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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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Lettuce isn't bitter usually until it starts to bolt. i bet yours will be OK. I sure hope it cools off soon so you can grow them, ever try melons? |
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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Ginny, your lettuce will be fine; as Marsha said, it gets bitter when it bolts and yours is definitely not bolting.
It is a great time to grow cucumbers. I picked 5 cukes yesterday and 2 this AM. My Beit Alpha and Parkseed Garden are next to each other and both producing. Bees are pollinating it. I planted a Lemon Cucumber plant and it doesn't even have a flower. |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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If I may, lettuce bolts due to long day length not heat alone.
People think it is heat because it gets hotter at about the same time as the days get longer. ![]() You can actually stop it from bolting by covering it to stop the amount of sun exposure. This also hold true for some plants that go to seed in the fall. It isn't the cooler weather but the short day length and longer nights. By interrupting the long darkness by turning on a light it will stop the plant from putting out seeds. Three that I know of right off hand are cannabis, poinsettia and jade plants. Worth |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Marsha/Barb,
I tried both lettuces (hubby did too) and you were right, they are fine. Barb, I'm thinking your backyard like you mentioned makes things hotter than normal I think you said because of the pool deck and such. While my arrangement on the water and with some of my areas getting partial shade makes our growing environments very different even though we are only an hour apart. Worth - i didnt know that about the light. Good to know. Marsha - I havent tried growing melons. Ginny Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk |
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Easy to read and not loaded with a bunch of technical babble. ![]() Worth https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ZnAceRnATb8Kaw |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Kurt - I clicked the link and read the information but got confused. Is it saying salt is good or bad? Or maybe both?
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Getting lots of blossoms and tomatoes now.. :-)
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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So the heat has done a number on some of the pea plants and petunias. But the tomato plants are loving it.
Here are some updated pictures of a Cherokee Purple plant that I had posted a picture of in the original post... ![]() ![]() ![]() Ginny |
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NJ, zone 7
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Ginny, as usual beautiful garden and nice pictures. Such a great set of tomatoes on CP. You are doing great job with that brush.
We too use parts of fish and other crustaceans to feed our plants. Last fall and early spring this year we fertilized tomato beds with it like never before. And it payed off. Boy, it payed off. This summer our production was up by more than 80%. It is nice to see you using it too.
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro
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Comforting to know at this moment and as a community, we have beautiful tomatoes growing somewhere.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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Oh thats so good to hear. How far down did you bury it? Or did you emulsify it?
I think I am going to do two to four more holes in the ground. Currently I only have two. We have been catching lots of fush snd freezing the carcasses to either use in the crab traps or in the ground... :-) Ginny Quote:
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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Ginny, I made holes about 1-1.5 foot deep than made a hill above it as well. Worked just fine.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Oak Hill, Florida
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![]() ![]() I topped my pepper plants. First time trying that and the plants are coming back bushy and healthy as ever. ![]() These are shi-shi-tos. Ginny |
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