Square Foot _ Raised Bed
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A place for Square Foot and Raised bed gardeners can share information. Newcomers to these methods of gardering can learn from others that have the knowledge to help anyone be a successful Square Footer
Location: Farmerville, La
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Raised Beds on sloping ground 3 Replies
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Squash in the bed 5 Replies
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Seed preservation
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Comment by ken hargesheimer on August 17, 2009 at 7:53pm - Do three things to increase yields: 1. Increase organic matter in the soil. 2. Repeat 1 3. Repeat 1. Use green manure/cover crops. Use organic, no-till in permanent beds. No work gardening aka Ruth Stout. Info from minifarms@gmail.com.
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Comment by Grrrtrude on August 16, 2009 at 1:34pm - The cukes are big enough. The prickly things will just sort of brush off after a bit.
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Comment by Robin Stevens on August 12, 2009 at 8:29pm - I don't know if this is the right place for this comment, but what are the prickly things on the cucumbers. Clearly I've never grown cucumbers before, but I am now! And they're starting to get big. But they have prickly things... so does that just mean they're not ready? Thanks!
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Comment by Sharon on August 7, 2009 at 11:26pm -
I'm very happy with the results of the SFG method in my 4 x 8 planting beds.
We were too brave when we planted the pumpkin along the vertical trellis netting. Now we have giant pumpkins pulling very hard on the netting. Probably a smaller variety of pumpkin would have worked better.
Q: What inexpensive materials are people using for mulching?
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Comment by Joy Williams on June 9, 2009 at 9:18pm
- you put it around the base of the plant. then just water it... it will seep in.
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Comment by Robin Stevens on June 9, 2009 at 9:12pm
- Thank you Joy! Do you put the coffee grounds around the base of the tomato plant or mix it into the soil around the base? I think the grounds will help.
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- oh you might try adding some coffee grounds. Yellow leaves also indicate a loss of nitrogen. Coffee grounds are slow release nitrogen.
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- no problem, Jessica. My pleasure.
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Comment by Jessica Anderson on June 9, 2009 at 7:58pm - Thanks for the tip about over waterin tomatoes Joy! I was wondering why I had a few yellow leaves.
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- Robin, ok, first, don't water your tomatoes unless you stick your finger in them and they are dry or if they are wilting. Over watering is really bad for tomatoes.. It makes the fruit too watery and could yellow the leaves. Secondly, you need to pinch off your flowers on your basil plants. In fact what I do is when I see leaves grow within two leaves, I pinch those off. That will create two more branches, and bush the plant out. Hope that helps!
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Recently there was an excellent discussion about composting. I’ve pulled together all the various comments here. You can also watch KGI's video on composting here.
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I used to have a tumbler that we made from a wine-barrel but
1 you have to fill it up all at once
2. it seemed mostly
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