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Steve Thorn wrote:What would you recommend to a brand new gardener as the easiest vegetable to grow?
For me and my area, I would recommend cucumbers!
These were one of the first things I personally grew, and survived when everything else didn't do so well.
Reasons I would recommend them...
1) They sprout easily from being planted directly in the soil.
2) They grow quickly, usually even in poor soils.
3) They can grow among weeds due to their fast growth and climbing vines.
Can you think of anything I've missed about cucumbers being easy to grow?
What would you recommend to a new gardener as the easiest vegetable to grow?
Steve Thorn wrote:What would you recommend to a brand new gardener as the easiest vegetable to grow?
For me and my area, I would recommend cucumbers!
These were one of the first things I personally grew, and survived when everything else didn't do so well.
Reasons I would recommend them...
1) They sprout easily from being planted directly in the soil.
2) They grow quickly, usually even in poor soils.
3) They can grow among weeds due to their fast growth and climbing vines.
Can you think of anything I've missed about cucumbers being easy to grow?
What would you recommend to a new gardener as the easiest vegetable to grow?
Ellen Morrow wrote:While cruising through one of my herb books I read that mentha piperata is sterile and must be reproduced from cuttings. Meanwhile, seeds for this mint are sold all over the internet. What is everyone's experience here? What is the truth?
May Lotito wrote:My kids wanted a giant pumpkin for Halloween so I got a pack of Dill's Atlantic giant pumpkin seeds from walmart. I didn't expect it to be award winning and would be happy with something like 100 lbs.
First fruit was set when the main vine grew to 8 ft long, ending in just 20 lbs. I thought maybe the plant wasn't big enough to support big pumpkin. When the second one came along, the plant was covering 80 sq feet in area and I removed all the other female flowers. I did everything as recommended, yet this pumpkin stopped growing and turned color quickly, not much bigger than the first one.
I am blaming the seed and probably will pull it when the pumpkin is fully matured.
Su Ba wrote:Stephen, you flower salad looks amazing.
Other than nasturtiums, I'm not using flowers in my meals. Reason -- I don't know which are safe to eat. I'm seeing people mentioning Johnny-jump-ups, borage, and roses (the petals I assume? I've heard of the hips (seed pods being used to make a tea). Adding color to a salad sounds great.
Could you list a few?
? I would say, It's so tasty in pasta and potato salads!!!
Bryant RedHawk wrote:How would mother nature spread these seeds? when would she spread them? Those are the prime questions to always ask when dealing with seeds.
Nature doesn't wait usually, if she does then the seeds would remain in their "pods" until the time was right for them to be planted.
Cone flowers are a good example, as are most of the nut trees. The seeds are released in the fall and they overwinter on or in the soil, the next spring they germinate and grow.
Stratification is man's way of doing what nature does automatically, it is an attempt at giving seeds their "winter chill", this can be done artificially (stratification) or naturally (plant in the fall and let winter be the cold storage).
Redhawk
Scott Stiller wrote:I don’t recall ever smelling Almond Verbena. I’m not even sure I’ve heard of it until today.
Heather Staas wrote:When I kept sheep in a small winter pen and moved them out in the summer, the pen grew quickly with plantain and dock. So it seems sheep/goats CAN be useful vectors for spreading and encouraging some species of plants whose seeds benefit or at least are not harmed by passing through their system. Overseeding with clover and vetch can be very successful in lawn grass areas as well.