majors 2018 garden..

[thistlebloom]

Too bad. I liked that setup! So far I haven't done anything about setting up a coldframe, though I have always wanted one. Too many projects on my list when the weather is good.

 

[Collector]

@thistlebloom , me to but it was really handy for getting things going and hardening things off. Last year we burnt some plants during the hardening period.

 

[majorcatfish]

have to made a quickie cold frame to harden off the plants this year....

 

[majorcatfish]

3/17/18.. update
transplanted the tomatoes into their final pots this morning... they did not like the miracle-gro fertilizer i gave them the other week. just a wee bit of burn on the leafs.

the kale /escarole

lettuce and bok chio

hopefully around april 1st will be able to plant all the bottom tier out in the raised beds.....

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

looking good Major!

 

[Nyboy]

I love escarole in soup with beans

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

3/17/18.. update
transplanted the tomatoes into their final pots this morning... they did not like the miracle-gro fertilizer i gave them the other week. just a wee bit of burn on the leafs.
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the kale /escarole
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lettuce and bok chio
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hopefully around april 1st will be able to plant all the bottom tier out in the raised beds.....

I was coming here to ask about if I should start the escarole inside, which I did already, but need to start more.

 

[majorcatfish]

after a good night sleep my batteries are recharged. decided to just see how many cages i need to buy. sure glad i counted..
have 41 54" cages and 10 modified short cages.. think i'm covered

turned on the radio in the barn and broke down each stack and checked for any that had a broken weld. had about 10 that needed mending, little picture wire and electrical tape good for another year....

while out there in the barn holy crap found 30 pots and 7 trays will have to clean them and check to see if any trays have holes in them and toss those...

 

[majorcatfish]

put up the forth mylar panel yesterday after transplanting ...thats the best everyone has looked since they sprouted..

well crap now i'm thinking the mylar will reflect light better at a angle...hum now thinking about re-modifying the table again .....

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

Major, i spray paint my tomato cages to keep them from rusting out too soon. been doing this for about 20 years now. now the big box stores sell them this way at about 4x the price. still using the same cages, just give them a new coat of paint every couple years when it flakes off.

with the plastic trays, last year i took some epoxy to those that only had cracks in the corners & as a precaution i doubled them up to get another year or 2 out of them. some i found only the side of the flat was cracked so they weren't as easy to pick up, those were the one i put under the corner cracked trays.

now those thin pots i don't really keep each year when they crack. but i had spent some $$ a couple years ago & found someone selling about 300 of the 3" pots for a decent steal! i had bought some more but they are still sitting in their box in my laundry/seed starting room. just found i also bought some 3"x5" pots for the flats & some webbed trays that never made it out of the box they came in.
sometimes ebay is a good place to get deals. sometimes it is just a place i shouldn't be looking.

the only pots i want to order are for my upcoming grafted fruit trees till i can get them in the ground for the season. i want to get some 10" tree pots but wishing i could find a good price for those.