MaryL
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Post by MaryL on Apr 24, 2018 5:43:58 GMT -5
You are swimming in a sea of beauties! Truly a great project.
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Kate
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Post by Kate on Apr 24, 2018 7:57:49 GMT -5
You are swimming in a sea of beauties! Truly a great project. Not so much after last night. I picked a bowl full and we ate almost all of them. Really tasty! There's still scads almost ready and a ton still to come. A "ton"  |
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Post by drbanks on Apr 24, 2018 11:24:39 GMT -5
envy here.
I'm about to replant the left side of my Farm. Maybe it needs to be all red heirlooms.
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on Apr 24, 2018 11:53:04 GMT -5
envy here. I'm about to replant the left side of my Farm. Maybe it needs to be all red heirlooms. Will be waiting to see what you do. |
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 11, 2018 14:14:15 GMT -5
As the first bumper crop is finally starting to wind down, and I did some trimming of old leaves and cluster stalks, changed water and fed, there was a big, new growth spurt again, as well as the next round of buds and blossoms forming. Lights raised again. These guys are busy. Gotta love 'em.  |
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Post by drbanks on May 11, 2018 20:25:19 GMT -5
I do love them.
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 11, 2018 21:31:47 GMT -5
They're a pretty great variety. I'm definitely going to do them again. Some people had theirs over a year, and they were still healthy and producing. That's amazing. I'm going to see if I can keep mine going like that. The first crop was easily several quarts. I have a huge, wide, stainless steel mixing bowl I use more than any other bowl in my kitchen. It absolutely would have been 3/4 full, had they all ripened at one time. I still have a big cereal bowl full from picking the last two days. I understand that typically, successive crops produce less. Time will tell.
I hope you DO plant half a farm with them. I'd love to watch them grow with you.
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MaryL
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Post by MaryL on May 12, 2018 16:34:51 GMT -5
Even if your successive crops diminish, your first was so gangbusters that the diminished crops will be like my initial “big” crop, lol.
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Post by drbanks on May 12, 2018 16:58:23 GMT -5
I think I will plant a half a farm of them, after I've relocated it and given the grow decks and bowls a good cleaning.
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 12, 2018 17:36:56 GMT -5
Even if your successive crops diminish, your first was so gangbusters that the diminished crops will be like my initial “big” crop, lol. LOL...Yikes! |
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 12, 2018 17:38:32 GMT -5
I think I will plant a half a farm of them, after I've relocated it and given the grow decks and bowls a good cleaning. That's great! They are worth the effort for sure. I never anticipated such great yield. |
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 21, 2018 13:25:01 GMT -5
These guys have doubled in size, vertically, and are covered in buds and flowers again. I have to raise the lights on these and the peppers literally every day. It must be the warm weather, or the CALiMAGic, or both. My husband swears on Saturday evening he actually saw them growing while he was watching TV. I have a padded room ready for him, if he gets violent  |
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Shawn
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Post by Shawn on May 23, 2018 8:13:50 GMT -5
They are growing nicely.
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MaryL
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Post by MaryL on May 25, 2018 10:30:07 GMT -5
I think you have bionic plants.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2018 13:07:50 GMT -5
That is a great project. I am amazed that there is absolutely no sign of leaf browning and crisping up! Kudos, Gal!
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Kate
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Post by Kate on May 26, 2018 8:54:55 GMT -5
Oh no, I routinely remove old "branches" with the drying leaves that are naturally sloughing off as the plant replaces with new. They just slip or fall off on their own. That's common with (at least) determinate tomato plants that you allow to keep producing. When I see leaves are drying on a branch, I watch to see when the branch gets loose and take it off, unless I'm slow or it's in a particularly dense area and has fallen off on it's own. It's intensifying now, as they're growing upward, almost making new plants. It's shocking how fast they're growing, and how big they're getting.
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Post by jcosmo on May 26, 2018 16:15:31 GMT -5
Your project is very inspiring! I have red and yellow heirlooms ready to go as soon as another tall machine becomes available.
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Post by drbanks on May 26, 2018 16:36:50 GMT -5
Oh no, I routinely remove old "branches" with the drying leaves that are naturally sloughing off as the plant replaces with new... I know I should do that, but I keep forgetting. The only good thing about getting old, losing my memory and having a smattering of pseudo-dementia from this winter's dark place is that I at least forget about how much I've come to hate gravity. |
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MaryL
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Post by MaryL on May 26, 2018 16:58:47 GMT -5
The only good thing about getting old, losing my memory and having a smattering of pseudo-dementia from this winter's dark place is that I at least forget about how much I've come to hate gravity. |
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mike
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Post by mike on May 26, 2018 17:03:19 GMT -5
Me too. Getting to my feet after sitting for awhile can be a real challenge.
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