tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post6601984569384612974..comments2023-09-18T00:25:09.836-07:00Comments on Going Off Da Grid, Janice: Garden Updates, May 24thAJKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-25007981458849578022011-05-24T15:39:19.098-07:002011-05-24T15:39:19.098-07:00Thanks Kathy for the tip! I'll try growing the...Thanks Kathy for the tip! I'll try growing the onions much earlier this year. I started the onion seedlings too late I guess. They were sown last month.<br /><br />Thanks Anne for your wisdom as well! I know the garlics go in in Sept, but ours failed this past season due to unfinished compost that was turned under and not allowed to rest long enough. I tried sowing seed for onions last year but they mostly got powdery mildew during winter rains and we pulled them out.<br /><br />The pumpkin was transplanted, probably a little too late too, so that could be the reason it's not thriving. We have a beautiful volunteer pumpkin that's doing very well though!AJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805794458934272031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-75381275583284056772011-05-24T12:48:02.861-07:002011-05-24T12:48:02.861-07:00Oh with the squash.. sometimes when the plant succ...Oh with the squash.. sometimes when the plant successfully sets a fruit, it will abort others while it gets that one going.<br /><br />Curious.. was it direct seeded or transplanted?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-34873057335744219682011-05-24T10:49:16.709-07:002011-05-24T10:49:16.709-07:00Amazing! Woot! Go AJK!
Yay you are saving seeds t...Amazing! Woot! Go AJK!<br /><br />Yay you are saving seeds too!!<br /><br />I'm attacking the perennial onions which are sending up flowers. 2 good sized stands that nothing much as been done to except pulling some to eat for the last 15 years. Needs a lot of work.. too crowded. <br /><br />Are you sure you have the planting time right for the onions? Maybe earlier in the year so they can benefit more from the exposure to lengthening of light hours?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159095601570766616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4415514258720771229.post-48787372699482877052011-05-24T09:51:46.253-07:002011-05-24T09:51:46.253-07:00We plant short day onions from starts (look like l...We plant short day onions from starts (look like little green onions) in Dec. The bulblets generally don't have enough time to grow. Our onions (granex and texas supersweet) will be ready to harvest the first week of june. Seeds can be planted in September when you plant garlic. Last year they were over 1lb. each. This year we got them in late and they are a lot smaller.<br /><br />Kathy<br />inland so calAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com