garf
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Post by garf on Apr 30, 2011 20:21:58 GMT -5
Hi all. I am a recycled gardener that tried organic growing of tomatoes back in 86. The first year in ground, I did really well, then went downhill from there. After a few years, I gave it up as a lost cause. After studying the internet, I decided container gardening was my only chance. As it turns out, there are a different set of problems in container growing. I am back about 1.5 years and am slowly learning how this works.
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jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on Apr 30, 2011 20:41:09 GMT -5
Welcome garf!
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leftylogan
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Post by leftylogan on Apr 30, 2011 20:50:42 GMT -5
Welcome
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Post by blane on Apr 30, 2011 20:53:51 GMT -5
Welcome Garf....we have many container growers in here! Enjoy the reads!
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Post by willyswoodpile on Apr 30, 2011 20:58:56 GMT -5
Welcome to TTG Garf. My dad lives in Sarasota, and my grandmother's brother lives in Clearwater next to Hulk Hogan.
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Post by veggie maker on Apr 30, 2011 21:44:36 GMT -5
Welcome Garf! Want to trade a little of my dry heat for some of your excess swamp water? I love water lilies and they don't even know what they are out here.
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Post by summerhawk on May 1, 2011 5:36:33 GMT -5
Welcome!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 1, 2011 7:10:01 GMT -5
Isn't it funny that up here, I have to grow some things in Containers (like Eggplant) so that they will mature in a short season. Obviously Garf, you don't have that problem. Why then, would you have to raise tomatoes in containers in Florida? Too much salt in the soil? Need to be moved out of hot sun so containers are easiest?? Nosey aren't I ;D BTW, If I didn't already say it, Welcome to The Tomato Garden GARF
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Post by time2bee on May 1, 2011 8:50:08 GMT -5
Welcome! Glad you're here!
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Penny
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Post by Penny on May 2, 2011 6:27:15 GMT -5
Hi there and Welcome.
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Post by oneoftheearls on May 3, 2011 7:11:21 GMT -5
stationed with Hawk Missles in the 70's...been through the glades, gater ditches in Hialeah...Miami, Hollywood...gators and big snakes at Avon Park (the bombing range) not the quaint town...Boca Chica NAS, hidden keys...never Monkey Island so from Key West to Jacksonville....we did a huge military exercise there...stayed near Voldasta GA Not sure I miss it
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garf
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Post by garf on Feb 21, 2012 22:36:37 GMT -5
Isn't it funny that up here, I have to grow some things in Containers (like Eggplant) so that they will mature in a short season. Obviously Garf, you don't have that problem. Why then, would you have to raise tomatoes in containers in Florida? Too much salt in the soil? Need to be moved out of hot sun so containers are easiest?? Nosey aren't I ;D BTW, If I didn't already say it, Welcome to The Tomato Garden GARF I live in an area that was reclaimed from the everglades about 60 years ago. It is a base of solid coral rock covered by a thin layer of everglades muck and sod. The "soil" was exhausted 40 years ago and will barely support grass. I resorted to containers years ago, but I still haven't got it right. One spot in my yard had a mulch pile for 30 years that I know of. I cleared it off and planted a Red Brandywine. It literally exploded. It showed me just how bad the containers soil is.
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Post by tucsontomato on Feb 21, 2012 23:49:48 GMT -5
Ah yes Garf - what you are saying makes sense for a warmer climate. I never container garden except in the winter, and I only do that to start out large transplants in a greenhouse area.
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