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Post by YoungAllotmenteer on Jun 30, 2013 13:36:08 GMT -5
Hiya Joseph. Your squash went in today (plugs at 4 true leaves), this year will certainly be a challenge for them as everything is very late and I potentially have 90-120 days until first frost from now. If I do successfully get any squash I will send you some seed in return and you will know that that fruit has succeeded in a cool temperate climate! Will try and take photos tomorrow. Might be OK... Depends on how much heat you get. My butternut growing season is typically around 85 days from direct seeding until frost. I sent a lot of my butternut seed to the usa pacific northwest this spring. That's a rather cool damp climate. Not a great deal unfortunately, average highs are 70-80 degrees. We shall see how we get on, one mature fruit will be an achievement.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 3, 2013 13:33:39 GMT -5
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Post by steev on Jul 3, 2013 20:14:48 GMT -5
You go, Joseph! I look forward to the day when I can lunch regularly on "I knew Joseph Lofthouse when...".
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Post by richardw on Jul 5, 2013 15:08:37 GMT -5
Well done Joseph
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 16, 2013 17:09:34 GMT -5
Jumping Joe, you're getting famous! Fella should have said, "Out Standing in His Field".
A word about Joseph's garlic....
No other crop has made my CSA customers quite so vociferous. I'm getting notes as far away as L.A. asking for some of Joseph's garlic.
I received a message from a woman who said "I have not had garlic this good since I left my home in Korea." She has begged me for a box of garlic. One customer has asked to swap out all her onions for more garlic!
I'm in the kitchen canning, (garlic pickles) so I can't show photos, but I will say that Joe's just regular old Good Garlic makes cloves 2x the size of a regular Cal Garlic.
For those of you who are ordering garlic from Joseph, get in line quick. He's harvesting now.
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Post by Drahkk on Jul 16, 2013 21:25:48 GMT -5
OK Holly, I'm sold. Oh Joseph.... please? MB
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 16, 2013 23:07:06 GMT -5
OK Holly, I'm sold. Oh Joseph.... please? MB You know... The further away from home they travel the less likely they are to do well. I don't know how they will handle all that sand. But what the heck, they've traveled all the way from the Tian Shan Mountains, they might as well visit the sunshine state.
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Post by Drahkk on Jul 19, 2013 11:02:11 GMT -5
Magnolia state But you're right, I DO have a lot of sand in my soil on this delta floodplain. ;D Thanks again! MB
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 19, 2013 16:37:06 GMT -5
That would be Florida...
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Post by steev on Jul 19, 2013 22:03:30 GMT -5
Please don't mention Florida; can't we just pretend it doesn't exist?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 20, 2013 0:10:15 GMT -5
Ooops. Sorry Drahkk.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 22, 2013 13:15:19 GMT -5
Oxbowfarm: I was impressed with the photo of your bean trellis a while ago. It motivated me to erect the first bean trellis for a row that I have made since I was helping my grandfather when I was a small boy. Also adding to the motivation was that my co-worker planted a row of noodle beans.
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Post by steev on Jul 22, 2013 20:32:30 GMT -5
Do you mean long beans? Those do fine for me, taking the heat in stride, but they aren't too productive. On the plate, I prefer them to snap beans, stir-fried with any meat, very toothsome texture. I saw that mine are just getting it on; I think I must greatly expand my planting next year. Since it's a rather scrawny vine, I wonder whether it would serve as a cornfield bean. It wants water, so it would only be good with a corn that doesn't want to be drying. I must think about this.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 22, 2013 20:48:31 GMT -5
Interested to see how they do. I bought seed but didn't plant them since we had such a late spring I figured they would struggle to produce in time. But the edamame is almost ready. So I will seed them next year if there aren't negative comments.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 22, 2013 21:14:35 GMT -5
Vigna unguiculata. I think that they are also called yardlong beans. There are two varieties. One is growing great, one is getting chewed up by bugs unknown.
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