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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 14, 2010 18:02:11 GMT -5
What's your plan this year... more plants each of fewer varieties, or fewer plants each of more varieties? I tend toward the second choice, because it means I get to try more things, but this year I did start a dozen of Alan's Mer de Noms tomatoes.
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Post by iva on Mar 15, 2010 3:17:41 GMT -5
The pots on my balcony will hold: - many varieties of tomatoes (I think 18 is the number) - three different eggplants - 5 different peppers (sweet) - jaltomato - some lettuce, carrots and radishes (just for fun) - Pak choi and other veggies just for trial...
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Post by Dan on Mar 15, 2010 5:47:07 GMT -5
lots of plants of more varieties! I know it means smaller crops of each variety, but i like trying different things
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 15, 2010 9:25:46 GMT -5
I grew on postage stamp lots for several years before moving to a farm and having a 1/4 acre main garden plus several others on the property. This moving Back to an urban lot is proving a challenge, but I just keep reminding myself how it did it back in the 70's and 80's. Growing vertically helps. Pole beans instead of bush beans; small varieties of squash that trail readily up TV towers or chainlink fencing or for lighter fruits, using plastic hardware cloth stapled to the house. And of course, containers of veggies and herbs. Even quick composting (3 weeks or less) in a green garbage bag.
I have scaled down the number of varieties of tomatoes I raise, as well as the number of plants. Where before, I would plant minimum 6 plants of each to trial, and 12 of the ones that I considered favourites, now I plant 6 of the faves and no more than two or three of the trial varieties.
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Post by hiven on Mar 15, 2010 10:13:57 GMT -5
I am growing many varieties this year. Certain types which I am not sure with will be in small amount. I will also grow small amount of dwarf tomatoes, chili and runner beans in containers as they are so ornamental (plus edible).
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Post by henrysunset on Mar 15, 2010 21:19:09 GMT -5
I doubled my small space to make room for more plants, increased the variety of seeds including a lot of exciting heirlooms, and I've started more indoors under a new supplemental light and heating system to maximize the growing seasom.
I had 5 4x4' beds and doubled it to 10. It's 160 square feet of intensely gardened space. I practice the Square foot gardening pethod as it has seemed to give my garden more discilpined use and it just makes sense to me. (I'm an engineer, I like well organized systems.)
Unfortunately, I can never increase the garden much more, we live on a very small lot that is mostly consumed by the house itself.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Mar 31, 2010 6:16:11 GMT -5
Before we moved to our 2 acres, no dirt was ever safe...
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Post by ottawagardener on Mar 31, 2010 8:03:46 GMT -5
This year, I plan on getting a small farm! However, last year I was trying for the most useful, tastiest, and most difficult to source edibles.
Telsing
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Post by cornishwoman on Apr 2, 2010 8:05:25 GMT -5
Fewer plants and more variety's. I have a lot of variety's to choose from this year especially in the bean line .
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