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I am going to plant broad beans, aka fava beans, because they are high in L-dopa which will lower prolactin and increase testosterone and will help my bodybuilding. All advice welcome.
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They go well w/a nice Chianti.
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Turn the soil at least 6-8" in the ground, mix with high nitrogen top soil and chicken shit (yes, I'm serious, chicken shit) for the manure, level with irrigation pathways.
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Turn the soil at least 6-8" in the ground, mix with high nitrogen top soil and chicken shit (yes, I'm serious, chicken shit) for the manure, level with irrigation pathways.
Been turning the garden beds over the last few days, out in all weathers. Good cardio when you're going at it hard.
Soil here is pretty sandy so looking for free compost to dig in. I'll probably buy some aged manure too, either chicken or sheep.
What do you grow, Coach?
They go well w/a nice Chianti.
Don't test me, wisenheimer.
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Don't test me, wisenheimer.
ffffftttt!! :D
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ffffftttt!! :D
Lol!! ;D I actually like Chianti too. Cause for concern.
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i dont know shit about farming or growing plants, but I plan on having a farm of my own.
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not a lot of real men showing up on this thread.
REAL MEN have people to do this gardening shit for them. They're too busy earning and burning to deal with nonsense like that.
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not a lot of real men showing up on this thread.
REAL MEN have people to do this gardening shit for them. They're too busy earning and burning to deal with nonsense like that.
real gangsta ass niggas never run their fucking mouth cuz real gansta niggas dont start fights
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just go to the store and buy some already grown ones
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I don't grow anything, my dad was landscape contractor and taught me all about that stuff, from growing, to hardscapes, irrigation, lawn and plant installs, etc. He did that for before I was born until the time he died in 1986.
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real gangsta ass niggas never run their fucking mouth cuz real gansta niggas dont start fights
They don't? ???
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They don't? ???
nope, everythings cool in the mind of a gangtsa cuz real gangsta ass niggaz think deep.
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real gangsta ass niggas never run their fucking mouth cuz real gansta niggas dont start fights
Real gangsta ass niggas would stomp a cracker ass like you into pieces, then deep tissue massage you until you bled.
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Real gangsta ass niggas would stomp a cracker ass like you into pieces, then deep tissue massage you until you bled.
thats your nightmare, not mine ;)
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thats your nightmare, not mine ;)
More like a wet dream for you? ;D
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More like a wet dream for you? ;D
more like a projection of your own insecurities through an unrealistic portrayal of reality... real gangsta ass niggas dont start fights
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more like a projection of your own insecurities through an unrealistic portrayal of reality... real gangsta ass niggas dont start fights
LOL, you hang out with some weak ass niggas if that's your impression.
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LOL, you hang out with some weak ass niggas if that's your impression.
youve just owned yourself.. "weak ass guy's".. where did you come up with that? hahaha ;D
"gangsta ass guy" and the quotes that go along with it (the lyrics i was posting above) comes from a song called "damn it feels good to be a gangsta" and it was on the movie office space.
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youve just owned yourself.. "weak ass guy's".. where did you come up with that? hahaha ;D
"gangsta ass guy" and the quotes that go along with it (the lyrics i was posting above) comes from a song called "damn it feels good to be a gangsta" and it was on the movie office space.
It's still wrong.
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I am going to plant broad beans, aka fava beans, because they are high in L-dopa which will lower prolactin and increase testosterone and will help my bodybuilding. All advice welcome.
Just dont grow any tomatoes they suck, if so I will lose respect for you. ;D
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i'm growing aubergine, hot peppers, garlic, onions, parsley, greek oregano, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and basil. plus i like Lady Gaga's music alot
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i'm growing aubergine, hot peppers, garlic, onions, parsley, greek oregano, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and basil. plus i like Lady Gaga's music alot
Outed.
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Outed.
once you go dark purple you never go back lol
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once you go dark purple you never go back lol
LMAO ;D
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I am going to plant broad beans, aka fava beans, because they are high in L-dopa which will lower prolactin and increase testosterone and will help my bodybuilding. All advice welcome.
You may want throw some N-P-K.
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i dont know shit about farming or growing plants, but I plan on having a farm of my own.
Me either but it's pretty cheap growing from seed so if I fuck up and things die it's no great loss.
just go to the store and buy some already grown ones
I'll continue to do so but some things aren't available in the store (kale), some stuff is rediculously overpriced (herbs, cherry tomatoes, chilis, endive), and some things from the store just don't taste as good because they're grown for commercial viability instead of flavor or they're much better eaten immediatly after picking (corn).
I don't grow anything, my dad was landscape contractor and taught me all about that stuff, from growing, to hardscapes, irrigation, lawn and plant installs, etc. He did that for before I was born until the time he died in 1986.
There's a lot to learn. We grew a few things when I was a kid but no one was particularly knowledgeable about it. I bet your dad would have come in shaking his head at all the stuff we did wrong! :D
Just dont grow any tomatoes they suck, if so I will lose respect for you. ;D
They're only very small cherry tomatoes so hopefully just a very small amount of lost respect. ;D Besides, I'll probably fuck up and kill them somehow.
i'm growing aubergine, hot peppers, garlic, onions, parsley, greek oregano, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and basil. plus i like Lady Gaga's music alot
Do you generally sow in situ or raise in seedling trays and transplant, BD? Or does it just depend on the plant?
You may want throw some N-P-K.
Ya my soil is really sandy. Unless I find a source for free or cheap compost, I'll have to hit 'em with it, especially when things start fruiting.
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basil, parsley is sown in a tray and all the others i buy larger in sets from a grower. the growing season started about 2 months ago here. the hot peppers are already forming and the aubergine will be ready in august. sweet potato...september/october.
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basil, parsley is sown in a tray and all the others i buy larger in sets from a grower. the growing season started about 2 months ago here. the hot peppers are already forming and the aubergine will be ready in august. sweet potato...september/october.
I've still got a couple months of winter but I'm raising seedlings in the garage under lights. Been trying to work out a schedule for succession & interplanting, what goes where when, companion plants, pest deterrent flowers, etc. Pretty hard, never having done it before. Do you schedule for year 'round growing or is it pointless in areas where you get a hard freeze?
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Is there anything gayer than a gardening thread?
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I've still got a couple months of winter but I'm raising seedlings in the garage under lights. Been trying to work out a schedule for succession & interplanting, what goes where when, companion plants, pest deterrent flowers, etc. Pretty hard, never having done it before. Do you schedule for year 'round growing or is it pointless in areas where you get a hard freeze?
this is a hard freeze area for 2.5 months...little grows but horseradish which luckily i enjoy lots of. seems like no time for seedlings these days.....the bigboy growers can do all that much more efficiently. buy the finished plant and drop it in soil...works for me. i've grown grapes and all sorts of products.
most time now is spent prepping food because i'm strictly vegan and i eat everything raw. NOTHING IS COOKED.
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Is there anything gayer than a gardening thread?
it is bodybuilding related....the glittery thong and oil are currently set aside lol well not exactly...i consume alot of olive oil
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this is a hard freeze area for 2.5 months...little grows but horseradish which luckily i enjoy lots of. seems like no time for seedlings these days.....the bigboy growers can do all that much more efficiently. buy the finished plant and drop it in soil...works for me. i've grown grapes and all sorts of products.
most time now is spent prepping food because i'm strictly vegan and i eat everything raw. NOTHING IS COOKED.
Nurseries and hardware stores charge a lot here for seedlings and it's usually an unthinned rootbound mess, so I decided to go with seeds. Also reasoned I could have my herbs year 'round with the lights. I might still look into buying finished plants for really slow crops which I'd love to have, like some berries, artichokes, or asparagus.
Is there anything gayer than a gardening thread?
Calling yourself a 'one man gang' springs to mind, you internet pugilist.
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just get fake plants...
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just get fake plants...
It may come to that.
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We've just started growing tomatoes and considering a few other things. Sick of buying fruit from the supermarket that is tasteless and goes from unripe to rotten overnight.
Question for you greenfingered types: my gf has a rat in her compost bin (no euphemism) and she will not let me kill it... are there any other ways to get rid of it which don't involve me getting within touching distance of it? It's huge and just eyeballs me when I lift the lid to throw waste in the compost bin before lazily wandering down its hole. We have cats, but when it comes to pest control they are about as much use as tits on a fish.
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gayer than nasser nights
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Lol @ 'no euphemism.'
You could just throw a trap in there, either the humane kind or not. Probably best to avoid poison if you'll be digging the compost into your veggie patch. Or you could just let it live out its time there... and hope like hell it's a male and isn't raising a litter. Or turn the heap regularly and hope it decides to hit the road. Maybe look into sonic devices ($). Or bide your time until the missus is out...
I fucked up with my tomatoes, I think. I've got 18 24 (I didn't think they'd all come up) a week old because it didn't occur to me to succession plant them. Dur. Do cherry tomatoes yield for a long time or should I plant some more in a couple weeks? I'll probably experiment a bit with these and grow some of them full Aussie sun, some semi-shade, and some upside down with maybe basil on top.
(http://marvinblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tomatoes_upside_down.png)
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Nurseries and hardware stores charge a lot here for seedlings and it's usually an unthinned rootbound mess, so I decided to go with seeds. Also reasoned I could have my herbs year 'round with the lights. I might still look into buying finished plants for really slow crops which I'd love to have, like some berries, artichokes, or asparagus.
Calling yourself a 'one man gang' springs to mind, you internet pugilist.
get finished plants for berries and asparagus. i've had those in other gardens and have grown weed under artificial lights. basil, i'm growing a ton.
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Lol @ 'no euphemism.'
You could just throw a trap in there, either the humane kind or not. Probably best to avoid poison if you'll be digging the compost into your veggie patch. Or you could just let it live out its time there... and hope like hell it's a male and isn't raising a litter. Or turn the heap regularly and hope it decides to hit the road. Maybe look into sonic devices ($). Or bide your time until the missus is out...
I fucked up with my tomatoes, I think. I've got 18 24 (I didn't think they'd all come up) a week old because it didn't occur to me to succession plant them. Dur. Do cherry tomatoes yield for a long time or should I plant some more in a couple weeks? I'll probably experiment a bit with these and grow some of them full Aussie sun, some semi-shade, and some upside down with maybe basil on top.
(http://marvinblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tomatoes_upside_down.png)
Kill the tomatoes now before they take over your house.
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Lol @ 'no euphemism.'
You could just throw a trap in there, either the humane kind or not. Probably best to avoid poison if you'll be digging the compost into your veggie patch. Or you could just let it live out its time there... and hope like hell it's a male and isn't raising a litter. Or turn the heap regularly and hope it decides to hit the road. Maybe look into sonic devices ($). Or bide your time until the missus is out...
I fucked up with my tomatoes, I think. I've got 18 24 (I didn't think they'd all come up) a week old because it didn't occur to me to succession plant them. Dur. Do cherry tomatoes yield for a long time or should I plant some more in a couple weeks? I'll probably experiment a bit with these and grow some of them full Aussie sun, some semi-shade, and some upside down with maybe basil on top.
(http://marvinblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tomatoes_upside_down.png)
I may just wait 'till she out and twat it with a spade.
I'm the wrong person to ask about gardening, sorry. My jobs are strictly lifting, mowing and cutting down stuff.
Your pic of the toms hanging down made me lol. We have a few plants in pots that are doing well and one in an expensive upside down growing system she bought off the internet a couple weeks ago. This is what it looks like as of this morning:
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I may just wait 'till she out and twat it with a spade.
I'm the wrong person to ask about gardening, sorry. My jobs are strictly lifting, mowing and cutting down stuff.
Your pic of the toms hanging down made me lol. We have a few plants in pots that are doing well and one in an expensive upside down growing system she bought off the internet a couple weeks ago. This is what it looks like as of this morning:
i've seen those online...y'all paid too much lol
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get finished plants for berries and asparagus. i've had those in other gardens and have grown weed under artificial lights. basil, i'm growing a ton.
Ya, I'm not much into weed anymore, but I confess I did some googling on how to grow and harvest papaver somniferium. Sounds like you need to grow heaps of plants tho so it's not really worth the legal risk.
Kill the tomatoes now before they take over your house.
I showed 'em the weed whacker. They know who's in charge.
I may just wait 'till she out and twat it with a spade.
I'm the wrong person to ask about gardening, sorry. My jobs are strictly lifting, mowing and cutting down stuff.
Your pic of the toms hanging down made me lol. We have a few plants in pots that are doing well and one in an expensive upside down growing system she bought off the internet a couple weeks ago. This is what it looks like as of this morning:
Haha, oh well. My stepmom just sent me a link to the same product but I've already got a shitload of free buckets from work and a holesaw kit. Not as pretty a container but that's all I'm going to spend unless it works well this year.
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700 SqFt of growing lights
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I'll continue to do so but some things aren't available in the store (kale),
Have you made kale "chips?"
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Have you made kale "chips?"
No but I'm all for deep frying stuff that might otherwise be healthy. 8) Do you just drop it in some hot fat?
Haven't had kale since I visited the States last year. Can't find it in shops, can't even find any seeds except online. The advice I got is that "Red Russian" is a good one.
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I am going to plant broad beans, aka fava beans, because they are high in L-dopa which will lower prolactin and increase testosterone and will help my bodybuilding. [b]All advice welcome[/b].
getbigger planting exotic crops to increase testosterone. :D typical
sounds promising.
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No but I'm all for deep frying stuff that might otherwise be healthy. 8) Do you just drop it in some hot fat?
Haven't had kale since I visited the States last year. Can't find it in shops, can't even find any seeds except online. The advice I got is that "Red Russian" is a good one.
kale is very popular in portagee/macao/brazillian culture. rich in b vitamins. it's very inexpensive in markets and can be found next to the mustard and collard greens.
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kale is very popular in portagee culture. rich in b vitamins. it's very inexpensive in markets and can be found next to the mustard and collard greens.
Falcon approved, he used to speak of kale green sandwiches.
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Me either but it's pretty cheap growing from seed so if I fuck up and things die it's no great loss.
I'll continue to do so but some things aren't available in the store (kale), some stuff is rediculously overpriced (herbs, cherry tomatoes, chilis, endive), and some things from the store just don't taste as good because they're grown for commercial viability instead of flavor or they're much better eaten immediatly after picking (corn).
There's a lot to learn. We grew a few things when I was a kid but no one was particularly knowledgeable about it. I bet your dad would have come in shaking his head at all the stuff we did wrong! :D
They're only very small cherry tomatoes so hopefully just a very small amount of lost respect. ;D Besides, I'll probably fuck up and kill them somehow.
Do you generally sow in situ or raise in seedling trays and transplant, BD? Or does it just depend on the plant?
Ya my soil is really sandy. Unless I find a source for free or cheap compost, I'll have to hit 'em with it, especially when things start fruiting.
My parents grew up on a farm, and my ucles still do it... And my dad had a garden with tomatoes, squash, greenbeans, pumpkins, eggplants. I don't really know that much, but I remember my dad having how there picking tomatoes, green beans, and pumpkins...
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No but I'm all for deep frying stuff that might otherwise be healthy. 8) Do you just drop it in some hot fat?
Haven't had kale since I visited the States last year. Can't find it in shops, can't even find any seeds except online. The advice I got is that "Red Russian" is a good one.
They are baked...still healthy.
Preheat oven to about 375*
Wash and dry 1 bunch of kale.
Tear the leaves off the thick stems into bite size pieces. Spread out on cookie sheets.
Lightly spray w/canola oil or whatever.
Sprinkle with salt only or add Parmesan, Asiago or your seasonings of choice.
Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are brown and kale is crispy when moved in pan.
Very delicate and crispy!
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If your soil is sandy then the soil PH is probably acidic. Add lime to the soil before planting (3-4 months in advance is ideal).
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Sounds like Tapeworm is turning into an Earthworm.
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700 SqFt of growing lights
You better git yourself a lawyer, son. You better get a reeeeal good one.
My parents grew up on a farm, and my ucles still do it... And my dad had a garden with tomatoes, squash, greenbeans, pumpkins, eggplants. I don't really know that much, but I remember my dad having how there picking tomatoes, green beans, and pumpkins...
Old school. My folks did a bit of gardening too (not proper farming tho). We had some great tomatoes when I was a kid. I heard pumpkins can be hard to grow but that would be a cool crop.
They are baked...still healthy.
Preheat oven to about 375*
Wash and dry 1 bunch of kale.
Tear the leaves off the thick stems into bite size pieces. Spread out on cookie sheets.
Lightly spray w/canola oil or whatever.
Sprinkle with salt only or add Parmesan, Asiago or your seasonings of choice.
Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are brown and kale is crispy when moved in pan.
Very delicate and crispy!
Cheers, Stella. Sounds good. Hopefully I can find some seeds and give it a shot.
If your soil is sandy then the soil PH is probably acidic. Add lime to the soil before planting (3-4 months in advance is ideal).
Yeah, I haven't measured it yet. I've been finding some bricklayer's lime set up in the beds next to the house tho so I'm hoping that hasn't sent it too far the other way. I've only got a couple months before transplanting and I want to do some direct sowing soon too, so I better get on with it this week.
Sounds like Tapeworm is turning into an Earthworm.
Mate, spiders never bothered me but worms, slugs, larvae, etc always gave me the willies. Guess I'll either be cured or die trying.
If nothing else, maybe I'll meet some hot grannies.
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I fucked up with my tomatoes, I think. I've got 18 24 (I didn't think they'd all come up) a week old because it didn't occur to me to succession plant them. Dur. Do cherry tomatoes yield for a long time or should I plant some more in a couple weeks? I'll probably experiment a bit with these and grow some of them full Aussie sun, some semi-shade, and some upside down with maybe basil on top.
(http://marvinblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tomatoes_upside_down.png)
You will have tomatoes coming out of the yinyang :o especially cherry tomatoes. One plant can yield thousands! They'll produce nicely for about 2 weeks. Next time, get different varieties with different growing lengths - ie: Early Girl, beefsteak, roma, etc.
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As I said before tomatoes will kill you terminate these plants asap. :D
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You will have tomatoes coming out of the yinyang :o especially cherry tomatoes. One plant can yield thousands! They'll produce nicely for about 2 weeks. Next time, get different varieties with different growing lengths - ie: Early Girl, beefsteak, roma, etc.
Rats. I discovered that I didn't plant all my tomato seeds so I'll plant just a couple at a time over the next few months. And maybe give away some of the current glut before they take over the house like Mr Nobody predicted, haha.
Maybe some others too, in moderation this time. I a love a da Roma.
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You better git yourself a lawyer, son. You better get a reeeeal good one.
Old school. My folks did a bit of gardening too (not proper farming tho). We had some great tomatoes when I was a kid. I heard pumpkins can be hard to grow but that would be a cool crop.
Cheers, Stella. Sounds good. Hopefully I can find some seeds and give it a shot.
Yeah, I haven't measured it yet. I've been finding some bricklayer's lime set up in the beds next to the house tho so I'm hoping that hasn't sent it too far the other way. I've only got a couple months before transplanting and I want to do some direct sowing soon too, so I better get on with it this week.
Mate, spiders never bothered me but worms, slugs, larvae, etc always gave me the willies. Guess I'll either be cured or die trying.
If nothing else, maybe I'll meet some hot grannies.
haha that was ten years ago...all gone now. may go back into that business if medical marijuana goes national.
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Rats. I discovered that I didn't plant all my tomato seeds so I'll plant just a couple at a time over the next few months. And maybe give away some of the current glut before they take over the house like Mr Nobody predicted, haha.
Maybe some others too, in moderation this time. I a love a da Roma.
Just to be clear - cherry tomato plants produce ooodles - other plants ? probably around 10-15 each.
Have you tried bush beans (yellow & green). They grow really fast and are awesome roasted.
(http://www.greenbeansnmore.com/images/pics/gardengb.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffKV8YLBn58/Rgu5cIct7FI/AAAAAAAAABE/as-ZL5OeAnY/s320/roasted-green-beans.jpg)
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Just to be clear - cherry tomato plants produce ooodles - other plants ? probably around 10-15 each.
Have you tried bush beans (yellow & green). They grow really fast and are awesome roasted.
(http://www.greenbeansnmore.com/images/pics/gardengb.jpg)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ffKV8YLBn58/Rgu5cIct7FI/AAAAAAAAABE/as-ZL5OeAnY/s320/roasted-green-beans.jpg)
I'll definitely be trying some green beans. My calander recommends September-February planting (southern hemisphere) but I'll probably start a few under lights in August since I seem to be having really good luck with germination there. How some things will transplant remains to be seen, of course. I've never grown them before so I'll try some bushes and some climbers just for comparison's sake.
I don't think I've had 'em roasted since a childhood Thanksgiving!
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Green Beans are some cool characters I always used them before competion at night low carbs and fiber.
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Green Beans are some cool characters I always used them before competion at night low carbs and fiber.
Haven't you heard? You're not supposed to eat anyting that isn't a powder and says "Scientific studies prove" on the label. :D
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Haven't you heard? You're not supposed to eat anyting that isn't a powder and says "Scientific studies prove" on the label. :D
I'm going against the establishment. ;D