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Post by garf on Aug 9, 2011 21:22:34 GMT -5
Bummer garf. Sounds like a gloomy outlook. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's not as bad as it seems. After the rainy season is over in October, I can grow all winter until the rainy season starts again in June.
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Post by garf on Jul 30, 2011 19:45:25 GMT -5
I have abandoned my plants to the elements. The strong will survive, the weak won't. I still water them if we don't get rain. I think I've watered once this month. I do need to get out and trim the dead foliage to give the plants some chance of survival.
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Post by garf on Jul 26, 2011 21:54:38 GMT -5
What comes to mind is "Frankenstein".
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Post by garf on Jul 19, 2011 22:39:28 GMT -5
The humidity and heat makes the diseases go crazy. Attachments:
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Post by garf on Jul 12, 2011 12:11:05 GMT -5
This is what happens when you attempt to grow tomatoes in Summer in Miami. Attachments:
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Post by garf on Jul 10, 2011 22:34:57 GMT -5
I have 2 unidentified plants, one is an invasive weed. Does anyone recognize either?
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Post by garf on Jul 8, 2011 20:48:56 GMT -5
If anyone has any recommendations for the swamps of Miami, Fla, I'm listening.
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Post by garf on Jun 22, 2011 14:59:55 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. Have you ever grown Neptune? Never even heard of them.
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Post by garf on Jun 21, 2011 12:11:30 GMT -5
It is officially the rainy season in Miami. This might sound good to some of you, but not so for the swamps of Miami. Miami was carved out from the Everglades, and mother nature has never forgotten this. Most days now, we will be getting rain in the afternoon, sometimes light, sometimes heavy. Bottom line, plants in the ground drown, plants in containers have the medium washed clean and the plants starve. Diseases and insects run rampant. The few tomatoes that ripen intact usually split after a rainstorm. Time to pack it in and wait for October.
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Post by garf on May 25, 2011 15:20:33 GMT -5
Where would stick (curl) fit into this scenario?
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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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Post by garf on Apr 30, 2011 20:13:36 GMT -5
I had no damage at all. The people and structures here are hurricane hardened. The plants suffered no damage this time.
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Post by garf on Apr 29, 2011 17:48:14 GMT -5
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Post by garf on Apr 29, 2011 17:26:23 GMT -5
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Post by garf on Apr 27, 2011 15:25:22 GMT -5
The Red Brandywine was one of my best last year.
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