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Their wrapping themselves around a stick I put in.
Sure appear to be pole beans. Not sure.
Problem is their under a cold frame ,only 2' of height.
Could I transplant them out into an open area?
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Are tomato leaves edible? This says yes.
Anyone try them?
https://www.gardenbetty.com/tomato-l...he-toxic-myth/
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07-04-2022, 07:49 AM
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Their wrapping themselves around a stick I put in.
Sure appear to be pole beans. Not sure.
Problem is their under a cold frame ,only 2' of height.
Could I transplant them out into an open area?
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Looking at internet pics I believe their pole beans,will have to build a horizontal trellis to keep them off the ground.Arg,swore I checked before planting.
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07-04-2022, 07:57 AM
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Looking at internet pics I believe their pole beans,will have to build a horizontal trellis to keep them off the ground.Arg,swore I checked before planting.
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Yup. Looks like a climbing bean. My bush beans look different.
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greenhouse
I built my second greenhouse this spring, from a metal carport frame, and I got my greenhouse tarp from the same place as before, costs up a bit but to cover a 10 by 20 frame I ordered a 22 by 24 piece, they now have 14 mil which is pretty amazing, lets through 80% of the light and super strong. Total cost 270 bucks which is very reasonable. It gets very warm, as in, plus 13 outside and plus 38 inside, so fans are definitely necessary. It would be great somewhere like Calgary where its usually cooler and stretch the season out a lot. Ive talked to the company owner several times on the phone, great guy who's gone through some tough times lately, he lost most of his US customers because of covid crap and I just want to let you all know where to get some great product for a good price. His company is called Northern Greenhouse and his site is here: https://www.northerngreenhouse.com/products/
not a sales pitch, hes just a great guy with a good product and I wanted to share the info
pic is from today, cold and raining Im going to tighten it a bit more once the sun comes back and it heats up
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My two dried alfalfa pellet bags got water in them and it started to compost. Heat melted the bags.
Smell is like manure. Gross.
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08-16-2022, 09:05 PM
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My two dried alfalfa pellet bags got water in them and it started to compost. Heat melted the bags.
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Yup I know that smell,I just dump it all onto some plastic and dry out.Grind it up when dry and bag it.
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18lbs watermelon.   
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^^^Dont tell me you are in Edmonton…..
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Does anyone eat or has anyone tried eating zucchini blossoms?
The first I heard of it was last night and apparently they are supposed to be pretty good. We’ve never done anything with them and I’m wondering if we haven’t been wasting them.
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Does anyone eat or has anyone tried eating zucchini blossoms?
The first I heard of it was last night and apparently they are supposed to be pretty good. We’ve never done anything with them and I’m wondering if we haven’t been wasting them.
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They are Delicious, I just do them in an Egg batter with some Pharm and fry them,
Do yourself a favour and give them a try, lots of recipes online, some even stuff them with cheese.
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Does anyone eat or has anyone tried eating zucchini blossoms?
The first I heard of it was last night and apparently they are supposed to be pretty good. We’ve never done anything with them and I’m wondering if we haven’t been wasting them.
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Butternut squash blossoms are also yummy
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Hi all
When do you prune your raspberries?
My one year canes are 7 feet long and have curved over.
Had a great crop from this years producing canes.
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I’ve been trying to figure this out myself. Just read a bit on it recently. Check if you have ever bearing or fall bearing plants. If they just produced a crop my understanding is cut them off a few inches above ground now as they are a one and done crop but will return next spring. If they are ever bearing or summer crop and are new green chutes and did not produce this year or produced much earlier in the summer, leave them and they will reanimate and fruit first next summer.
This is what I could decipher from this:
https://extension.psu.edu/programs/m...ng-raspberries
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I remember my grandma had great raspberries. Her secret was this- she would cut all the bushes down to the ground in the fall every 3 years and let them regrow. First year after the cut there wasn’t too many berries but a year after that- tons! They were always big and juicy.
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I remember my grandma had great raspberries. Her secret was this- she would cut all the bushes down to the ground in the fall every 3 years and let them regrow. First year after the cut there wasn’t too many berries but a year after that- tons! They were always big and juicy.
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Makes sense. This was year three after a major chop back.
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My Dad use to alternate cut back each yr on different bushes.Good way to control how many berries you'd get.
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Before and after pruning. 
Fill my green bin 
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Question about garlic.
I have lots of small cloves. Nothing big. Should I dig up and replant before the ground freezes?
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Question about garlic.
I have lots of small cloves. Nothing big. Should I dig up and replant before the ground freezes?
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If you're not interested in eating them I'd split them up and get them in the ground right away. I tend to plant my biggest cloves but any size will grow for you. I got my garlic crop in just over a week ago, and Calgary's weather is pretty much the same as ours right now. I'm just waiting for the leaves to fall so I can run the mower over them and use them to mulch the garlic crop.
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Quote:
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Question about garlic.
I have lots of small cloves. Nothing big. Should I dig up and replant before the ground freezes?
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The short answer is YES!
I am on hold due to the late summer.
Still have fast maturing turnips in the garlic bed.
Harvest those shortly, and on with planting the second year bulbils for next year's production soon!
Cheers,
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