Square foot gardening
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wrote on 28 Mar 2023, 02:41 last edited by
@89th said in Square foot gardening:
Have you considered cutting a hole in the roof overhang?
That’s ridiculous. I can just move the house over a couple feet.
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wrote on 28 Mar 2023, 03:56 last edited by
N00b, that wouldn't change the angle of the sun. You would need to rotate the house a bit.
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wrote on 28 Mar 2023, 10:34 last edited by
Can you use the back yard?
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wrote on 28 Mar 2023, 13:50 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Square foot gardening:
Can you use the back yard?
no, the south facing side with the solid fence is perfect for it. Tucked out of the way and not attracting HOA attention.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 19:02 last edited by
I’m getting some watermelons now. Growing noticeably every day. Huge fruit requires huge plants. I think watermelon vines were what inspired Scott Smith to write The Ruins.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 19:04 last edited by
There are two plants there but I can’t know which watermelon comes from which plant. I have three fruits which survived the preemie stage, and they’re all growing fast. I hope they’re split 2 on one plant and 1 on the other.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 19:25 last edited by
My nephew has a small raised be garden that has the most tomatoes I've seen on a couple of tomato plants (Early Girl) in a long, long time. I don't know where his soil came from or how it is mixed, but when he built the bed he put in an irrigation system whereby he can run liquid fertilizer through the system.
I guess all that money his dad spent on that MS in ag, allowed him to soak up how to grow tomatoes...
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 19:30 last edited by
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 19:51 last edited by
Looks quite successful! How many melons do you have so far?
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 20:07 last edited by
@Mik said in Square foot gardening:
Looks quite successful! How many melons do you have so far?
I've had probably 20 little watermelons, but they tend to shrivel and die as preemies. There are three that made it into adolescence, and they are growing visibly every day. I'm hoping they are split between my two plants 2 vs 1, but I can't know, because the vines are spaghetti.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 20:39 last edited by
Nothing better in summer than an ice cold bowl of watermelon chunks.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 20:55 last edited by
@Mik said in Square foot gardening:
Nothing better in summer than an ice cold bowl of watermelon chunks.
Yep I love it.
One interesting thing about watermelon vines is that they grow roots, if they rest on soil. Then there's the clinging shoots that wrap around and grab anything they grow into, which allows them to climb. One of them choked out a few of my basil leaves. Evolution is amazing.
Education is extremely important.
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wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 21:41 last edited by
Nature is metal.
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@Mik said in Square foot gardening:
Nothing better in summer than an ice cold bowl of watermelon chunks.
Yep I love it.
One interesting thing about watermelon vines is that they grow roots, if they rest on soil. Then there's the clinging shoots that wrap around and grab anything they grow into, which allows them to climb. One of them choked out a few of my basil leaves. Evolution is amazing.
wrote on 3 Jun 2023, 22:11 last edited by@Horace said in Square foot gardening:
One of them choked out a few of my basil leaves
@mik said:
Nature is metal.
Yeah, a stop-action video would be cool to watch.
Two plants struggling to become the apex predator.
