Forum: Social Announcements & Good Wishes
03-14-2016, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 9,892
About Richard
I am a median baby boomer. My father's side of the family went up the Hudson River in 1605 and established a family farm there. Subsequent generations expanded to Wisconsin, Iowa, and then by horse...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-01-2013, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
Upgrade
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/A1/IMAG6833_zpsdddc7e19.jpg...
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-05-2013, 08:32 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,967
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-04-2013, 09:49 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,967
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
03-04-2013, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,967
Simple and Effective, but not Elegant.
This is a simple and effective way to grow bananas.
My plants produce larger bunches and do it more quickly using this system.
No fertilizer was used, only grass clippings and water were added to...
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Forum: Other Plants
10-03-2012, 11:22 AM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
And when they grow over your 8 foot stakes just tie them to your bananas! :)
http://i47.tinypic.com/2dsqmmt.jpg
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Forum: Other Plants
07-19-2012, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
Bucket mouse trap, low cost, easy to use & works great
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attachments/off-topic-forum/70599d1317476092-ultimate-mouse-trap-ultimate-mouse-trap.jpg
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Forum: Other Plants
07-19-2012, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG5295.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG5296.jpg
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG529...
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Forum: Other Plants
07-11-2012, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
Man, am i jealous of you all. I didn't plant any tomatoes this year, but a volunteer Striped Stuffer Tomato has come up and is growing huge. Just started putting out fruit. Pretty fruit but not the...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
06-08-2011, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
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Forum: Tiki Hut
06-04-2011, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
Re: A Place To Vent
My garden club is meeting tomorrow at my place to view the garden. I'm exhausted from preparing, and now there is a 50% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow! :(
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-31-2011, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
Re: A Place To Vent
@ CookieCows, Lagniappe, and Bob. That really blows guyz! i saw a site that sells banana plants and those are expensive. Good luck with your next plants.
I dont have much to vent about but i have a...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-30-2011, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-29-2011, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
Re: A Place To Vent
I agree, spaghetti squash is pretty expensive (and pretty hard to open!). I also planted seeds everywhere. Im not very good with growing edible plants (I think I used to get an average of 10 tomatoes...
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-29-2011, 11:21 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
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Forum: Main Banana Discussion
05-29-2011, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 22,195
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Forum: Tiki Hut
05-29-2011, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 11,571
Re: A Place To Vent
I am doing the same thing!! Spaghetti squash is crazy expensive!
Howard... The volume level of the commercials makes me insane!
Bob... We overwintered in our workshop for the first time and...
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Forum: Banana Plant Soil, Additives, and Fertilizer
05-20-2011, 11:05 PM
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Replies: 95
Views: 25,819
Re: Vermicompost and vermicomposting
I use worm castings, but they are not a panacea (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/panacea). Here's a synopsis from another thread:
Worm Castings have two categories of use in horticulture:
Soil...
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Forum: Other Plants
05-02-2011, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
It took awhile but here is a pic I got at Epcot last weekend. It was full of small little cherry tomatoes.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=42374&size=1...
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Forum: Hydroponics
04-22-2011, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,401
Re: solar still/solar distiller for pure water
If you had space you could build an airwell. In ancient times, these were used in places of high elevation in order to get drinking water. It is a pile of rocks that has a space underneath for a...
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Forum: Hydroponics
04-22-2011, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 6,401
Re: solar still/solar distiller for pure water
No experience on solar still, but I've had excellent luck with using the water that comes from my AC / dehumidifier. Been using it about 5 years now. During the warm seasons I get a few gallons a day...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-17-2011, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
Right now I have ~137 Tomato seedlings out in the GH
More seedlings growing in the sunroom
I have about 6 different varieties, including a yellow cocktail tomato
I really need to go before the Town...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-16-2011, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
Mike posted this on FB and I thought of you guys. :)
Better Tomatoes Via a Fertilizer of...Human Urine? | Popular Science...
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Forum: Other Plants
04-14-2011, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 692
Views: 70,990
Re: Tomatoes
The first of the Celebrity tomatoes:
http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110414021.jpg
~JaNan
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Forum: Cold Hardy Bananas
04-10-2011, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 7,593
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