Container garden [tomato, peppers, squash about done]

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JAP69 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 15:23:55 GMT

They are just wee little things right now.<br />My family rides me a little bit about tearing up plants and throwing them out. Hate to see the reaction when I rip up those nice green tomato's pepper's and squash which will not produce anything any how. LOL<br />I was thinking I will use that former cuke box which is now the squash box to plant my lettuce in. The squash box is the only box I have vermiculite mixed in the top portion. The spinach and lettuce probably would survive in the boxes w... [ More ]

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JAP69 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:43:39 GMT

I will leave the Siberian tomato to grow I transplanted yesterday as they said it was cool weather hardy and produced tomato's at cooler temperatures. See what happens.

Original Blog Entry: Container garden [tomato, peppers, squash about done]

JAP69 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:37:50 GMT

Went out just now and the air temperature was chilly and the potting mix temperature has dropped considerably.

I already knew there would not be enough time for those plants to produce any vegetables getting into colder temperatures. As I mentioned I think earlier it was just a learning experience to gain better knowledge of what to do for a better season next year with those vegetable plants.

I will leave those plants in for awhile longer and think about using the containers for cool weather crops until I get the oven built to sanitize the potting mix for next year.

I was thinking about the compost juice bin I was going to do using the left over mushroom mix and black cow. I might better sanitize those two with the oven as well. Put it in like it is now could contaminate the compost juice with fungus. I would just be re contaminating the potting mix with the compost juice.

Still have the bunching onions doing well and I planted some lettuce seed yesterday.

Have the fall flowers to tend to also.

May go in the garage today and assemble the final two containers I have pre-cut. Take them out back to set on the deck to get them out of the garage,

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