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rgasperson

South Carolina
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:04 pm   Post subject: Garden Diary 2008


I have been thinking about writing this post for a while, and finally decided that it was time to post it. I don't know if anyone else is interested in contributing to the thread, but I think it might be fun.

My plan is to post pictures throughout the season of my progress. I would love to see your progress as well.

The following photo is a picture of my small stockpile of gardening supplies:



The empty kitty litter boxes will most likely contain my tomatoes this coming season. Check Out my Kitty Litter Roma Tomatoes from 2007. I plan to change my strategy slightly for 2008. I am hoping for a lot more tomatoes.

I also plan to have a nice little 10x10 foot veggy bed this comming year. It is going to be interesting to see how I overcome the compacted red clay in the back yard.

Please join in and show everyone your progress throughout the comming season. I plan to start some seeds inside this January and February to see if I can get an early start. This should be fun.




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Frank


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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:09 pm   Post subject:


I'll be watching this thread with interest rgasperson!


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eileen


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Scotland
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:56 pm   Post subject:


What a great idea!! I'll contibute come spring as there is nothing I can do outdoors when the ground is so frozen. I will be planting seeds though at the beginning of the year so will try to remember to post some piccies. Stew Face 2


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zuzu's petals

Coastal N.Carolina ~zone 8~
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:38 pm   Post subject:


Oh dear, now I DO feel desperately far behind,
I haven't done with season 2007 yet.

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Biita

Norway
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:53 am   Post subject:


I can't plant anything outdoors until very late may, early june. But i too will start my seeds probably feb or march.

What i'm intrested in is the tomatoes,, we can't plant tomatoes outside at all here. an i like the kitty litter buckets idea. Can i ask what changes you are going to make to that planting from the post before. Since you will be a month or 2 ahead of me,, please keep posting what you find works an don't work.

I planted tomatoes here an got 2 tomatoes out of 10 plants, what happened is they grew to like 7 ft tall, i kept pinching back, but they just went wild, an i didn't even fertilize at all. It has to be the 24 hour sunlight. If anyone can help with this,, i'm all open for it.


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dirt2diamonds
Mississippi
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:22 am   Post subject:


I wish my gardening tools were in neat arrangements but they are just as scattered as I am and my poor shovel never makes it to the garden shed.

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rgasperson

South Carolina
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:39 am   Post subject:


I made the mistake last year of planting way to many tomato plants in one container. I think there were 12 in that litle kitty litter box. I guess I fely to bad about pulling most of them when they sprouted and only leaving one or two.

The root ball go too compact and it only produces about a dozen tomatoes. I am going to plant a few, then as they start growing, I will pull all of them except the strongest one.

The other thing I want to try this year is I want to keep it pruned like nan1234 posted. I want to see how the plant produces this year if I stick to these new guidelines.


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