how many years can sensitive plants live? and how do they fertilize?
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How many pepper plants? How many tomato plants?
Comments (5)last year I did around 500 tomato plants and around 450 pepper plants. This was for 2 farmers markets and a farm store. I will do around the same this year as I am dropping one farmers market and replacing it with a CSA. I am also counting on the peppers doing a lot better this year. Last year 95% of the plants did not get ripe fruit on them before the first frosts. they were about 5 weeks late in setting fruit and I have no idea why. The 100 peppers in the hoop house produced early as they were supposed to but over 75% got sunscald and than bacterial rot. I grow mainly sweet peppers with a mix of hybrid green to red bells (by far the best seller) along with green to orange, green to yellow and purple to red bells. i also do some funky heirlooms for those who like an adventure in food because the taste is generally better than the hybrids. I also do a small amount (less than 25 total) of hot peppers, mainly jalapenos and cayennes as those sell the best for me. Last year I did 27 different types of tomatoes, mainly heirlooms. Red maters are the mainstay but I also do purple, black, white, green, yellow, orange, etc.. I also do around 50 cherry tomato plants (do not go hog wild on cherries as they take a lot longer to harvest than the big maters)...See MoreHow to keep a pepper plant alive for many years?
Comments (14)Goodness, I can't imagine not having plants indoors to overwinter. Here is what I do: Mix a strong solution of detergent soap and water. Strong enough that it would harm the plant if left on too long. Spray the dickens out of the plants and soak the top layer of soil mix too. After 5 min or so thoroughly rinse plant with just plain water. Bring inside. In December buy a couple thousand lady bugs and turn a few hundred loose among the plants. Store remainder of bugs in fridge and reapply in a week. Do it again. Perfect solution? No. You will still bring bugs indoors, but they will be pretty much under control. And when you put the plants outdoors in the spring the ladybugs will already be established. I think it was JohnF that turned me on to the ladybugs. The best $15 - $20 one can spend on a hobby....See Morehow many tom plants have you given away this year?
Comments (19)Let's see....I gave 6 to my mom, 4 to my sister, 4 to my sons girlfriend, and 1 to my next door neighbor....then around 10 to the guy my hubby works with. So that is- 25ish. Then I found a big patch of volunteers and gave another 8 to my mom, so that is 33. Now I just need to find homes for a clump of about 40 volunteers and 8 or 9 more starts. This makes it a stellar season for me so far, as every single plant in my garden is from seeds I started myself :) ok , thats a lie, my sons GF had a class that started some seeds and she gifted me with 2 cukes and 2 marigolds. But since she is such a sweetie I count them as my own. Donna :) Hoping that the rest of the season is as good!...See MoreHow many pets do you have? How many is 'too many'?
Comments (102)i lost my senior great dane girl 5 weeks ago to bone cancer. it was sudden and shocking and i still look for her. my remaining dane girl and eden were joined at the hip, pip took the loss very hard and had been grieving so much, it broke my heart. i contacted pip's breeder and one of her former co-owners and asked that they keep an eye out for any adults that any breeder friends might be considering a new home for (retired show dogs, etc.). the co-owner gave me the contact information for one of her people who had a dane boy she had been looking for just the right home for and the rest is history. meet "flighty foto my way", call name "frank". frank will be 4 years old on 5/31. he is a very sweet boy and he and pippin hit it off immediately at our meet 'n' greet friday. they do zoomies numerous times a day, sleep curled up together and are just a perfect pair. pippin is so much happier and that makes me happier. even though i miss eden terribly, i am beginning to heal now that pip is feeling better. frank is a bit on the thin side because he lived the last 4 weeks with a female dane who was going through a heat cycle and when that's going on, intact males ignore food, do a lot of pacing and fretting and routinely lose weight. he's eating like a horse so i'm confident he will gain and be back to his normal weight soon. i'm giving him a few weeks to settle in and then i'll make an appointment to have him neutered....See Morewantonamara Z8 CenTex
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