Does anyone buy their tomato plants or other veggies online? and if so do you have any you really like.
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Ross
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It's been years, but Lyn and I got Beef Steak Tomatos and planted them as far as tomato's go. Actual plants, no, but seeds yes. We had all kinds of things.
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Curtsmum
I have just bought seeds and a srawberry plant. Not on line thow as they were cheep enough in the store. It will be my first attempt at growing veg. I bought a pk of white (snowman) punkin seeds, i have never seen a white punkin before, not sure if i will have much luck growing a punkin here in the uk but i can't wait to try.
I used to be a avid gardener, until my neighbors trees started to take over the moister in my small but very productive plot.
Paula if your going to grow pumpkins, plan on watering them 4 times a day once they spout. And when say water......I'm talking about 2 gallons or 2 liters every time.
LYN I never ordered off the internet - I planted my own tomato plants from seed
indoors starting in February. Cucumber plants if started indoors I find are very delicate to transplant. I would place cucumber seeds in a wet paper towel, fold it in half then place it on top of the fridge about 3 weeks before planting them outside. They germinate VERY quickly on top of the fridge, just make sure the towel stays wet. They too love water.
I've tried using mail orders for flowers, but never had much luck with them - some people do. For me, they would always arrive looking half dead and never really recovered from the shipment.
Hope this helps & good luck
Paula if your going to grow pumpkins, plan on watering them 4 times a day once they spout. And when say water......I'm talking about 2 gallons or 2 liters every time.
LYN I never ordered off the internet - I planted my own tomato plants from seed
indoors starting in February. Cucumber plants if started indoors I find are very delicate to transplant. I would place cucumber seeds in a wet paper towel, fold it in half then place it on top of the fridge about 3 weeks before planting them outside. They germinate VERY quickly on top of the fridge, just make sure the towel stays wet. They too love water.
I've tried using mail orders for flowers, but never had much luck with them - some people do. For me, they would always arrive looking half dead and never really recovered from the shipment.
Hope this helps & good luck
C
Curtsmum
Thankyou for the tip, thats a lot of watering.
Paula,
I may not be ale to see Norma picture, but I do know something about pumpkins
I may not be ale to see Norma picture, but I do know something about pumpkins
csutherland
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Jerry's an avid gardener & I can green beans & tomatoes galore. We buy our tomato plants locally at a greenhouse, not having had any luck growing our own from seed. We do usually order onion plants online from Dixondale Farms.com out of TX. They come in bunches of about 60. He planted about 600 onions in '07, giving away and selling several. We use "Candy" variety; they keep well and are very sweet as you would assume by the name. I actually used one on hamburgers last night and was amazed that it was as firm and fresh as it would've been last Aug.
We always plant lots of potatoes yielding several bushels and they keep until early Jan. About 10 yrs ago we mail-ordered potato "sets". When they arrived they were little dried-up nuggets that Jerry said would never grow but they were fine.
We always plant lots of potatoes yielding several bushels and they keep until early Jan. About 10 yrs ago we mail-ordered potato "sets". When they arrived they were little dried-up nuggets that Jerry said would never grow but they were fine.
gardeners delight in uniting..
gardeners delight in uniting..
Mike just planted tomatoes. This year he only planted the celebrity variety. He's such a good gardener that I bought some strawberries and asparagus for him to plant too..! Don't know how asparagus do in hot, hot Texas..
Only plant I've ordered online was a guava 'cause I couldn't find one in a nursery here and it's growing like a weed, bloomin' and everything.
Celia, those onions sound delicious..!
gardeners delight in uniting..
Mike just planted tomatoes. This year he only planted the celebrity variety. He's such a good gardener that I bought some strawberries and asparagus for him to plant too..! Don't know how asparagus do in hot, hot Texas..
Only plant I've ordered online was a guava 'cause I couldn't find one in a nursery here and it's growing like a weed, bloomin' and everything.
Celia, those onions sound delicious..!
I love to garden & I've always been very blessed with beautiful & bountiful gardens!
Only plants I grow from seed are zucchini, squash, pumpkins, watermelons, cantelopes & cucumbers. Tomatoes, assorted chili plants (jalapenos, big jim, etc.), egg plants; I buy the little plants at green houses, Walmart. etc., & then transplant them to my garden.
Because we have a pretty long windy season here which runs from about now thru sometimes into May, I wait to do my transplanting until the winds have died down, usually latter part of April beginning of May. The seed plants, I'll plant around the beginning of April.
I've never tried planting potatoes but I'd like to try it this year if I can. Just not sure when is the right time to plant them?
Have fun & may your garden be bountiful!!
Only plants I grow from seed are zucchini, squash, pumpkins, watermelons, cantelopes & cucumbers. Tomatoes, assorted chili plants (jalapenos, big jim, etc.), egg plants; I buy the little plants at green houses, Walmart. etc., & then transplant them to my garden.
Because we have a pretty long windy season here which runs from about now thru sometimes into May, I wait to do my transplanting until the winds have died down, usually latter part of April beginning of May. The seed plants, I'll plant around the beginning of April.
I've never tried planting potatoes but I'd like to try it this year if I can. Just not sure when is the right time to plant them?
Have fun & may your garden be bountiful!!
Mike just planted tomatoes. This year he only planted the celebrity variety. He's such a good gardener that I bought some strawberries and asparagus for him to plant too..! Don't know how asparagus do in hot, hot Texas..
Only plant I've ordered online was a guava 'cause I couldn't find one in a nursery here and it's growing like a weed, bloomin' and everything.
Celia, those onions sound delicious..!
I grew up on a "truck farm" about 2 acres of veggies that just my family and 1 guy (we rented off him) took care of. LOTS of strawberries 300 tomatoe plants rows of potatoes (hated digging them up) ect I got that I hated gardens and veggies. Anyway, the good thing about asparagus is you only had to plant it once and it grew back year after year.
When Justin was little we started growing tomatoes and had a SMALL garden.
Last year I bought tomatoes off QVC lol which some were great, but I didn't like all the varieties, BUT they did come with that plastic you put around the plant to keep the weeds out and I LOVED that, since kneeling in hot straw to pick strawberries every day and weeding the garden were the 2 things I remember most hating about gardens.
We usually grew a couple frying peppers, but last year I could not find any in the stores so this year I was thinking to just ordering plants online instead of wasting days driving to every garden center and walmart looking for the tomatoes and peppers I want. I figure with the price of everything this would be a good year to try growing other things we like to eat.
csutherland
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NJean: I have no idea about planting potatoes in your part of the country. We noticed lots of potato farms in southern Colorado while on vacation. Here in SW Missouri we plant them around St Patrick's Day. That's just a guideline; we've almost never put them out that early. If it's too wet & cold the seed potatoes will rot in the ground. All gardening is a gamble.
Well, blow me over..!
I just made my second online plant purchase - ever..! Thanks Celia for putting the website on here with the good, sweet onions. I went there and lo and behold they are located not that far from me...in the metropolis of Carrizo Springs, TX. Shoot, I knew Crystal City, TX is the spinach capital of the world...whoa..and it's not that far from 'Carizza' (local pronounciation).
Now just watch that New Jersey UPS guy who delivers for QAS come to a screeeeetchin' halt in fronta my house..
Those UPS guys have exactly 18 seconds per delivery, so I know Mizz Lyn is being a good girl...farmer's daughter and all....
I just made my second online plant purchase - ever..! Thanks Celia for putting the website on here with the good, sweet onions. I went there and lo and behold they are located not that far from me...in the metropolis of Carrizo Springs, TX. Shoot, I knew Crystal City, TX is the spinach capital of the world...whoa..and it's not that far from 'Carizza' (local pronounciation).
Now just watch that New Jersey UPS guy who delivers for QAS come to a screeeeetchin' halt in fronta my house..
Those UPS guys have exactly 18 seconds per delivery, so I know Mizz Lyn is being a good girl...farmer's daughter and all....
Well, blow me over..!
I just made my second online plant purchase - ever..! Thanks Celia for putting the website on here with the good, sweet onions. I went there and lo and behold they are located not that far from me...in the metropolis of Carrizo Springs, TX. Shoot, I knew Crystal City, TX is the spinach capital of the world...whoa..and it's not that far from 'Carizza' (local pronounciation).
Now just watch that New Jersey UPS guy who delivers for QAS come to a screeeeetchin' halt in fronta my house..
Those UPS guys have exactly 18 seconds per delivery, so I know Mizz Lyn is being a good girl...farmer's daughter and all....
even better farmer and state police sgt. we NEVER get in trouble
good luck with the onions. I liked growing onions easy to plant and pick, excpet in the beginning the little critters knock them out the first couple days and you get to replant them. We also had to chop 1 tree every day in the summer (for winter) before we could have the car
LUVMyBirman
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Tomatoes!
Tomatoes!
I have more property to plant a nice garden this year. Yes! But, minimal time. Oh...and we have larger animals, deer specifically that will take care of anything planted far from the house.
Anyone recall, or have tried the tomoate plant that keeps producing? It's potted, or you pot yourself. It grows pretty well contained. Figured I would try it on my deck.
Tomatoes!
I have more property to plant a nice garden this year. Yes! But, minimal time. Oh...and we have larger animals, deer specifically that will take care of anything planted far from the house.
Anyone recall, or have tried the tomoate plant that keeps producing? It's potted, or you pot yourself. It grows pretty well contained. Figured I would try it on my deck.
francie12
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We've had great luck with tomatoes in large terra cotta pots. They produce and produce. But you have to keep after the watering, as they dry out way more quickly than if they are in the ground.
swim mom
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I will never profess to be a great gardener but we have had success with preen to keep the weeds down. We used it a few years ago when we had a real garden and I use it in my flower beds also. My girls like it because we only get a few weeds and we don't have to mess with the fabric or plastic
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geebee
A tomato plant? Is that like the factory where they put the tomatoes in those green, plastic wrapped trays???????
what is this "preen" you talk about SM?
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twobike
I miss my farm, the animals and the veggies. Now I'm in the city and do flowers. I had it down pat for northern plants, but no luck with Florida veggies. Guess not enough water. I will try tomatoes again this year though. It's time I think.
