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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 1, 2015 - 04:09pm PT
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Catch of the day.
Poblano, Chervena Chujski, Hot Lemon, Habanero, Black Pearl and varieties I've lost track of...
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Chaz and Survival......
Nice gardens ... Im jealous.... being a noob at growing tomatoes, my crops have been hit and miss the last few seasons.
Question about the bucket plants. I have tried that, but when it gets HOT the tomatoes sort of dry out and die, even if i keep them wet....
Got any good reading about how to grow effectively???
THX
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2015 - 01:09pm PT
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Potted plants can be tough. Root space will limit size of plant and the heat can be tough too.
Google cheap simple raised beds and "lasagna" gardening.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Sep 21, 2015 - 10:57pm PT
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One thing I can advise about growing tomatoes is how to keep the birds from ruining them.
Not all the birds are spooked by my reflective streamers and owl / hawk feathers. So I did what I saw in The PNW: I strung some fishing line where birds fly. I tied some leader-weight line randomly between high and low points. Birds hate that. 100% effective. Zero bird damage since.
With 12 Roma plants, I have tomatoes to make an enchilada sauce or a relleno sauce, but nowhere near enough to think about canning any, which was one of my goals for this season. Next season I'll just plant more!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 23, 2015 - 10:03am PT
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Chiles are all I'm really interested in these days....
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 23, 2015 - 10:55am PT
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I like chiles, too!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 23, 2015 - 01:06pm PT
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But it's not all about peppers and tomatoes...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 23, 2015 - 01:45pm PT
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Good thing Mum hadn't chopped one up bare handed and then tossed it into her green salad.
Good thing, indeed.
I grew some ghost peppers this year and have a small harvest in the freezer. Not sure what I'll do with them, though. Farmer Bruce tells me "Just make a relish with them, it'll be terrific on anything that needs a bit of an extra kick."
Well, I've had his hot pepper relish, and it totally kicked my ass. And it was made from peppers a lot less hot than those Bhut Jolokias (ghosts).
I love hot peppers, but these things are likely to be not just hot, but nuclear fusion hot, so I don't know what I'll use them for.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 23, 2015 - 03:43pm PT
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Thank you for the replies....
Chaz... the buckets look like a good idea. My wife will not let me rip up the patio to increase my dirt space. But I can run buckets down and back on one side.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Oct 15, 2015 - 08:29pm PT
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For a more complete account of our garden's productivity, please go here:
http://yosemitecloseup.com/stories/sierra-sustainability/
Our garden has been producing well all summer except that the tomatoes have been a disappointment. Fortunately, we still have lots of tomatoes in our freezer from last year and have been adding squashes, chopped onions and fresh peppers to our frozen stores..
In addition, we are making soups & sauces with the tomatoes that we are getting, freezing much of those products for later use.
The day lilies are not only edible, but beautiful, and they are continuing to bloom.
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ECF
Big Wall climber
Colona, CO
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Oct 15, 2015 - 09:13pm PT
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Busting straight out the skylight...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2015 - 10:02am PT
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I love the "mum" story!!!
Ghost, of course you can put a Bhut Jolokia in a relish,especially if there are other Reds in the same relish. Try it with just one in a batch, and if it doesn't blow your head off you can add more! Don't be a Canadian moss head....
I'm still getting good production so far, although a couple of these yellow and orange chiles were a gift.
We've really been enjoying the black pearls!!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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We had a frantic late afternoon harvest yesterday in the mud & 30 mph gusts, at 37 F, after nearly 2" of rain in the last three days. Harvest photos had to wait until this morning.
I didn't include some potatoes & another box of peppers. We still have lots more potatoes, onions, & carrots in the ground, but they will survive all but the coldest temperatures there.
Normally, we have a killing frost around mid-October, so this has been a bonus fall, with a steady stream of garden bounty including lettuce & arugula.
OH! And it didn't freeze last night. First Frost for sure tonight!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Nov 21, 2015 - 10:28am PT
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Still getting Bell Peppers in November.
Le Chow Royale
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Nov 23, 2015 - 07:03pm PT
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Heidi dug her last carrots yesterday, before the 7 F. temps forecast this week. Not a bad harvest.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nov 23, 2015 - 07:19pm PT
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Dug up about 20 lb of Satsuma sweet potatoes the last few days and I'm not even 1/8th done.
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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Nov 23, 2015 - 07:57pm PT
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Here are a few of the plants I grew this season. Still have hundreds of thousands growing for winter and spring sales.
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Reptyle195
Trad climber
Ca
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Nov 23, 2015 - 09:29pm PT
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That's not food, that 's what food eats.
D-<
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 24, 2015 - 11:05am PT
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hey there say, tami, boodawg, chaz, fritz, and survival...
wow... great share... fun stuff, thanks for sharing...
makes me wish to make a salad, :))
i have only baby carrots, left, as, the snow starts to hit us, a bit now...
(has been warmer, too, this year, as 'predicted)...
will see, later, today or tomorrow, if i still have a few... :)
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Dec 23, 2015 - 09:46pm PT
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Last of the bell peppers.
I'm still getting jalapenos.
( Le Chow Royale )
I'm going to miss the bell peppers until next year's crop comes in. I'll bet I had two hundred nice bell peppers this year. Stuffed bell peppers. Bell peppers in chili and spaghetti sauce. Bell pepper quesadillas ( those are good ). Bell pepper rellenos ( those are good, too ). Bell pepper rings ( beer-batter fried like onion rings ). Roasted bell pepper 1,000 Island. Roasted bell pepper aioli ( just mayo and garlic, with roasted peppers ) to dip fried zucchini in.
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