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26 January 2024
31 December 2021
Garden 2022
So… yeah, a garden. This last year I didn't do anything but let the weeds grow. Probably a mistake but things just weren't happening, not evening conditioning the soil. Speaking of which I need to bring the soil ph down a few points (like from 8.5 to 6) and add a bit of fertilizer. Anyway, the following is what I'm thinking about for this year, could change, may get scraped all together. Guess we'll see.
What I'm Planting 2022
- Artichoke
- Green Globe
- Imperial Star
- Violetto
- Beans
- French Filet (Bush)
- Beet
- Bull's Blood
- Chioggia
- Cabbage
- Golden Acre
- Tropic Giant Hybrid
- Carrots
- Danvers Half Long
- Mignon
- Rodelika
- Corn
- Glass Gem, Popcorn
- Golden Bantam
- Cucumber
- Wautoma, Pickiling
- Spacemaster
- Melon
- Crenshaw
- Melon, Cantaloupe
- Hales Best Jumbo
- Onion
- Patterson
- Red Mountian
- Utah Yellow Sweet Spanish
- Red Candy
- Tokyo Long White (Scallion/Green)
- Pea
- Lincoln
- Pepper, Hot
- Carolina Reaper
- Early Jalapeño
- Ghost Pepper (Chocolate)
- Greek Pepperoncini
- Habanero (Chocolate)
- Pepper, Sweet
- Cal Wonder
- Grand Bell Mix
- Yolo
- Radish
- Cherry Belle
- Shallot
- Conservor
- Zebrune
- Squash, Summer
- Black Beauty (Zucchini)
- Early Prolific Straightneck (Yellow)
- Squash, Winter
- Blue Jarrahdale (Pumpkin)
- Kabocha (C. maxima)
- Tomato
- Brandywine Black
- Gary Ibsen's Gold
- Golden Gem (Cherry)
- Rose Quartz (Cherry)
- Turnip
- Purple Top White Globe
- Watermelon
- Charleston Grey
03 November 2021
Propagation by Stooling
Stooling or a Stool Bed is used for propagating rootstocks.
This is a good way of using up failed grafted rootstocks from the previous year. If you do a lot of grafting it may be worth setting up a stool bed. The method is shown below.
- In Feb or Mar, plant the rootstock in the ground. If the failed graft is still attached, remove it, also any unhealthy-looking shoots. Make sure the ground is kept kept clean and free of weeds, and keep aphids off. They spread virus and stunt the plant. You are aiming for lots of growth before winter arrives.
- The plant should be relatively large and vigorous by Oct-Nov.
- A year after planting, cut the plant to near ground level.
- A cluster of small shoots should form in the spring. Again, watch out for aphids. When the shoots reach a height of about 6 inches, probably during July, earth them up with fine soil or compost, pressing it down firmly to a depth of about three inches.
- Continue to earth up the plants for the rest of the season, but do not swamp the shoots, and don't earth up to more than about 6 inches in total.
At the end of this time, Oct-Nov, the stools can be dug out. The rooted shoots can be broken or cut off, and planted elsewhere. The larger ones may be graftable after the winter; the smaller ones have to be left until they're big enough. The stool is replanted carefully. It should send up a cluster of new shoots in the following year,when the process can be repeated.
If you set up a bed, the stools need to be about a foot apart in each row, and the rows about a yard apart.
Note that some rootstocks may have protection under law: individuals intending to propagate rootstocks for commercial purposes should check the regulations for their own country.
ND / Diversity website
A saved draft from 2017, not sure where I coppied the info from but here it is.
12 February 2020
Happy Chinese New Year! Some Time Later!
Well, it's the first week of January second week in February and going along with the traditions a new year brings it's time to begin planning the garden. Now isn't typically when I start planning, the anticipation usually kicks in around november shortly after pulling up everything dead and frozen from the ground. I don't know why or that I can help it, the anxiety just builds until I'm waiting eagerly by the door for the post to deliver the first of the spring seed and plant catalogues. I guess my biggest worry is what am I going to plant, because the sooner I know the more prepared I can be for when I need to start planting. And honestly I'm already running behind.
Update! er… finishing the post!
Okay so I got an idea/list of things I want in my garden this year (I finally did that last month,) but I'm really struggling with getting anything done. Not necessarily the garden idea part but just the getting up, get going and get things planted/started part; You know, the important doing it part. Anyhow, here we are and it's mid February and I'm running even more behind. Onions and garlic should have been started last fall, or onion seeds indoors in January because they can take at least a month to sprout and be ready for planting out early spring. As for the tomatoes I've had the most luck starting them about now, which isn't bad except getting the "planting shelf" ready feels like an uphill battle and I'm already exhausted just by looking at it.
I'm slowly coming to the realization that maybe just sitting down in the fall and planning it all out would be better. The energy is there and it's not like I don't have a good variety of seeds to choose from (i.e. I don't need to wait for the "New!" seed catalogues.) Then I can have a post actually ready for the new year and update it if needed.
Anyway, here's my list/plan, hopefully something kicks in and I can get it done. Wish me luck.
What I'm Planting This Year
- Beans
- French Filet (Bush)
- Beet
- Bull's Blood
- Chioggia
- Cabbage
- Golden Acre (Only 1 of the 6 has germinated)
- Tropic Giant Hybrid (planted 12 in 6cells 9 have germinated)
- Carrots
- Danvers Half Long
- Mignon
- Corn
- Golden Bantam
- Cucumber
- National Pickling
- Spacemaster
- Melon
- Crenshaw
- Melon, Cantaloupe
- Hales Best Jumbo
- Onion
- Utah Yellow Sweet Spanish
- Red Candy
- Tokyo Long White (Scallion)
- Pea
- Lincoln
- Pepper, Hot
- Carolina Reaper
- Early Jalapeño
- Ghost Pepper (Chocolate)
- Greek Pepperoncini
- Habanero (Chocolate)
- Pepper, Sweet
- Cal Wonder
- Yolo
- Spinach
- Bloomsdale Longstanding
- Squash, Summer
- Black Beauty (Zucchini)
- Early Prolific Straightneck (Yellow)
- Squash, Winter
- Blue Jarrahdale (Pumpkin)
- Small Wonder (Spaghetti)
- Tomato
- Brandywine Black
- Gary Ibsen's Gold
- Golden Gem (Cherry)
- Rose Quartz (Cherry)
- Turnip
- Purple Top White Globe
- Watermelon
- Charleston Grey