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re: The 2021 Garden Thread
Posted on 4/1/21 at 10:08 am to BallsEleven
Posted on 4/1/21 at 10:08 am to BallsEleven
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I have never heard this
My very Cajun Catholic maw maw, which is where my green thumb comes from, taught me this at a very young age. I don’t break the ground on Good Friday, but it doesn’t bother me if other people do it.
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Posted on 4/1/21 at 10:45 am to PillageUrVillage
I'm catholic on both sides and my maternal grandmother didn't speak english until 13 yo. I'll have to ask her about it 
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:09 pm to BallsEleven
My first garden update of the year. I am going to start pepper plants this weekend. AK - 14"-16" of snow existing. Today's Temp High 16, Low -5.
This post was edited on 4/1/21 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:25 pm to TimeOutdoors
I do not envy you. I’m tropical. No way I’d live there.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:25 pm to PillageUrVillage
Do you know what the range values are for optimal, very low, low, etc. ?
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:26 pm to TimeOutdoors
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Today's Temp High 16, Low -5.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 1:55 pm to TimeOutdoors
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Today's Temp High 16, Low -5.
shite man be careful you don't get heatstroke at those temps up there.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 7:44 pm to jyoung1
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Do you know what the range values are for optimal, very low, low, etc. ?
It depends on what you’re growing. Your pH should be about 6.5 for most veggies. You’ll have to add some lime. St Aug likes it around neutral to slightly acidic.
The rest I wouldn’t worry about.
Posted on 4/1/21 at 9:41 pm to PillageUrVillage
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strictly a Cajun Catholic thing
A Coonass Catholic thing also.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 7:19 am to 2 Jugs
I bottomed out at 42.1. Everything but cucumbers should be fine.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 7:53 am to BallsEleven
Very briefly touched 37 here. Total time under 40 was less than 3 hours. No frost.
I had put some extra pine straw around my bean and cucumber seedlings. If I lose them, oh well. I'll sow some more. But everything else will be fine.
I had put some extra pine straw around my bean and cucumber seedlings. If I lose them, oh well. I'll sow some more. But everything else will be fine.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:04 am to PillageUrVillage
I’d just be pissed for losing the cucumbers because I had my first 2-3 getting decent size.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 8:14 am to BallsEleven
At 42 they should be fine. They may show some signs of stress, but I doubt they die.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 9:15 am to PillageUrVillage
Got down to 34 here. Supposed to be 33 tonight.
Covered my beans and cilantro, so hopefully they'll do ok.
Not really worried about my lettuces, radishes, mustard greens, etc.
Covered my beans and cilantro, so hopefully they'll do ok.
Not really worried about my lettuces, radishes, mustard greens, etc.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 4:24 pm to BallsEleven
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I have never heard this, and I have plans on continuing to spread out the load of dirt I got a couple of weekends back
Don't say nobody warned you.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 5:53 pm to ChenierauTigre
Well everything in the garden looks greats. The cucumbers look like they’ve grown some. The beans look fine. I even have some okra sprouting. With the temps bottoming out at 37 last night, I’m sure everything will be able to handle tonight’s low of 42 just fine.
The pecan trees along the fence line behind my house started budding earlier this week. We’re in the clear!
The pecan trees along the fence line behind my house started budding earlier this week. We’re in the clear!
Posted on 4/2/21 at 5:53 pm to Centinel
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Not really worried about my lettuces, radishes, mustard greens, etc.
Heck, it’s the perfect time to harvest when temps get that lowz
Posted on 4/2/21 at 6:43 pm to PillageUrVillage
My husband made me a bunch of plant protectors out of clear, corrugated PVC roofing panel strips. They are 8" tall and about 6 - 8" in diameter. Then I put on a "roof" of clear plastic plates on top of them held down by a rock. It keeps my seedlings safe from bad temps and wind and rain and cut worms. I have used the crap out of those things for years. Best thing ever.
Posted on 4/2/21 at 7:30 pm to PillageUrVillage
We didn’t get those temps here in SE Texas. Daughter helped me this morning construct the cucumber trellis out of a 16 ft long hog panel. 50 Parisian gherkin seeds into the ground for that. Okra got planted and all the potatoes got hilled. Need a little of Mother Nature’s rain over here. Weather folks are saying we may hit 90 degrees next weekend. 6 weeks ago it was like 2 degrees. Nuts.
Posted on 4/3/21 at 4:39 am to PillageUrVillage
Removed tarp from my 2 beds yesterday. Had covered them up in case of a frost. I must have suffocated them. They’re all dead. Pretty defeated about this 
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