Official Coli Gardening Thread..Vegetables/Fruits/Herbs/Spices..Freshest Thread Ever

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

Do you start inside with seedlings, or do you start everything outside? I have 2 pepper seedling cups in my kitchen window, and a broccoli seedling. The peppers started to sprout about 2 days after I planted them. It was exciting. I imagine that's what women feel when they see an ultrasound for the the first time. The vegetable blooming from the flower must be like when they feel the baby move for the first time, and picking it, it like the birth.




Do you bring the plants inside for the winter, or let them stay out?

I let the kale stay outside all winter it survived very well out here in DC without hoophouses or really any protection. Snow, tiny hail, freezing rain and all that. In fact, it just got sweeter and darker purple. Hopefully my old landlord doesnt cut it down before it goes to seed but we will see. For everyone that is not as tolerant as brassicas, i want to build some tiny hoophouse or at least some sorta earthen shield to protect some things in the winter and build up some hardiness. epigenetics

 

[DrBanneker]

Do you start inside with seedlings, or do you start everything outside? I have 2 pepper seedling cups in my kitchen window, and a broccoli seedling. The peppers started to sprout about 2 days after I planted them. It was exciting. I imagine that's what women feel when they see an ultrasound for the the first time. The vegetable blooming from the flower must be like when they feel the baby move for the first time, and picking it, it like the birth.

Inside with seedlings or starter plants I get at a local nursery. You can do seed in raised beds too but I like the more certain yield you get when starting from an established seedling.

 

[newworldafro]

 

[DaNatural]

I got peas, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, you name it...

blood orange tree, mini- thought this one was dead, grasshoppers had a field day on it. few months ago put the fencing around it and it's recovered nicely. not fruit yet though

scrawberries- wifey got a new puppy. who wouldve thought he liked scrawberries. had like 5 growing till he came along. 1st time messing wit em, will definitely plant them again, a lot more.

tomatoes- got one of them 15$ little trees you can get from anywhere. had 4, pulled 1 yesterday. bottom rotted on the one tomato i pulled but it was growing suspended in air so not sure what happened. 1st time wit tomatoes too. will definitely keep these around and experiment with different types.

2 valencia orange midgets and 1 lemon midget. just got em right before spring, round feb or jan. getting new sprouts. decided to put the newer ones in those breathable pots. dont expect fruit this year.

growing broccoli and spinach in the raised beds. had to uproot 1 broccoli. was kool 1 day, the next had all these little cac aphids. never grew broccoli before, so waiting to see if any survive and how they turn out. spinach is good. already had it sauteed and in salads.

this the one that got infested with cac aphids

growing the 3 sisters: corn, squash, and beans. corn is going. these pics are 2 weeks old and the corn looks strong as hell today. planted the squash and beans a week or so ago and they are just breaking soil, werent planted when i took the pics. had extra corn, so just put them in little places around the yard.

think this is cucumber, just threw it in the yard, dont really expect much.

will post some pics the next time of the progress or death of the crops. also, just laid down some peppers and cantaloupe. planted watermelon and cantaloupe last summer. watermelon did well. love cantaloupe so hopefully we'll get some this summer.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

The three sisters. I gotta reup on my companion planting strategies.

next had all these little cac aphids.

I've just moved and the backyard had these wild turnips or something and they had them. Did you notice that they all move in unison? It was really crazy to see. I saw them last Thursday and yesterday they are all gone. Crazy how life works

 

[DaNatural]

I got hit last year wit some aphids that took out some kale. i didnt even check these out cause i knew it was a lost cause. i saw em and just ripped it out, hoping they didnt get on me. lol
maybe i shouldve left em there a few days just to see, but oh well.

The three sisters. I gotta reup on my companion planting strategies.

I've just moved and the backyard had these wild turnips or something and they had them. Did you notice that they all move in unison? It was really crazy to see. I saw them last Thursday and yesterday they are all gone. Crazy how life works

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Anybody grow potatoes from just throwing a sprouting potato in the ground?

 

[DaNatural]

Anybody grow potatoes from just throwing a sprouting potato in the ground?

Tried some last year using fencing, making it into a cylinder and layering with hay. didnt turn out so well, but gonna give it another shot. lotta videos on how to.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

Anybody grow potatoes from just throwing a sprouting potato in the ground?

I'm having some success so far with a sweet potato I left in the cabinet and it started throwing slips out. I broke off that growing half and stuck it in my compost. After about a month and a half it has started growing again. The leaves ere used yoo growing in the dark and quickly sunburned away. Now that after growing well. I'll keep stabbing it with soil throughout the summer sund see what happens. I read or heard somewhere that growing them is a great way to get mice and rats, so I'll put out some traps.

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

I'm having some success so far with a sweet potato I left in the cabinet and it started throwing slips out. I broke off that growing half and stuck it in my compost. After about a month and a half it has started growing again. The leaves ere used yoo growing in the dark and quickly sunburned away. Now that after growing well. I'll keep stabbing it with soil throughout the summer sund see what happens. I read or heard somewhere that growing them is a great way to get mice and rats, so I'll put out some traps.

Tried some last year using fencing, making it into a cylinder and layering with hay. didnt turn out so well, but gonna give it another shot. lotta videos on how to.

They make it look easy on youtube with the grow bags.

 

[Icantspell]

Anyone got a lemon tree? I read its better to buy one already a bit grown than to start from seed

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

We have NOT had a lot of sun these past two weeks. I planted a small pepper plant, and a small roma tomato plant, along with cherry tomato seedlings, cucumber seeds, and a slice of campari tomato. I'm going to attempt a potato when it sprouts, and some green onions.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

Anyone got a lemon tree? I read its better to buy one already a bit grown than to start from seed

Lemme know this works. For you I dried out a lemon from my friends parents house when I get a lil more stable I'd live to grow it from seed. I'd imagine once you have it a fairly mature, 2 years or so, you could start making cuttings to sell.

 

[DrBanneker]

I'm having some success so far with a sweet potato I left in the cabinet and it started throwing slips out. I broke off that growing half and stuck it in my compost. After about a month and a half it has started growing again. The leaves ere used yoo growing in the dark and quickly sunburned away. Now that after growing well. I'll keep stabbing it with soil throughout the summer sund see what happens. I read or heard somewhere that growing them is a great way to get mice and rats, so I'll put out some traps.

Good deal. I grew sweet potatoes the last few years. FYI, the vines go everywhere so make sure you have space or somewhere for them to go.

Also when they are done, you need to cure the sweet potatoes in a warm place for a week or so before using.

 

[newworldafro]

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