Who would like a Gardening forum on here?

[tbow388]

took me a while to figure out this*&^#@## computer but finally got the google pic of last years garden. mostly sweet corn but all the other stuff too. just had the last bag of asparagus for dinner last nite. won't be long til i'm cutting again.View attachment 284130

That is one heck of a plot!!!!!

Farmer Steve is actually Farmer Steve.

 

[Walt41]

Off in the distance of this lousy pic you can see the beginning of my greenhouse, I trenched water and power out there last fall.
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[tbow388]

Half way there

Off in the distance of this lousy pic you can see the beginning of my greenhouse, I trenched water and power out there last fall.
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Looks like you have a bit of it finished.

Am I correct in thinking that you used to have a outside garden and are now just going to a greenhouse?

Curious as to why.

 

[Walt41]

Looks like you have a bit of it finished.

Am I correct in thinking that you used to have a outside garden and are now just going to a greenhouse?

Curious as to why.

I had a big outdoor garden and good soil but, it has begun to take too much time with weeding and watering, with this setup I can set the drip lines and forget about it. I needed the greenhouse anyhow for cuttings and 30 new varieties of Rhodeys I'm starting from seed this year, so I made it bigger and will give the veggies a try. If things don't work out as planned I can bust out my 7' tiller and grind in a new garden in no time.

 

[tbow388]

I can set the drip lines and forget about it. .

I am thinking about a drip system or a soaker hose set up this year.

 

[farmer steve]

I am thinking about a drip system or a soaker hose set up this year.

Go with the drip. i think you got the gardening forum started , its just not official.

 

[Walt41]

I got my whole drip setup for free, there was a greenhouse that collapsed on a parcel that my buddies wife had a real estate listing on, they wanted it gone and I said I would do it for the scrap, 1/2 hour into the job after I removed the drip setup here comes the ladies son telling me how much money I should pay for that valuable scrap. I told him he could shove every last piece of that twisted junk clear past his colon and drove out of there, they called back two weeks later and I told them the job would now cost $500 for the removal, after agreeing on $400 I gave the job away to my buddies sons who still are gracious because there were two working commercial vent fans in the weeds that I did no see...at least I got the drip setup.

 

[farmer steve]

I got my whole drip setup for free, there was a greenhouse that collapsed on a parcel that my buddies wife had a real estate listing on, they wanted it gone and I said I would do it for the scrap, 1/2 hour into the job after I removed the drip setup here comes the ladies son telling me how much money I should pay for that valuable scrap. I told him he could shove every last piece of that twisted junk clear past his colon and drove out of there, they called back two weeks later and I told them the job would now cost $500 for the removal, after agreeing on $400 I gave the job away to my buddies sons who still are gracious because there were two working commercial vent fans in the weeds that I did no see...at least I got the drip setup.

free is good

 

[DSS]

took me a while to figure out this*&^#@## computer but finally got the google pic of last years garden. mostly sweet corn but all the other stuff too. just had the last bag of asparagus for dinner last nite. won't be long til i'm cutting again.View attachment 284130

Now we know your latitude and longitude. We can send Genius over to visit.

 

[beerbelly]

Go with the drip. i think you got the gardening forum started , its just not official.

Remember with drip, keep the pressure LOW, or it will blow out everywhere.

 

[farmer steve]

Remember with drip, keep the pressure LOW, or it will blow out everywhere.

i run 15-20 psi regulators on most.i did get a bad roll of drip tape once. blowin out left and right. supplier quit carrying that brand.

 

[mtfallsmikey]

Any of you using a liquid fertilizer injection system on your drip tape/soaker hose systems? I tried to use a water treatment chemical injection pump last year with dismal results.

 

[tbow388]

Any of you using a liquid fertilizer injection system on your drip tape/soaker hose systems? I tried to use a water treatment chemical injection pump last year with dismal results.

Never heard of it but am interested to hear.

 

[Mike Cantolina]

I planted 2 rows of potato onions, 2 of garlic and one row of leeks in this bed in early January while we had a thaw. The garlic and leeks are coming up but the potato onions seem to be taking longer.

I'm new to the tunnel gardening.

 

[farmer steve]

Any of you using a liquid fertilizer injection system on your drip tape/soaker hose systems? I tried to use a water treatment chemical injection pump last year with dismal results.

this is chemilizer 1-100 injector, mix up some juice . garden hose hooks up on one side ,other side goes to drip . .View attachment 284324

 

[mtfallsmikey]

this is chemilizer 1-100 injector, mix up some juice . garden hose hooks up on one side ,other side goes to drip . .View attachment 284324

Put a link up...how much $$ is it?

 

[farmer steve]

Put a link up...how much $$ is it?

The place i get most of my stuff was owned by mennoites,but was sold and i think they will have website soon.anyhow that injector setup runs about $300. Martins produce supplies 1-888.381.8641 call for catalog.FS

 

[Genius.]

Here's a link to a leader in the industry. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...hIGwAw&usg=AFQjCNHdJ1OMLnSeZkWv7cUXfAAtC84dCQ


I mix nutrients in a 55 gallon barrel and pump it into a garden hose and hand water with a wand. My set up also returns some of the main flow back to the 55 to keep things mixed up well.

Yup, Dosatron is good.

We use them for our livestock and they work great. Rebuild kits are cheap and easy to do.
We have also used Chemalizer injectors and have not had good luck with them.

 

[Cbird14]

Yup, Dosatron is good.

We use them for our livestock and they work great. Rebuild kits are cheap and easy to do.
We have also used Chemalizer injectors and have not had good luck with them.

i spread cow #### on the garden in the fall and till it in :msp_thumbup:

 

[Genius.]

i spread cow #### on the garden in the fall and till it in :msp_thumbup:

Yup, my garden gets a ton of cow #### on it in the fall.
Whatever #### 6 cows produce in a year.

Then I clean my chicken coop out every other year.

I figured I don't need to put pig #### on it