02-07 4:13:01 PM  
Anyone here ever start coral bells indoors? Garden stores want way too much for them and I need a lot so I bought 250 seeds. I have a heated seed starting station big enough for 4 flats with really bright adjustable height LED lighting and can run a bank of old 80mm PC fans on a timer to simulate wind or strip away excess humidity.
 
greentea1985 [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:17:20 PM  
Started some indoor lettuce for fun. Right now it is just seed ordering and waiting the next few weeks until seed starting begins.
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:32:46 PM  

blondambition: optikeye: I probably need to start with the growing 'spouts' for salads, cooking, sandwiches.
I'm pretty sure my last seeds have 'aged off'...and it's really too cool in the kitchen right now for them to take hold.
And the big 'sprout trays' are a bit too big for us to use in our tiny kitchen.
So, it's cheese cloth and mason jars for us. (and citric acid as final rinse for safety and extending 'fridge life)

How does the cheese cloth and mason jar method work?


Pretty Good. It's been the standard since the early 70's. Plenty of google bits.
But you can get mesh cheep plastic drain 'caps' for most sizes of mason jars.
Just soak the seeds... A day or so...then it's rinse and drain..and sunlight warmth when they start sprouting.
I've always used 'cheese cloth' doubled up with a rubber band on top.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 4:43:21 PM  

pheelix: really bright adjustable height LED lighting


The brightness for LED's is a factor, but what matters more is the spectrum, make sure it is putting out the right kind of light. I have seen that single bar LED lights for growing have been appearing in great quantity recently, but I'm not entirely sure how effective they are.

If it's really really bright, you may want to get an app for your phone to measure "PAR". If it's too high it can cause "leaf burn".
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-02-07 4:43:30 PM  

optikeye: blondambition: optikeye: I probably need to start with the growing 'spouts' for salads, cooking, sandwiches.
I'm pretty sure my last seeds have 'aged off'...and it's really too cool in the kitchen right now for them to take hold.
And the big 'sprout trays' are a bit too big for us to use in our tiny kitchen.
So, it's cheese cloth and mason jars for us. (and citric acid as final rinse for safety and extending 'fridge life)

How does the cheese cloth and mason jar method work?

Pretty Good. It's been the standard since the early 70's. Plenty of google bits.
But you can get mesh cheep plastic drain 'caps' for most sizes of mason jars.
Just soak the seeds... A day or so...then it's rinse and drain..and sunlight warmth when they start sprouting.
I've always used 'cheese cloth' doubled up with a rubber band on top.


Interesting. I shall look into it as I have a tiny kitchen as well. Thanks!
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 4:48:49 PM  

blondambition: optikeye: blondambition: optikeye: I probably need to start with the growing 'spouts' for salads, cooking, sandwiches.
I'm pretty sure my last seeds have 'aged off'...and it's really too cool in the kitchen right now for them to take hold.
And the big 'sprout trays' are a bit too big for us to use in our tiny kitchen.
So, it's cheese cloth and mason jars for us. (and citric acid as final rinse for safety and extending 'fridge life)

How does the cheese cloth and mason jar method work?

Pretty Good. It's been the standard since the early 70's. Plenty of google bits.
But you can get mesh cheep plastic drain 'caps' for most sizes of mason jars.
Just soak the seeds... A day or so...then it's rinse and drain..and sunlight warmth when they start sprouting.
I've always used 'cheese cloth' doubled up with a rubber band on top.

Interesting. I shall look into it as I have a tiny kitchen as well. Thanks!


I really like a brown bread tomato sandwich with sprouts, wasabi mayo. (and bacon)
Just get a small amount of sprouts (a 1b bag of seeds is enough to open up a sandwich shop for a season)
 
optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 5:03:22 PM  
I'm so glad, I've collected 'useless' kitchen things...that now becoming very useful things. Often hand me downs.
Things like the cheese cloth, a clay cooker. And a 'tomato shark' is finally hitting the stage to clean out bell peppers for stuffed bell pepper, and the little mason jars are amazingly useful for leftover for soups and salad prep.
Oh...and a set of French Onion Soup serving 'cocks' with the handle great for stews and FOS.
 
pheelix
2023-02-07 5:53:45 PM  

phimuskapsi: pheelix: really bright adjustable height LED lighting

The brightness for LED's is a factor, but what matters more is the spectrum, make sure it is putting out the right kind of light. I have seen that single bar LED lights for growing have been appearing in great quantity recently, but I'm not entirely sure how effective they are.

If it's really really bright, you may want to get an app for your phone to measure "PAR". If it's too high it can cause "leaf burn".


Thanks! I never thought of metering the light with my phone. My biggest concerns are light intensity and temperature, because they prefer shade. I'm using 6500K LED tubes right now but they're designed to fit standard 48" T8 Fluorescent fixtures so I can easily swap them out with 4000K bulbs I have on hand. I've grown Tiny Tim cherry tomatoes all the way to ripe fruit with the 6500K tubes.
 
phimuskapsi [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-07 6:35:25 PM  

pheelix: Thanks! I never thought of metering the light with my phone


Yep! The tool I use is called 'Photone' which requires you use a piece of white paper as a diffuser when measuring using the camera. Pretty cool!
 
The Bandit
2023-02-07 10:26:43 PM  
Not winter in the southern hemisphere but we've had one of the worst chilli seasons imaginable. A third year of La Nina and coupled with the Indian Ocean Dipole means we've been having insanely low temperatures (especially overnight) late in to the summer and very high rainfall totals. Finally getting some traction now, a good 4-5 weeks behind last year, which wasn't great either. In order:
Butch T (unripe)
Yellow Fatali
Paper Lantern (habanero)
Goatweed Cayenne
Have a dozen or so other varieties but no colour still on many pods. Needing some late summer heat to get things going.
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