2018 gardens

[Rebel SS]

HD and JB thought laying the 'maters out in the garage was safe, but they didn't know a spy  was watching them...👀

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[Jerkbiat]

There is a cure for that. 

[Rebel SS]

Remember to cover them tightly....it's the ethylene gas given off by the 'maters that makes them ripen, and you want to keep that from escaping as much as possible. Helps with the taste, too....

[glenn57]

the garden is now officially done for the year. looks like the cleomes got hit with frost, so a saved a bunch of seeds, anyone want any?????

picked and cleaned the last of the kalarabi. maybe a little cleanup yet and wait till spring!!!!!!

[LPS]

What is a cleome?

[KEN W]

Potatoes and carrots still in the ground. Potatoes killed last week with frost. They need a week to allow the skins to set. Carrots get sweeter when they know winter is coming.

[glenn57]

What is a cleome?

you'll need to google it. its a flower that gets like 4-6 ft tall. the hummingbirds like it ans well as bees and these hummingbird moths.

i first learned of them when one of my stepkids brought it home from school. as it grew i asked my wife where they got it, and why the school would send kids home with pot plants!!!! leaves look similar!

[mike89]

What is a cleome?

a type of flower...  nice looking one's too...

[HD]

Well ...... that didn't work as planned.... They all rotted without rippening.... 

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[glenn57]

Well ...... that didn't work as planned.... They all rotted without rippening.... 

in other words, you'll never listen to Reb again 

i got about 8 little golf ball size maters sitting in a bowl on the counter hoping they ripen, udderwise my tomatoes are gone!!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Well ...... that didn't work as planned.... They all rotted without rippening.... 

See! I told ya to wrap 'em up in newspaper in three's and put 'em in a box inside!!!!

[HD]

Well ...... that didn't work as planned.... They all rotted without rippening.... 

See! I told ya to wrap 'em up in newspaper in three's and put 'em in a box inside!!!!

Oh, go polish Mr sparkles... I didn't have a box, but I did put them in the basement.... not the garage....

[glenn57]

                                                           

[Rebel SS]

Not wrapped in newspaper, ya didn't! Yer startin' to sound just like Glenn!    

[Rebel SS]

                                                           

And you just shaddup, ya katchup junkie!   

[Bobberineyes]

If ya gots a big window sill that always works like a charm..

[Rebel SS]

Check out the last paragraph.....and sometimes they'll do that if they've been bonked or had just a touch too much cold air, I don't know why.




https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/flowers-and-plants/vegetables/how-to-ripen-green-tomatoes

[HD]

Not wrapped in newspaper, ya didn't! Yer startin' to sound just like Glenn!    

Nnnooooopppp, I just covered them with the newspaper....
Besides, Glenn's my hero! 

[Rebel SS]

Not wrapped in newspaper, ya didn't! Yer startin' to sound just like Glenn!    

Nnnooooopppp, I just covered them with the newspaper....
Besides, Glenn's my hero! 

Ya, you guys make beautiful music together....ding & dong!   

[HD]

It's not that big a deal, they prolly got nipped by a little frost. Just like anyone else on here, kinda hate to throw it out if you don't need to...... but, it was worth a try.......

[Rebel SS]

I had about 8 or 10 do that year before last for some reason. Seemed to be one in every three that were wrapped did it. Never did figger it out, but I'm pretty sure they all got a little nipped, maybe that was it.

[LPS]

Well ...... that didn't work as planned.... They all rotted without rippening.... 

Yup looks like the got a touch of too much cold. 

[HD]

I have a couple rows of taters to dig yet, but I pulled the rest of the kohlrabi for dinner....

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[Bobberineyes]

Might hafta try some dat kolerabi stuff next year.. I'm still hanging on to a few gold zucchini that doesn't seem to stop. One black beauty isn't quite there yet but I'll grill em soon to end the madness.

[mike89]

I have a couple rows of taters to dig yet, but I pulled the rest of the kohlrabi for dinner....

thats good eats!!! 

you like a radish but you won't these????????????    oh well!!!  you lose....  slice and eat and can be be cooked too...  oh well  have your fun.......................

[Rebel SS]

I have a couple rows of taters to dig yet, but I pulled the rest of the kohlrabi for dinner....

thats good eats!!!

Heck, dog kibble is good eats to you!! 

[Boar]

whats the best way to store seeds for next year, I saved my pie pumpkins seeds to plant in a food plot next year and wann know how to save them.

[glenn57]

dry them out, put them in a ziplock bag, put them someplace you done forget about and so they don't freeze.

[Boar]

i thought yu could freeze them, being one can get voluntary sprouts say from tomatoe and squase left over winter.

[Rebel SS]

Seed packets in a store aren't froze, are they? Wash 'em, dry 'em on a paper towel in open air, and put in an envelope and seal it. That's what I did with my punkie seeds years ago.