Weeds, sin and genetics.
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dmccarty
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You have not seen my corn! Those kernels are not so close! I have given up growing corn. Takes up too much space for so little food.
Later,
Dan
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N80
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I think that is what I'm going to end up with this year too thanks to the 'natural deer selection'
I have given up growing corn. Takes up too much space for so little food.
Later,
Dan
Space is relative. I've got the space. And last year my corn patch was probably only 10' x 40'. Got well over 300 really high quality ears of silver queen. We'll be finishing off the last bag of frozen corn very soon. This year, planted twice as much, and may not get an ear. But, lessons have been learned.
Chuck52
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Okra is about the closest thing to an edible weed in my experience. It apparently is a weed in its native habitat. I grow it to fry and pickle, and my wife puts it in soup mix, but I end up giving away at least half of what I grow. It pretty much out competes the fescue and other stuff that keeps coming up in my garden no matter what I do.
Chuck
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dmccarty
Super Star Member
AMEN!
Last year's Okra was 7-8 feet tall!
I had to bend the plant over to pick the top most pods. I don't think you could starve as long as the okra and cukes were growing. I brought in gallons of okra to work to give away. Trying a spineless variety this year. Still have a few gallon bags of bread okra in the freezer ready to fry. YUM YUM! Later,
Dan
dooleysm
Platinum Member
I was hoping to do okra this year, but our third baby was born May 13th and kind of put a hitch in my planting. Definitely next year.
dmccarty
Super Star Member
We spread about 110 yards of mulch last spring. The county takes all of the yard waste, chips it, and then sells it in the spring. $7 per yard or $4 per yard if you buy over 100 yards. We could use a couple hundred yards but we did not have the money.
I noticed yellow flowers in one area we had mulched. Looks like squash. I don't like squash but the wifey does. That seed was put out in the yard waste, transported to the dump to sit in a huge row of waste, chipped, put into a truck, brought to our house, dumped on the ground, and finally spread by the tractor. What are the odds that the seed would get what it needed to grow a plant?
So we will have squash this year. Unless the deer get it first.
Later,
Dan
I noticed yellow flowers in one area we had mulched. Looks like squash.
I don't like squash but the wifey does. That seed was put out in the yard waste, transported to the dump to sit in a huge row of waste, chipped, put into a truck, brought to our house, dumped on the ground, and finally spread by the tractor. What are the odds that the seed would get what it needed to grow a plant? So we will have squash this year. Unless the deer get it first.
Later,
Dan
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With my congratulations on your 3rd child, I'd just like to point out that okra is a late crop that loves heat. Many people here in TX wait until June to plant it. It's really not too late. Okra also seems to grow in any soil. When I was a teen (back when dinosaurs roamed) we planted white spineless okra in a spot that included sandy loam and hard clay. Darn, if that okra didn't grow much better in the hard clay. We had the biggest plants (8-10 ft) in the clay. That always baffled me.
Dan: We had a similar thing happen in our goat pasture one year. All of a sudden, plants came up that looked like squash. It turns out they were pumpkins. We had fed pumpkins to the goats and they came up as volunteers. I think a lot of people dispose of pumpkins in their garbage or throw out the seeds when they make jack-o-lanterns. Pumpkin seeds are normally mature in the ones you buy. On the other hand, squash seeds are rarely mature. So my bettin' money is that your plants will turn out to be pumpkins.
dmccarty
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The plant is pretty small with big yellow flowers. They flowers are already starting to close up and make a veggie/fruit. I thought pumpkins were bigger plants?
One thing is for sure. Time will tell!
Regarding Okra. Plant it now. They stuff grows until the cold weather kills it. The stuff I had last year took a couple good freezes to before it finally stopped producing. Amazing plant. The variety I had started producing when the plant was maybe 18-24 inches tall and it kept going until the cold killed it. Does this stuff die in the warmer climes?
Later,
Dan
One thing is for sure. Time will tell!
Regarding Okra. Plant it now. They stuff grows until the cold weather kills it. The stuff I had last year took a couple good freezes to before it finally stopped producing. Amazing plant. The variety I had started producing when the plant was maybe 18-24 inches tall and it kept going until the cold killed it. Does this stuff die in the warmer climes?
Later,
Dan
CrownHawg
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Nope! When I was a kid, me an my brother would end up pulling up all the plants by Thanksgiving cause we were so SICK of OKRA!!!
