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My exact thought on Saturday going by Hopkinton State Park.
Beautiful, wasn't it!?My exact thought on Saturday going by Hopkinton State Park.
AyeBeautiful, wasn't it!?
I’m still eating zukes, a few red tomatoes, cherry toms, peppers, and herbs. Got a paper bag with several green maters on hold. My carrots are close to harvest, I’ve still got a few red cherry tomatoes and banana peppers growing in their containers. I’ll be picking tomorrow and bringing in the pepper plant to a sunny spot. There’s lots of small new peppers on it.
Sadly, the frozen storage must have prevented germination, as none of the seeds started under the grow light. However, we were able to visit the old house and harvest a few lemons.Twenty lemon seeds in the pots, six in the bag. They'll be on a 12 on /12 off cycle with the grow light.
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Thanks for the advice, let's hope the seeds weren't ruined after being frozen for a year!
Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials !I thought the large lemons felt oddly light. Turns out the decision to process them was the right one. As of now, I have over 40 germinated seeds in damp paper towels and quart Ziplock bags.
Some are going to the future mother-in-law, the rest with the bride and I back to MA in a couple days. First though, our wedding on Monday!
From the Maine Potato Lady...I cannot state how great the Maine Potato Lady's seeds spuds are. I believe I've gotten about 98% viability from her seed stock and these are grown in Maine
so they are really suited to New England soil and weather conditions...
I will post back when her 2023 Season spuds are ready for ordering. If you order later, you get the seed spuds later. Early is key...
Maine Potato Lady - Your Source for quality Maine seed potatoes - The Maine Potato Lady
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I signed up for her newsletter last week. I look forward to trying a few different things from her next growing season. Onion, garlic and potatoes specifically. Still not sure on what varieties as of yet. Your red norland and yukon haul, iirc, looked great. thanks for the recommendation on the Maine potato lady!From the Maine Potato Lady...
Ordering for 2023 will open shortly!
Great yield on fist-sized Reds & Golds. Tasty spuds! I eat some everyday...I signed up for her newsletter last week. I look forward to trying a few different things from her next growing season. Onion, garlic and potatoes specifically. Still not sure on what varieties as of yet. Your red norland and yukon haul, iirc, looked great. thanks for the recommendation on the Maine potato lady!
I'm not sure. With over 1k posts, maybe it would be better to start a new one and mark it as "2023"@enbloc
You going to update the thread title, make it a long term thread? Wife and I are getting ready to start looking into potential new grows for 2023 as well as a review of the inventory and results from 2022.
I'm not sure. With over 1k posts, maybe it would be better to start a new one and mark it as "2023"
Sometimes a thread can become unwieldy if it goes too long, especially when looking for something specific.
If you would like to author this upcoming year's thread, please feel free, If not I will post a "Better Be Planting this Year. 2023" thread.
Thanks for being a wonderful, contributing member of the BBPTY-2022 thread!
~Matt
Done. Ordered 2 sets of 10...
The bags took almost 3 1/2 weeks to come in. I planted spuds in raised beds only in 2022. The bags will be used Spring of 2023. I will be placing them on hardpack.Did you share your experience with the grow bags?
I saw some videos where the plant roots grew threw the bag if it was not on solid (pavement, cement, wood) ground.
The photos would be available as long as you directly upload them to NES. Photo hosting sites like photobucket or tinypic can timeout over years or account stoppage.I wonder if we could get confirmation on image retention if this thread goes without update?
Would be a shame to lose all these wonderful contributions. Garden builds, layouts, bounty hauls, watering setups, trial / error, and general 'check this out!' type stuff are very helpful when thinking about the upcoming season(s).
Maybe I'll just add "Megathread" to the thread title... It seems like a popular thing to do... View attachment 702537