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Post by steev on Apr 15, 2014 21:34:06 GMT -5
Having posted stuff elsewhere, it seems sensible to gather it here.
4/05 I planted:
Oaxacan Green corn Mandan Lavender corn
This is two months earlier than I have ever planted corn, seed in the ground.
4/11 I planted for transplants:
Malagasy corn White Peruvian corn Blushed Peruvian corn
4/12, the 4/05 corns were sprouting; I planted: Joseph's Cherry sweet corn
4/15 I planted for transplants:
Blushed Peruvian corn Stippled popcorn
I won't be surprised if these are all cold-killed before June, but I have to take a chance.
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 15, 2014 22:00:00 GMT -5
What zone are you in Steev? I planted astromony domine in Feburary and high carotene in Janurary. Right now they range from a foot to 2 inches high. They are starting to pick up speed now after clearing some winter crops and warming up.
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Post by steev on Apr 15, 2014 22:59:36 GMT -5
I may be 8/9; it seems to be in flux; I've never seen such a warm Winter in the past ten years. What this portends for Summer's heat remains to be seen.
It is more usual to have killing frost into May; a recent June 20th is remembered by locals.
My experience is no more than a decade, on the farm, so what do I know? I will persevere; it's an adventure. I'll not go hungry, nor get fat (the way I work there), but it's fun, really; so entertaining and centering, and there is the sense that one may actually be accomplishing something of value to the larger community, regardless of what they realize, in the short run.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 16, 2014 13:44:47 GMT -5
Steev, I'm getting fat anyway.
Isola di Este Kaanga Pango
both in and are at knee high to a grasshopper stage.
Planting to trays
Dar's Drought Tolerant Hickory King Transylvania Butter Popcorn (I mean Pennsylvania).
So much to do, my son has pneumonia, so I went and got myself sick taking care of him. Then I got Leo sick...ahh the weeds the weeds....I'm in the weeds again. Off to deliver produce.
Picking: Greens, radishes, Lettuce. Asparagus done for the season.
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Post by steev on Apr 16, 2014 23:49:34 GMT -5
I know nothing of the four corns you mention, Holly; eagerly awaiting reviews, of course. Between the corns I've planted at the east end of the corral and the ones I've seeded for transplant into the west end, I'm trying to decide which I can plant in the middle; Pungo Creek Bloody Butcher was good last year, so I got a decent seed stock; guess I should go with a couple others for seed-increase. My landlady is lobbying for sweet corn, but I'm leaning to flint or pop.
Took a batch of Rainbow chard from over-wintered plants last week; it's going to seed; last year's carrots, beets, and turnips are, too. Nature does her thing and we can share the wealth, if we pay our dues: the sweat of our brows, as it is written.
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 17, 2014 1:19:27 GMT -5
I've got 21 kinds of flour/dent/flint corn in the ground, planted in three waves, the first third is up and about 3 in tall. Covered 1200 sf of it with a giant 6 mil plastic sheet on Tuesday and saved it from the unexpected late freeze. I'm 8b but a lot further south yet up in the hills. Not expecting another but who knows these days?
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Post by stillman on Apr 18, 2014 15:50:03 GMT -5
The weather has been mad in Brisbane Ausytalia. Summer heat started in September(start of our spring) was 10 above average. It has only started to cool off now and still pretty warm. Has been a really long stretch. I have a banana plant that has put a flower and fruit out this week....you don't get ripe fruit in the middle of winter (July) in Brisbane! The plant is confused and so am I.
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Post by steev on Apr 21, 2014 20:08:36 GMT -5
The Blushed Peruvian is sprouted in its pots; I'll plant it out in 2-3 weeks.
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 21, 2014 21:30:04 GMT -5
The Blushed Peruvian is sprouted in its pots; I'll plant it out in 2-3 weeks. Is this corn?
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Post by longhorngardens on Apr 21, 2014 21:46:38 GMT -5
I am having trouble buying into this global warming stuff after this Winter. Coldest Winter of my life. I still ain't planted my corn yet. It was 22f a few days ago.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 21, 2014 21:54:38 GMT -5
Well, I'm having summer in April. I guess it's not global warming, but global climate change. If it was still winter, I could sleep till 7. But, I'm busting my butt at o'dark thirty to get out of the heat before noon. Yeah, I'm not acclimatized to 80 degrees in April. Usually I get 70, then 75, then 80, then 85 then 90, then 100 and I whine like crazy. I went from 50 to 80. Lilacs have been and gone, iris are on their way out, ha ha daffodils in January.
Roses are blooming. Hope to heck to keep them for 2 weeks. Brassica's are thinking about bolting. I'm thinking about planting melons.
Corn is in, growing like a weed, one more batch in the sprout house (Leo turned off the heat). He refuses to let me start popcorn. Can't keep up with the tilling.
Youse guys with winter, think about if today was winter and tomorrow was summer. Hustle and stress, stress and hustle. Heck I'm tired already.
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Post by steev on Apr 21, 2014 23:13:03 GMT -5
Well, the Incas and blueadzuki seem to think Blushed Peruvian is corn, but what do I know? Looks like corn to me; prolly great big corn, very long season.
The "Global Warming" thing was poor labeling, but "Global Climate Change" (which would have been more to the point) is clearly happening.
Jeez, Holly; roses never stopped blooming in Oakland, all Winter (poor things).
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Post by flowerweaver on Apr 22, 2014 14:08:20 GMT -5
Duh...guess this is a corn thread so that would make sense. Got overheated this morning planting tepary beans. I figure it's warm enough here, too, to count as summer.
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Post by steev on Apr 22, 2014 22:29:31 GMT -5
Teparies; yes; got to get them in this coming week-end. I think a large patch of Blue-Speckled, plus 4/5 others for seed-increase. I fear I should have planted them earlier, but I was too concentrated on "cool-season" crops (damned short cool season, this year). I'm leery, due to the year I planted them early and lost two sproutings to hard frost.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Apr 23, 2014 11:02:04 GMT -5
(damned short cool season, this year) Hark. Is that violin music I hear wafting down from the Rockies? My garden is covered with snow this morning... (I expect more snow from time to time for the next 6 weeks.) On a related note... The windshield on my truck was destroyed last night on the way home from planting. It was so windy yesterday that eventually I had to leave the garden. I waited until the gusts made staying upright problematic. On the way home I drove into a gust of wind/hail that lasted about 3 seconds. The windshield got about 3 dozen chips out of it, and around 100 (sandblasted) pits per square inch.
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