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I'm pretty sure you can move your garlic. It is tough stuff, very similar to onions, which get grown from seed then yanked out and shipped all over the country in little bundles that are quite dry. Horseradish is also pretty indestructable, we've started many new plants with just the crown or even part of a crown. You've already been given advice on how to store those until planting. Also, it might not be too late and you could just order some more garlic now and plant as soon as you see the daffodils coming up in the spring. I had to spring plant my garlic one year and it did fine.
Let me tell you this : IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT to kill any member of the alliums during transplant. Just for an example, look at the onion seedlings that they sell in the spring planting time. They have been already pulled out for weeks and poorly kept. So you buy them plant them .. Voilla !!
It's extremely expensive per unit ($20).
Though there is a benefit from the heating coil component in some areas at some time of year, it's hard to get over the price vs. the marginal benefit that gives in all but the cooler times of year.
Also, the heating coil is rather small...and it seems to run all the time rather than turn off when soil temperatures could get too warm.
I have used plangarden.com with success in the past. I did also do a free trial of the growveg planner, and neither stood out to me as truly superior than the other - just had some different strengths. For my next garden layout I'll probably have to reevaluate both because I don't remember enough of my conclusions :)
~emmers
There is a Hot Peppers Forum here on GW. People over there might be able to help. There are specialist companies in the UK which do named pepper seeds so I'm sure there are lots in the US too.
This UK site has several you name, there's got to be a US equivalent: http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/hot_chili_pepper_seed.htm
Here is a link that might be useful: Hot Pepper Forum
I have ordered from here.
The APHIS/USDA FAQs linked below cover it all - download the forms, who and how to contact for testing, etc. Just scroll through all the info there.
Hope this helps.
Dave
Here is a link that might be useful: APHIS/USDA - phytosanitary certification for agricultural commodities and export certification
Very pleased with my collards. I had left about ten unpicked outside the hoop houses, they suffered through multiple sub-15 nights, with 96 consecutive hours of freezing weather. But yesterday afternoon it went above freezing for about 5 hrs. They popped back up and were promptly picked, about 40 lbs before cleaning. Lots of greens, obviously I will not go under the hoop houses until after Christmas.
runswithscissors: You got me. Must know how you go about doing this. I'm not into the hoop gardening because I would have no help in doing this, but if it is a flourescent deal which I have set up under lights in a 50 degree garage, it tweeks my interest intensely. Give me the details--and you are in a colder zone which would help. Barb
Well, my suggestion doesn't meet the test of being inexpensive, but it's a lot less complicated to set up than many others you've gotten. I got the late fall gardening jones bad last year, so I told my family that the only I wanted for Christmas was an Aerogarden. I used mine in my small, windowless office at work to grow herbs. In about 8 weeks, I was able to harvest six different herbs. People grow dwarf peppers and tomatoes as well as greens in them. It's a lot if fun for a small investment in time.
Oh, Nancy, what a great idea! I love stuffed peppers but hate all the extra work to do the stuffing. I am going to try that! Go You!
I had a pleasant surprise with my pepper harvest this year. In early July I bought a TAM pepper on a whim. I was told that it was "heatless". Not mine. Not even close. HOT!
However, we have a South Korean medical student living with us this year and he adores hot peppers, as does my son in law. So, I made hot pepper sauce using one of the recipes from Pepper Joe's web site. They are loving it! That one plant yielded enough for 6 pints of sauce. I'll plant earlier next year!
Sometimes, surprises are good...
I'd take that supplier's response with a grain or two of salt Mark. Especially if you end up with 50% female. The % of all-male plants received differs from supplier to supplier.
It isn't that they have 'reverted' but that some growers aren't nearly as careful with their crown selections for sale nor as dedicated to assuring quality as some others are.
Even so any of the Jersey series still surpasses production of quality spears when compared to the Washington strains.
Dave
They'll store for months in the fridge. Just stuff in as many as you can. That's how I store my carrots and beets. I store my turnips right in the ground, packed under hay.
On the other hand, if they've been sitting around for several weeks and are sprouting, they may already be way past peak for storage.
I don't know that juglone qualifies as an oil.
Dave has the best idea....use the hulls on an area where there are no plants of any kind. That's probably even true for the finished compost, if you want to be safe. There are a jillion lists of juglone sensitive plants....each seem to be different from the others. Best to be cautious.
Our very first freeze was two weeks ago. It went down to 23. My broccoli leaves (uncovered) were burned, but the plants made it. Heads were not damaged. I did, however, put row cover over them after that. I really want them to make it all winter. I like the side shoots even better than the big heads. Personally, I wouldn't take the chance. It just doesn't take much time to cover them.
Yes, wait.
I generally cut mine down after the first hard freeze. However, a few times I had to let them stay up all winter due to circumstances, and I noted no difference in the following year's crop. There's not going to be much photosynthesis going on after you start getting frosts. Really looking forward to next April's first spears.