Ontopic Springtime Thread 2015

[Valve1138]

Who starts lettuce indoors?

 

[Domon]

noone.

 

[DJBrenton]

heat pads only matters for the germination, which requires no light at all (except in the case of weird shit like lettuce)

That depends where you're growing. I used to start things off in January so keeping seedlings warmafter germination was important. I didn't move things into the greenhouse till March or so.

 

[DJBrenton]

Who starts lettuce indoors?

And lettuce doesn't need starting early.

 

[Valve1138]

Nope. Shit grows like weeds. We had more lettuce than we knew what to do with last year.

 

[Domon]

That depends where you're growing. I used to start things off in January so keeping seedlings warmafter germination was important. I didn't move things into the greenhouse till March or so.

this is america. We heat our houses here.

 

[kiwi]

i grew sugar babies last year, got 3 or 4 melons, they were good.

We grew full size ones and ended up with about 15. Hoping for just as many.

 

[DJBrenton]

this is america. We heat our houses here.

I used to grow 120 plus varieties a year so didn't have the room to keep everything indoors. I pretty much forced tomatoes and some other plants to a size early to extend the growing season.

 

[Valve1138]

Clearly your garden penis is GIGANTIC!

 

[DJBrenton]

My 2005 garden penis list

Tomato Principe Borghese
San Marzano Redorta
Black Prince
Costoluto Fiorentino
Cuor di bue - ox heart
Mr stripey
White Wonder
Brandywein Pink (Suddoth strain)
Brandywein red
Auntie Madges
Red Cherry
Yellow Pear
Cherokee Purple
Banana legs
Garden peach
Aubergines Black Beauty
Thai Yellow Egg
Brazilian Oval Orange
Sweet Peppers Californian Wonder
Pimiento
Banana Sweet
Corno di Toro
Purple Beauty
Chilli Peppers Serrano
Jalapeno
Fresno
Cherry Red
Caribbean red
Cucumbers Painted serpent
Marketeer long
Lemon
Pickling Cucumbers West Indian Gherkin
Homemade pickles
Melons Small Persian
Watermelon Black Diamond
Fennel Florence
Potatoes International Kidney
Wilja
Salad Blue
Sante
Sarpo Mira
Cara
Pink Fir Apple
Highland Burgundy
Lettuce Iceberg
Black seeded Simpson
Tom Thumb
Paris Island
Red Romaine
Prize Head
Bibbi
Endive Broad Leaf Batavian
Leaf Chicory Rossa Di Verona Tardiva
Rocket Wild Rocket
Celeriac Celeriac del veneto
Celery Sigismund
Cardoon Cardoon Gobbo di Nizza
Snow Peas Gigante svizzero
Peas Early Alaskan
Alderman
Ambassador
Borlotti Borlotto Bean of Vigevano
Cannellini Beans
French Bean Manteca
Cobra
Purple queen
Golden wax
Pole Bean Lazy Housewife
Trail of Tears
Anasazi
Broad Bean Aquadulce
Runner Beans Desiree
Southern Pea Mississippi Cream
Sweetcorn Ornamental Indian
Stowell's evergreen
Earlibird
Cabbage Mammoth Red Rock
Early Jersey Wakefield
Late Flat Dutch
Golden Acre
Michihili
Savoy Cabbage Invernale Mantovano
Broccolli Purple Sprouting
Calabrese
Brussel Sprouts Eclipse
Cauliflower Early Snowball
Collard Georgia Southern
Vates
Spinach Bloomsdale long standing
Giant Noble
Cavolo nero
Collards Georgia southern
Kale Curly
Carrots Danver's half long
Scarlet Nantes
Tendersweet Imperator
Beetroot Cylindra
Cosbys Egyptian
Parsnips All american
Turnips Amber globe
Purple Top White Globe
Radishes Easter egg
Plum purple
China White
White icicle
German beer
Salsify Scorzanera Geante Noire de Russie
Spring Onions White Lisbon
Ishikura
Leeks Musselburgh
Onions Stuttgart
Red Baron
Senshyu
Pickling Paris Silverskin
Shallots Golden Gourmet
Red Sun
Garlic Chinese White
Marco
Courgette Black Beauty
Yellow straightneck
Lebanese white
Squash De Nice a Rond
Patty Pan
Vegetable spaghetti
Pumpkin Connecticut field
various west indian
Artichoke Violetta
Jerusalem Artichoke
Chard Swiss Chard of Lyon
Bright Lights
Mustard Southern giant
Florida broadleaf

 

[Domon]

brits take their gardens very seriously.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

I need to clean out roughly a cubic yard of dirt, then I can start replanting shit. My peppers have declined for this reason.

Sidenote: anyone know how to start guava from seeds?

 

[Jehannum]

I have to build a plot at the new house still, probably not gonna do anything until next year. I'll definitely not start building the plot until the old CrapShack™ is either sold, or I've successfully transitioned to slum lord.

 

[helenabear]

I kill flowers/plants too much for me to bother. Always jealous of others' gardens but I just have no talent for growing. Definitely a black thumb here. We had a good sized garden in our yard. I eventually let the grass grow over it.

 

[Valve1138]

brits take their gardens very seriously.

They have to, they get bombed by angry Germans regularly.

 

[DJBrenton]

When we bomb, the Germans duck. When the Germans bomb, we duck. When the Americans bomb, we all duck.

 

[Coqui]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

 

[Josh]

Gunna be 6 more months up here until spring. I'll live vicariously through everyone's plantings.

 

[kiwi]

I have tiny tomatoes. should be able to start eating them in a month. (The cherry ones, don't quite have tomatoes on the full sized plant)

 

[Petunia]

Gunna be 6 more months up here until spring. I'll live vicariously through everyone's plantings.

Where are you ?? Russia !!??