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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7

jnjfarm, were you able to get signed in?

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sunnibel7 Md 7(7)

Looks good! I was wondering how it was going to turn out.

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wayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana

Yes, I had mentioned that clustering related garden forums was a desirable thing. One forum missing there still is Soil and Compost...and please remove giant vegetables

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gridgardener

Soil and Compos

t is still there you just need look under organic gardening tab

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vanisle_bc

In order to identify the female plants I think you'd have to grow them to seed bearing age (3 years?) - and you might want to make sure they don't get a chance to drop potentially-female seed before weeding them out. Some writers suggest you don't want any seed to drop anyway, to avoid overcrowding the bed with new volunteer plants.

As for shipping across borders, many US companies do ship seed to Canada but I haven''t found any willing to ship asparagus root. Whether that's because they're prohibited, and whether it also applies to other plants, I don't know.

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vanisle_bc

Please ignore this comment - it's only a personal test of how the new website works

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illiveggies

The front of my house faces east, and none of the plants that require full sun do very well in the front. Those that can stand partial shade do better.

My guess is that you would get some harvest, and that might make you happy, but if you have other options, might be better to invest the money for the raised bed somewhere that gets more sun.

One other point to note - the front beds take much longer to dry out after a rain - again, this might be an advantage or a disadvantage, depending on what you plant, and your drainage.

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annehay

The location of the sun sounds good to me. My garden sits in a similar position. I just wanted to add that raised beds need more water because the soil dries out faster in hot temperatures. Also, if the yard slopes away from the house, your water will presumably run off as well (I assume the landscaping is designed for this). So be sure to water with some frequency.

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gridgardener

According to the production chart in book "how to grow more vegetables" by Jeavson you will need between 2-6 plants to produce 1 lb/0.45 kg of okra.

how many pods per lbs is some you have look up .

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illiveggies

We love Clemson Spineless - out here in IL, we plant straight from seed, after last frost. The spacing seems right, we plant ~20 plants in two rows of 10. Last year we were trying to harvest weekly at our community garden plot, and we were having to toss quite a few as they were too small one weekend and overdone the next. Harvesting about once every 2-3 days would probably be best as donnabaskets suggests.

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zzackey(8b GA)

Yes! Thank you! Mine is close enough. It was a total PIA to get that far.

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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)

Bump.

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elisa_z5

jonhughes -- really nice to see you back here with your mind boggling numbers :)

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arileyz5

We put in an elevated raised bed for a salad garden last summer -- it's 2x8 and 30" tall, with a false floor 10" down from the top (cedar slats & landscape fabric on steel brackets). (The two boxes at the ends are 2x2 and 15" tall, no false bottom.) It looks good and it's easy for people with bad knees (i.e., me!).

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njitgrad(6A/6B)

I guess the only thing that I can realistically do is nothing. I already grow them on trellises and I've tried rotating them amongst my raised beds. Last year I even try grown some from seed mid-season in a fabric container with 5-1-1 mix. It started out great then went the same route as the cukes I had started earlier in the season.

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farmerdill

Realistically you can plant an ALS resistant variety. Not foolproof , but usually gives you sufficient edge to harvest cukes. For slicers varieties include Speedway, Dasher II,Thunder, Talledega etc. Ther are sevral pickler varieties Arabian, Calypso, Carolina etc. Don't kow of any burpless types with ALS resistance but they are probably out there. Belay that, Sweet Slice has ALS resistance.

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nancyjane_gardener(Zone 8ish North of San Francisco in the "real" wine country)

This sucks!

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wayne_5 zone 6a Central Indiana

nancyjane, I got an e-mail recently. I did not click the button [if it had one] to confirm my GW account. Maybe I thought it could be spam like I have gotten...just wanting you to click their link. I finally made it here, but am still trying to figure out where everybody and everything is.

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theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)

There is always winter sowing. That's about all I've been able to do this winter.

Rodney

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wildturkey_grower

Well maybe i'll have to support these too. Dang it! I'm in zone 9 so we're planting cool season crops now.

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gridgardener

there is no difference in taste if your growing for pods or pea part when compared other varieties of same type varieties.

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jeanwedding(6 ky)

I did some of the above. I also used those rattan looking paper plate holders, flea market :baskets" anything that is "meshY" so air can move.......that raised them look around prob have lots of free stuff already....

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weirdtrev

There are lots of cheap/free things you can put under the melons however there are cradles designed just for the occasion, I bought a couple sets just because I thought they looked nice. Gardener's Melon and Squash Cradle

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gridgardener

there maybe people who grow it in USA.

Importing seed potato to USA would a lot trouble due to import regulation of plant material.

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