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Re: Bamboo-B-Gone [kirstie_h] by steve_ HOST
May 06, 2007 (8:21 am)
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Apr 23, 2007 8:53 am)

We keep nursing our bamboo and trying to lead it along - lots of water, plenty of mulch for the winter, etc. We have one little "stand" that's survived for 3 years now while two other varieties we've tried have died completely.
 
How does that saying go - a weed is a plant in the wrong place?
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Transplant Time by ateixeira
May 07, 2007 (8:43 am)
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OK, time for me to transplant the seedlings of green beans and cucumbers that I planted from seeds with my kids. Hope to get to that project tonight.
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Re: Pink banana [steve_] by gagrice
Feb 15, 2008 (9:12 am)
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Replying to: steve_ (Mar 13, 2007 4:59 pm)

You going to grow Agave for tequila? The Mexicans are digging up their agave fields to plant corn for tortillas. One more negative for ethanol production from corn.
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Re: Pink banana [gagrice] by steve_ HOST
Feb 15, 2008 (9:48 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Feb 15, 2008 9:12 am)

My wife loves agaves but they don't winter well outside here. She has great hopes for "Spike" but it's so succulent, I'm dubious.
 
Spike
 
one of our palms
 
I'd snap a photo of the switchgrass but I can't find it at the moment.
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Re: Pink banana [steve_] by gagrice
Feb 15, 2008 (1:16 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Feb 15, 2008 9:48 am)

They grow ok around here. No one harvests them outside Mexico that I know of. It may be very labor intensive. They are a neat looking plant. Good luck. Cover it in the winter and it should survive.
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Re: Pink banana [gagrice] by steve_ HOST
Feb 15, 2008 (3:08 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Feb 15, 2008 1:16 pm)

I don't think so - my wife came home early today and took a look, and Spike's looking pretty sad. He's been covered with straw since late October.
 
However, she has several specimens of a Utah variety warming up in the bull pen (aka, our living room) to try next.
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tomatos by okko1
May 04, 2008 (4:14 pm)
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well it never fails when i plant my tomato vines it frost just one more time. and it happened last night so today all my neighbors started planting theirs. so if you haven't planted your garden yet the all clear to do so has been sounded
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Re: tomatos [okko1] by steve_ HOST
May 04, 2008 (5:01 pm)
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Replying to: okko1 (May 04, 2008 4:14 pm)

We moved the indoor starts out to the shade house today; last average frost free day is the 10th so it won't be long. The weeds are going full tilt, that's for sure.
 
Spike didn't make it, btw.
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I'm all set by ateixeira
May 05, 2008 (9:55 am)
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Put tomatoes in the ground and have seeds for beans and cucumbers, though not many have come up yet so I may re-plant a few more seeds.
 
I set it up to water automatically each morning, too.
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Re: I'm all set [ateixeira] by steve_ HOST
May 05, 2008 (11:34 am)
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Replying to: ateixeira (May 05, 2008 9:55 am)

water automatically
 
Some would say that you're farming, not gardening. Watering is when you most get to enjoy the plants growing. Out here in the high desert, you may get to enjoy the plants twice or even three times a day.

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