Seed planting time

rkunsaw

rkunsaw

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Clarksville, Arkansas,USA
We've been getting loads of seed catalogs in the mail, which is a good reminder to get started.

I started some sweet potato sprouts two weeks ago ( way too early I know but the sweet potatoes were sprouting)

Yesterday I started some Tabasco and Red Marconi pepper seeds. I need to get some Jalapeno seeds soon soI can get them started.

Anyone else start seeds yet?
 

Haven't even thought of the garden yet..I usually just buy plants, since my garden is so small. I do start most of my annual flowers from seed though. RK..I know you have a large garden, do you have a greenhouse to germinate all those plants in?
 
Not actually a greenhouse OG. We covered on end of a shed with clear plastic and put in shelves and a oil filled heater. Originally to keep our sweet bay tree and other plants alive through winter.. Brooke has way too many "houseplants" to keep in the house.
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You must be a couple weeks ahead of us, rkunsaw. I've not started anything yet, but we do buy a lot of plants, as we have little luck starting seeds....not enough light, and they get leggy and weak. I do have some heirlooms I start nearly every year, so will get going on those about February or March.
 
I start the peppers early because they are so slow to germinate. Others seeds can wait another month or so.

Most seeds I plant directly into the garden in mid to late April.
 
That Guy said:
Scattered my wildflowers in the fall as per instructions . . . but with no rain . . . expecting little in the way of success...
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I am starting to worry about the no rain in CA. In Fresno we can only water once a week in the winter and with the higher temps this winter so far and no rain my grass is not looking good.
 
CeeCee said:
I am starting to worry about the no rain in CA. In Fresno we can only water once a week in the winter and with the higher temps this winter so far and no rain my grass is not looking good.
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I'm right next door in Tulare county where ground water has receded 15'! Cattle ranchers are sweating it out - there is NO grazing left - they're hauling alfalfa out to the range by truck loads. We need rain!

Oops - almost forgot to say howdy neighbor!
 
Were you folks in California in the late seventies? Horrible drought. Lots of dead lawns and dirty cars. Now, with more people drawing on the limited supply . . . we gonna dry up and blow away... Then came the El Nino of the early eighties and we got washed away with floods and landslides. Nature does what it does when it does it...
 
That Guy said:
Were you folks in California in the late seventies? Horrible drought. Lots of dead lawns and dirty cars. Now, with more people drawing on the limited supply . . . we gonna dry up and blow away... Then came the El Nino of the early eighties and we got washed away with floods and landslides. Nature does what it does when it does it...
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Yep - I remember - also the floods this time 3 years ago - disastrous!
 
jrfromafar said:
I'm right next door in Tulare county where ground water has receded 15'! Cattle ranchers are sweating it out - there is NO grazing left - they're hauling alfalfa out to the range by truck loads. We need rain!

Oops - almost forgot to say howdy neighbor!
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Howdy to you too!

Also I don't see any snow on the mountains which means no runoff in the spring!
 
That Guy said:
Were you folks in California in the late seventies? Horrible drought. Lots of dead lawns and dirty cars. Now, with more people drawing on the limited supply . . . we gonna dry up and blow away... Then came the El Nino of the early eighties and we got washed away with floods and landslides. Nature does what it does when it does it...
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Ive only been here since 2003 prior to that I was in Hungary...Indiana...Illinois...Pennsylvania ...Argentina.
 
rkunsaw said:
I'm right next door in Tulare county

Small world jrfromafar. We have a daughter in Woodlake.
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Woodlake! That's my neck of the woods :) From my place, at night from this view you can see the lights of Woodlake - this photo was taken during the flooding 3 years ago!

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Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, lives north of SFO and told me the other day that the governor wants people to limit their showers now, too. Um...!!!

Guess there won't be a whole lot of growing done in California this year and the prices of fruits/veggies is gonna skyrocket. Dear me.
 
jrfromafar said:
Woodlake! That's my neck of the woods :) From my place, at night from this view you can see the lights of Woodlake - this photo was taken during the flooding 3 years ago!

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I've been there a few times.We usually don't stay but a week or less so I don't get to see much of the area. I got to go see the giant Sequoia trees. Impressive.
 
This is scary. With the drought, these freezing temperatures, etc., I can imagine how much food is going to go up - again. Only hoping for a decent garden this year, but all depends on the weather.
 
I hope with all the freezing this winter the bug population will be less this year. My very small veggie garden is on the bank of the creek. Two years ago, we were in a drought so Mr.O rigged up a small pump for the creek to pump water up to the garden. It's a year around creek, and it never dries up. We're on a well, so I don't like to water the garden from it. Never can tell when you might suck it dry.
jrfromafar...your property has a beautiful view.
 
I got the main garden tilled and the potatoes cut yesterday. Plan to fertilize the asparagus bed today and get one of the raised beds ready for planting some early veggies.
 
rkunsaw, Have you any knowledge of Malabar spinach. I've grown it in a regular veggie garden, but not in containers or partial shade. Although I've read that it will grow under adverse conditions.
 

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