Gardening: Grow your own.

pr126 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:12 am Post subject:

bump.

Peppers, chillies, cucumbers doing just fine:

and not forgetting a little color:

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xena · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:35 am Post subject:

I'm jealous.
I put my peppers outside because I just couldn't cope with all the mess on the windowsill and fruitflies-or compost flies and during the night it was extremely windy and rainy. They all died of windburn Embarassed

The stems are still green so maybe there is hope but the buds and leaves-disaster.

xena · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

I just actually went out and had a closer look and there are 2 buds still fine on one red pepper plant that are still fine. Yey

pr126 · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:51 am Post subject:

Lunch has been grown! (from my garden) Very Happy

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Alexis · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject:

Some of mine:

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pr126 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:44 am Post subject:

That is very nice, Alexia. You must have nice weather there.

My cucumbers and peppers, chillies are still tiny, but will be a good crop later. (I hope). Smile

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Alexis · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:44 am Post subject:

The weather has been incredibly mild here since late March, and I got a bit of a head start with them since I didn't start from seeds. I will do seeds next year since I couldn't find any greens or other things I wanted to grow.

I'll also build some raised beds at some point.

I'm jealous of your carrots! They look wonderful.

Do you use anything to keep bugs away? My eggplant seems to have a mite problem A friend suggested "Neem oil" since it's an organic pest repellant.
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pr126 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:09 am Post subject:

I have sown the carrot seeds in February, and no sign of them for 3 months, then they started to grow.

I am plagued with black bean aphids. The ants are farming them. Shocked

The advice is just to wash them away with water spray.
Doesn't work.

Alexis · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

I'm going to order the neem oil and see how well that works.
I will let you know how it goes. It's also good for keeping gnats away from indoor plants.
All my indoor plants had to be put outside after an infestation, and my palms are dying in the sun.
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pr126 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

I have an automatic watering system which works on a timer, drippers and tiny sprinklers for the pots:
10 minutes watering a day is plenty.

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ShaSha · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

Naoryunosuke · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:56 am Post subject:

I'm also growing a few things in the back of my garden, runner beans, peas, cabages, beetroot, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, tomatoes, etc. We've had more than a fair share of runner beans, I've already picked the first crop of peas and they were delicious, I've already dug up the potatoes, and the tomatoes are started to ripen right now, so all in all it's going quite well.

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