How many is too many?
Jeff Zenner
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Comments (4)Just today I read about a different kind of grub that does overwinter and come back to feed in the spring. The general thinking has been that to kill the grubs in the fall was too late because the grubs had already stopped feeding and the damage was delayed in showing up. That advice may be turned on its head with this revelation. If you dig up 1 square foot of grass and see more than a dozen grubs, then get excited about it. If you see fewer than 12, don't get excited....See MoreHow many is too many?
Comments (1)Awesome to hear about your growing collection Apg4. All the research I've done says 'no'. to your question. -1 plant with no offspring will produce, say, 100 fingers of fruit, each fruit maybe 6 inches long. -1 plant with 5 pups will produce, possibly, a few fewer fingers and the fruit might not be quite as large. What you sacrifice in fruit size is made up for by higher overall yield between multiple plants from a single corm. Instead of 1 p-stem fruiting, you could potentially have 3 or more flowering at once. Additionally, having pups already growing in place means you've got replacements rearing to go when it's time to put down the mother stem. As far as pups vs old stems, old stems will generally win. They're keyed in to the master suite of the corm and will nearly always take priority over a pup. Pups stand an equal chance of eventually fruiting, but rarely over the mother stem. When the mother stem is dead and you have, say, 4 pups of equal age, anything is possible. Mike...See MoreEdamame in Containers, How Many is Too Many?
Comments (1)two seeds will grow well....See MoreGrowing tomatoes in planters: how many is too many?
Comments (5)In Sacto I could expect my toms to send their roots down 3 feet in my soil there. They will go down ~5 if the soil is loose enough (in SS zone 17, though...hmmm...). Rule of thumb: the more soil volume, the more water and nutrients available for the plant and the more mass to buffer temperature swings, esp in SS 17, where you want to keep your heat if it is foggy all day (meaning fewer swings is better for the plant). And more soil weight will keep your cages anchored in the wind! Second, design the planters to your landscape and architecture, not what you think you might grow at some unknown time - that is: what makes sense for that space and volume? Then adjust your toms to the box you build, and their spacing will work itself out. 12" is too narrow. 18" maybe, depending upon the variety, have them protrude over the edge of the box, no problem, and they'll change the lines in your yard as well. Last, my clients almost always wanted bigger everything after time, if that helps any (but it depends upon your space). Bigger patio, bigger planters, bigger yard, bigger pots, bigger bigger bigger. HTH. Dan...See MoreJeff Zenner
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