We do the same, Roy
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We do the same, Roy
I like to slice ripe tomatoes, then rough-chop some of our basil and parsley, mix it up with olive oil, garlic, parmesan and salt, and roast til nicely caramelized-it's a delicious summer side dish. I guarantee that squash and zuchinni would be awesome cooked the same way.
And it starts. Volunteer sunflowers. Probably a squirrel cache.
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July 30th was 107F here, 31st was 104F and it's been 97-98 every day since, but today is supposed to be a cool 94 :w however by the end of the week mid 80's are called for but after that back to mid 90's.
So anyway it's been quite hot and with my experimental Butternut Squash in a fairly small container pot I've been soaking daily (usually in the evening).
It is putting out some more fruit here's some pics--some of these are all still quite small with the smallest about 3/8" across at the widest point of the 'bulb' The larger ones are between 1 5/8" and 1 3/4".
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And the Original fruit to appear--without disturbing it I figure it weighs at least 2 lbs. It's about 3 3/4"s across the 'bulb'.
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So far I can deal with the plants 'Spread' but I may have to nip the vines to keep it under control in my little space.
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This plant was started from seeds from a commercially produced fruit that I purchased at a grocery store. I have no idea if it was a hybrid or not. So far the shape is correct and I do hope I'll be able to get at least one to grow to maturity.
If I do and the fruit is usable then I should be able to dry the seeds from my fruit to plant and have the same variety year after year.
Here's a bit of an update to the previous post about my Butternut Squash growing experiment.
I've kept checking for more squash forming but everything that I 'thought' might a new squash died away like in a picture I posted awhile back.
However after checking today I find that there are indeed new fruits developing and as long as I am diligent with keeping it watered they should reach maturity.
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The other two fruits that had formed earlier are growing very nicely.
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AND THE ORIGINAL IS GETTING CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO HARVEST :y
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This squash plant is worse than raising children in that it grows and grows then before you know it---it's all Big And Grown Up!
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Fortunately it's growing along the fence line and not spreading into the lawn. :tu
By the way----------Am I the only one who has anything to post about gardening??? :shrug: Just wondering.
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I've read that if the 'Star' forms on the blossom end when they are just starting to turn red then the vines can be pulled and placed over rafters in a cool but not cold area and they will fully ripen.
My dad used to try to grow those big 'Beef Steak Toms' but they always got killed by our early frosts. I tried and tried to get him to try the pulling of the vines but he's never do it :banghead:
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Trying to figure out where to plant some Wallla Walla seeds............
1.5 inches for seeds seems really deep to me????
I 'think' 1/4" to 1/2" deeps seems to be mostly recommended.
Perhaps this link will help--
https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/on...rod000779.html
Most articles I've found don't show that you can plant in the fall. Many even show starting indoors then transplanting in the spring.
As I said: Years ago the Italians would plant in the spring but once they found that they could plant in the fall, they got bigger onions and they could also plant in the spring to extend the season.
Since it's cooler where you are than here and have harder winters, I'd plant some right now and then some in the spring, maybe even trying the transplant thing. You've got lots of seeds to play with! :tu
Cleaned out a small area and gave the onions a go.
They haven't sprouted yet?????? LOL
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I planted a few yesterday just for shites and giggles. I've read that depending on temperature anywhere between 4 days and 10 days--:shrug:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S2LlZ3nHww
I am seeing a few sprouts that might look like onions............
I am not going to pull them as weeds quite yet! LOL
I also have a few grass like things that might actually be onions. but my little container also has a shite pot of what I'm sure are weeds trying to grow :banghead:
I'll try to get some pics after a bit more time.
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I 'think' that I do have a few onion sprouts coming up. I'd set a sprinkler and forgot about it and I found the planter full of water so I'm not real confident but here's a pic from today.
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I'm thinking that the green sprouts in the RED square are actual onion sprouts since they are in a fairly straight line. The one on the left in the WHITE circle is a 'Definite Maybe'-----------------
The area in the shadow shows the weeds I posted about. Damn things just keep coming up :banghead:
You probably can't see them but if you really look close I see 28.
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Good for you! That's wonderful news!:y
Today I counted 27 but I did count close doubles as one.
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Does anybody know when to plant the "seeds" from Egyptian walking onions" ?
They seem to self seed in the fall so maybe ...?
According to this link, you just remove the top (bulbils) and plant it.
https://wimastergardener.org/article...alking-onions/
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Found this ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRphdu3xqs
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I have a bunch of these onions in a location in my Wisconsin yard that will be bulldozed flat soon. So I have harvested the top sets but not the bulbs yet.
I also have a few here in St. Paul that need to be taken care of.
I guess that I can dig and replant them at any time.
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Sunflowers are still cracking
How do you folks put up your fresh Basil Leaves ? Thanks
I don't grow basil as while I do use a bit, I just purchase the organic at a store that's walking distance from me. I can usually keep it alive long enough to be able to use most of it. After that I just dry it for later use.
I've heard of all of these methods and thought they might be of some help.
https://www.thekitchn.com/3-tips-for...-kitchn-207032
Either dried or pureed with olive oil and frozen.
Here are the walla walla onions. About 4 inches tall.
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Roy you say that the onions need a snow cover and this is what I see today.
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Just one sticking out of the snow. About 6 inches but I havent measured it.
I havent paid much attention in the last week or so but I hope the rest are fine under the snow.
We are suppose to get rain and I think the snow will melt this time so I will see later.
I believe that the snow cover is to insulate the onion plants from when it gets real cold. It's getting a lot cooler here, around --60's in the day upper 40's to 50's at night.
I gave my experimental planting a watering today. I'd also stuck what I'm pretty sure are hardneck garlic cloves in the soil. The garlic is growing great guns but the onions are hanging in there.
It will be interesting to see how your onions do this winter. :tu
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Thanks, Roy
I wonder if I should cover them With straw?
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I don't have an answer for that Dave. I'm wondering about the straw getting compacted by snow and crushing the onion plants instead of the snow just gently accumulating around them:shrug:
I will say that your plants are much bigger than mine are :tu We had our first killing frost the other day and my little plants survived just fine.
My first thought is that the straw wouldn't hurt but then I looked at mine and after the snow is melting away they are having a hard time sticking through the maple leaves.
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Saw this a while back.. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ad...overtly-sexual
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Getting closer to lemon-picking. Could not trim it this year before it bloomed because of the bluejays,
Gotta get out there around Valentine's day and make this wild thing more of a bush
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