How Many Asparagus Plants Do You Grow?
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Asparagus - how many stalks should be left to grow wil
Comments (7)The stalks are(were) very good size. some of them bigger than the ones they sell in the store. I thought I should let the first one grow into fern so it feeds the later ones but reading your post, I realize I was wrong. This morning I saw another one that was the size of a pencil - pretty thin compared to the ones that came out last month but I cut it off and ate it and it was delicious. I think I will do what you suggested forpityssake and cut down the grown fern. They are the largest I have seen. More than 5 feet tall and still growing. My asparagus plants are righgt next to compost area and gets mostly indirect sun because of the fence on two sides except during summer it gets may be 2 hours of direct sun....See MoreHow many varieties of food plants do you grow?
Comments (32)Okay, here's mine' Tomatoe - watermelon beefsteak Tomatoe - Hawaiin Pineapple Tomatoe - Stupice Green pepper - Ace Corn Bush Green beans Garlic Kale Mesclun mix Bokchoy Winter squash x 3 - Acorn, Pink banana, Butternut Cukes x 1 - straight 8 Carrots - Danvers Broccoli x 1 Onions x 1 Thyme x1 Marjoram x1 Basil x 2 Lavender x 2 Borage (to keep away the hornworms) Chives x 1 Highbush Blueberry x 4 Raspberries x 1 Red Potatoes x 1 Summer squash x 3 - Yellow, Pattypan, Zuccini Sweet Potato - Beauragard (sp)? 1st year and its in the greenhouse raised bed....See MoreHow many Hoyas do you grow?
Comments (22)Thanks for answering Awanda, my goodness indeed, words practically fail me here, I can barely imagine! I will say that I haven't looked at yr. pix in some time, but when I did they showed absolutely beautiful plants, all (don't I recall you grow more than a few Sans. as well?) Everything looked so well grown & all examples to aspire to. I envy yr. circumstances, space, greenhouse and most importantly, yr. growing talent!!! I've got abt 35 (4 brand new), abt 5 duplicates. Most of mine are smallish as I'm in an apmt: I put up a 3-tiered shelf along the upper wall in my kitchen, perpendicular to my west windows to house the bulk of this collection. Gosh if I could grow outdoors, I'd probably go completely bananas w/ it. Mine too are mostly cuttings from friends, either here at GW or local Indoor Gardening Society friends. That's the only advantage of cuttings into smallish plants, one can grow LOTS of them ;>). I too echo the sentiment that friends here at GW & specifically when this Hoya Forum began, have been extraordinarily generous both w/ their cuttings & comraderie! I have had the ocassional bloom, mostly on new cuttings from friends here, once in a while while they're still cuttings rooting in water. I've got to get a magnifying glass to check & be sure, but think a small Kentiana cutting is putting on 2 spurs, too small to be sure yet -- crossing my fingers! I am experimenting w/ watering them less often as a collector I just bought from in FLA, suggests it's not their age that promotes blooming, but rather letting them go pretty dry btwn watering (more so than I'd been doing). So I've just swtiched from watering 1 x per wk, to once every 2 wks, w/ some misting for those I think might find that too dry -- too early to tell. We shall see what happens ... (PG) Karen...See MoreHow many hours do you run supplemental grow lights?
Comments (5)I have 2 - 4'x8' growing tables in the basement that are about chest-high. Each table is built so it sags slightly toward the geometric center and covered by a 4'x8' sheet of FRP panel (Fiberglas reinforced panel) with a hole in the center through which any overflows or spills drain into a bucked that rests on a 4'x8' storage shelf below the top. The image shows the T-12 fixtures with 1-1/2" 40W bulbs I first used after I built the tables about 20 years ago. There are 11 fixtures with 2 bulbs each above each table. The plants are grouped by ht and fixtures are hung at different heights so they almost tough the tallest part of the foliage mass. Several years ago, I changed over to T-8 bulbs with color temperature 5100K. This fall, I bought all new LED fixtures for the basement grow area and the garage. They provide 5200 lumens in color temperature 6000K. The old fixtures were 80 watts each, the new are 42 watts each. I run them 16 on: 8 off every day from the time I bring plants in in late Sep/early Oct until they go back outdoors sometime around Memorial day. They turn off at 11PM and come back on at 7AM. Al...See MoreUser
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