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« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2012, 11:44:50 PM » |
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I would love to hear you expound more on the UNF concept, though.
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« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2012, 11:05:54 AM » |
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I finally finished the UNF expansion for haricot vert production. I moved other EBs into my small high tunnel for pepper production across the back (ghost, trinidad scorpian, fatali, lots of multi colored cayenne) and I'm going to try doing some summer arugula in the front row.
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« Reply #17 on: April 15, 2012, 08:51:23 PM » |
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Finished the transition to summer crops, here are some shot of the alternate corner tomato planting
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« Reply #18 on: April 15, 2012, 09:23:15 PM » |
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Gardendoc,
Do you grow dwarfs or prune your tomatoes? I'm wondering how you move around in there when the plants get big. I have mine spaced two feet apart, and my isles are 5 feet apart and it's still a jungle by the end of the season.
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« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2012, 09:29:00 PM » |
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I grow primarily determinate. the spacing between rows is a little off from putting the ground cloth down, but not much
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« Reply #20 on: April 16, 2012, 01:19:45 AM » |
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Your garden never fails to impress, Doc.
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« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2012, 09:39:42 AM » |
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I moved other EBs into my small high tunnel for pepper production across the back (ghost, trinidad scorpian, fatali, lots of multi colored cayenne) and I'm going to try doing some summer arugula in the front row.
Gardendoc, You really do like those hot peppers!!! I also have a quick question. The holes in shower cap of those tomatoes don't look very big. Do you enlarge them as the plants grow? Sue |
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« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2012, 10:00:56 AM » |
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The holes in the cover are big enough to push my transplants grown in 4" square pots through, no further enlargement needed
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« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2012, 10:42:39 AM » |
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I moved other EBs into my small high tunnel for pepper production across the back (ghost, trinidad scorpian, fatali, lots of multi colored cayenne) and I'm going to try doing some summer arugula in the front row.
Gardendoc, You really do like those hot peppers!!! I also have a quick question. The holes in shower cap of those tomatoes don't look very big. Do you enlarge them as the plants grow?Sue I'm puzzled as for the need to enlarge the holes once the seedling is planted? IMO, the smaller the hole the better. |
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« Reply #24 on: April 16, 2012, 10:58:46 AM » |
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I also have a quick question. The holes in shower cap of those tomatoes don't look very big. Do you enlarge them as the plants grow?Sue
I'm puzzled as for the need to enlarge the holes once the seedling is planted? IMO, the smaller the hole the better. I thought that the shower cap might cut into the stem of the plant as it matures. Some of my tomato plants had very thick stalks. |
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« Reply #25 on: April 19, 2012, 04:12:24 PM » |
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The EB cover plastic is weaker than stalks by design.
And the smaller the hole the better for the design of the EB as mentioned previously, and IMHO.
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Using EBs to provide organic foods to some dear cancer patients who have enough chemicals to deal with normally.
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« Reply #26 on: April 19, 2012, 10:15:19 PM » |
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Smaller holes discourage squirrels from digging too. I cut an X for the hole. After the plant emerges or is transplanted into the EB, I cut the tips of the corners to make the fit as snug as possible. Then I secure any lose ends with toothpicks. I have a lot of digging squirrels.
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« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2012, 09:16:00 AM » |
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The EB cover plastic is weaker than stalks by design.
And the smaller the hole the better for the design of the EB as mentioned previously, and IMHO.
Thanks, That makes sense. |
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« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2012, 03:23:26 PM » |
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Looks Great.
I actually have wooden table top gardens but I love the EBs on tables too.
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« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2012, 10:09:01 PM » |
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Our friend Angela came over for a tour of the UNF today and already called dibs on the haricot verts we are growing in the expansion area
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