Anyone planning a big food garden in case this pandemic lasts?

christiefan915 said:
Thanks for the tips. I'm ready to get started! Any info on Brussels sprouts, too?
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Not grown those successfully.. Not exactly sure why other than the place I was attempting to grow them didn't have adequate sun exposure..

First & last time I tried to grow them & okra...

It seemed brocc was quicker, easier & not as fussy..
 
Jade Dragon said:
The problem is the time period on it is getting bad places. I'd see one almost big enough to pluck and I go back in a couple of days and it's the dreaded bolt effect.
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Many of the varieties they sell here are slow bolt.. As we can have those heat waves in mid/late winter hitting 80's..

Never had a problem w/ brocc, cauliflower, canon balls or snow peas doing that but turnips every year, I gave up on them long ago...
 
Bill said:
Not grown those successfully.. Not exactly sure why other than the place I was attempting to grow them didn't have adequate sun exposure..

First & last time I tried to grow them & okra...

It seemed brocc was quicker, easier & not as fussy..
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You need to trim them in a specific manner to start sprouts. I didn't know that and these beautiful plants produced nothing despite being great specimens.
 
Jade Dragon said:
You need to trim them in a specific manner to start sprouts. I didn't know that and these beautiful plants produced nothing despite being great specimens.
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Could be I didn't do that, I don't recall it.. I got some but they were not very big, about the size of a marble & a few slightly bigger & very difficult to pull off the stem.. Are you growing them this year??
 
Bill said:
Could be I didn't do that, I don't recall it.. I got some but they were not very big, about the size of a marble & a few slightly bigger & very difficult to pull off the stem.. Are you growing them this year??
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I'll just go through the seeds and grow what I got. Plenty of good basil, corn, and bean seeds is what I recall.
 
M. V. Mason said:
I wish we could plant a garden,but a giant pine tree sucks up all the water,nothing will grow very good.
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Pine trees can create a soil pH problem as well. They tend to make the soil quite acidic. You might try a soil pH to see if that’s the case and adjust it accordingly.
 
domer76 said:
10% bleach. That’s what my microbiologist and virologist co-workers used to disinfect their work surfaces.
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That's terrible for food surfaces and around pets. Best thing for food surfaces is to take a washrag, wet it just enough and microwave it a few minutes till steaming hot. Use some tongs and the heat will kill most pathogens.
 
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