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I understand a purple light at night makes the inch worm very easy to see?
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Gardening is going to be Very popular this year.

Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper

By Alex Robinson ON APRIL 5, 2020

Seeds have been flying off the “shelves” of online stores.

“Vesey’s Seeds, a mail-order seed company based in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, processed the same number of orders by the end of March than it would have completed by June in a normal year. During that period, the company saw an average 335 percent increase over normal volume. One day last week it saw a 599 percent increase in demand.“

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Old 04-12-2020, 04:38 AM
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I am thinking of putting in a garden this year.

I know you can buy heating pads and some guys use heat trace.

I am thinking of putting in floor heat type system in my soul so I can heat it to proper temperature?

Has anyone done this.

Also planning a greenhouse with heated raise beds.
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Old 04-12-2020, 05:04 AM
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I am thinking of putting in a garden this year.

I know you can buy heating pads and some guys use heat trace.

I am thinking of putting in floor heat type system in my soul so I can heat it to proper temperature?

Has anyone done this.

Also planning a greenhouse with heated raise beds.

You have a cold soul ?


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Old 04-12-2020, 08:57 AM
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Gardening is going to be Very popular this year.

Vegetable Seeds Are the New Toilet Paper

By Alex Robinson ON APRIL 5, 2020

Seeds have been flying off the “shelves” of online stores.

“Vesey’s Seeds, a mail-order seed company based in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, processed the same number of orders by the end of March than it would have completed by June in a normal year. During that period, the company saw an average 335 percent increase over normal volume. One day last week it saw a 599 percent increase in demand.“

https://modernfarmer.com/2020/04/veg...-toilet-paper/
Every year Vessey promotes to buy your seeds fast as they are selling out. There may be areas that people can turn gardening on and off but in the cities, unless you have a ready made location it is not easy. People are generally lazy or in need of instant gratification so locally...there seems to be lots of seeds around.

Still...for the gardeners in the mix, buying seeds now doesn’t hurt.
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Last year I planted an early row of potatoes in the garden April 21. Not so sure about that date this year with the ice age returning here. I started a dozen potatoes in pots in the house and wife and kids have a ton of other things started for the greenhouse etc. Whereas my grandparents on both sides were vegetable farmers I’m trying to learn more every year.
After watching Veronica Flores pruning peppers and tomatoes on YouTube, I’m very interested in what we can do this year. All the best. Eat well!
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Saving seeds year to year has worked well for us. Ithe veggies seem to be stronger and more acclimatized every year. I have even recovered seeds from veggies from the grocery store. Tomatoes, Peppers.
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Saving seeds year to year has worked well for us. The veggies seem to be stronger and more acclimatized every year.
I always save the seeds from the first tomato or pepper that ripen. Has worked well for me so far!
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I always save the seeds from the first tomato or pepper that ripen. Has worked well for me so far!
Good idea.
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Toying with the idea of building a greenhouse for Incredigirl... She's itching to get digging in the garden.
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Canadian Tire and Superstore have lots of seeds as does Greengate...and more seeds coming.

I can’t see any big increase in vegetable gardening in Calgary.

Looks like the weather is taking a turn for the better in Calgary next week.
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Toying with the idea of building a greenhouse for Incredigirl... She's itching to get digging in the garden.
A good greenhouse in the right location would be awesome.
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A good greenhouse in the right location would be awesome.
Agreed,but Im wondering if just using LED grow lights inside the house may be a more productive way?A dedicated grow room to use for the colder months would mean more fresh lettuce, tomatoes etc.The problem is im not sure the power cost to run lights would offset the price of the veggies.
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Yes.

6 inch soil. Seed potatoes on top. Water in soil to settle. Add two inches soil. Whenever you get more than two inches of plant add more dirt.

Likely obvious but like any pot, drill holes on bottom of pail and put rocks in for drainage.

For curiousity... if you take a 5 gallon pail and cut the bottom out and set into the ground and fill in dirt around a raspberry bush...it won’t sucker.
Pail idea is a good one. Bought my mom a couple dozen of those smaller pails at home depot (maybe 2 gal) and cut the bottoms off for her.

She uses those for her garden.
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Agreed,but Im wondering if just using LED grow lights inside the house may be a more productive way?A dedicated grow room to use for the colder months would mean more fresh lettuce, tomatoes etc.The problem is im not sure the power cost to run lights would offset the price of the veggies.
Another problem might be the moisture and mould....
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My Wife just found a good gardening hack to start seeds early. Wash out a roast chicken container and start your plants in it.

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Old 04-13-2020, 03:52 PM
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Ready for the potatoes to go in this week. The strawberries are starting to grow.

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Another problem might be the moisture and mould....
The weed growers use tents made for growing ,basically ice fishing shacks with a floor.
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Ready for the potatoes to go in this week. The strawberries are starting to grow.

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Old 04-17-2020, 03:41 PM
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Just called T@T seeds cause I wanted to try some lemon cucumbers and was told they will not take any new orders for at least a week due to the over whelming volume this spring.
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Old 04-19-2020, 08:34 AM
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Potatoes are planted. Onions are next

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I can now see 75% of my garden, the rest piled in snow.
It will be a while before cultivation and planting.
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Don't smoke it ,but will try to grow it.







Peppers are looking great!


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I still have some frost in the ground here in the Hat, just a couple of small shaded spots, I'll put the tiller to it this week
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Old 04-19-2020, 11:27 PM
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I have a 5 gallon pail with spuds already 1ft or more out of the top. I'm thinking about taking another 5 gal pail and cutting a hole in the bottom say 2/3rds the size of the base and stacking them up. They're currently inside and I know itll be heavy to move at some point, but just wondering if anyone has double stacked them before.
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Old 04-20-2020, 06:13 AM
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I have a 5 gallon pail with spuds already 1ft or more out of the top. I'm thinking about taking another 5 gal pail and cutting a hole in the bottom say 2/3rds the size of the base and stacking them up. They're currently inside and I know itll be heavy to move at some point, but just wondering if anyone has double stacked them before.
Not sure I understand,your trying to make it deeper so you can add more dirt?
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I have a 5 gallon pail with spuds already 1ft or more out of the top. I'm thinking about taking another 5 gal pail and cutting a hole in the bottom say 2/3rds the size of the base and stacking them up. They're currently inside and I know itll be heavy to move at some point, but just wondering if anyone has double stacked them before.
Yes you can do this. Will produce potatoes from top to bottom. I remember an article about someone doing this with old tires. Just kept stacking tires and dirt when the plants grew above the top. The sun on the pails (or tires) keeps the soil warm all the time so may produce more potatoes than planting in the ground.
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I have a 5 gallon pail with spuds already 1ft or more out of the top. I'm thinking about taking another 5 gal pail and cutting a hole in the bottom say 2/3rds the size of the base and stacking them up. They're currently inside and I know itll be heavy to move at some point, but just wondering if anyone has double stacked them before.
I'd cut the whole bottom out of the top pail. It will nest inside the bottom pail. You could put some screws through both to hold them together. Would make them easier to move.
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I'd cut the whole bottom out of the top pail. It will nest inside the bottom pail. You could put some screws through both to hold them together. Would make them easier to move.
I thought that if I cut the bottom off entirely then the top pail would slide down where as a small ledge would help hold them up. I've seen the tire method used and it worked quite well.
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Old 04-21-2020, 07:23 AM
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Starting to run out of room, good thing it’s warming up outside. Tomato pots are outside during the day and the garage at night. Building some planter boxes to hang on the fence. Going to try lettuce and some root veggies in them.
Doing some research about painting the planters with latex inside and out. From what I can find it’s ok. Planters are some cheap spruce fence boards that I had.
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