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[Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>]

I had to totally redu my layout after reading what can be planted by what.  
Fortunately I dug up 4 different garden areas last fall.  I just needed to re 
locate where I was going to plant things and change the irrigation layout.   
 
I plan on learning to save seed to save on the expense of ordering, although 
will order seeds in the beginning until I feel I've got the seed saving thing 
down pat..........
 
In my desert gardening book, there is a tip............. in the early a/m, go 
out and pluck a male stamen(?) from the male flower and insert it into the 
female flower (which looks pregnant already) and impregnate her...... one 
stamen is suppose to handle 5 females.  Guys, don't get any ideas now... 
we're talking about plants ................... 
 
I saw on my zucchini last year a lot of the females didn't mature, so I'm 
going to help them along this year.  Same with the other squash.
 
I'm not expective to have too many plants, so it shouldn't take long.
 
Totally plum tuckered out this afternoon........... 600 feet x 30 feet first 
section of the fire break right to the soil cleared........ by hand over the 
last 2 days.
 
 
 


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--- On Fri, 3/6/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] curcubits
To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:29 PM

Well, from what I can tell, I will have potential issues with my bushel 
gourds, spaghetti squash, and acorn squash, and butternut 
squash...everything I chose to grow.  There will be some distance and 
these squashes will be in separate blocks of corn, which are going to be 
ringed with two rows of sunflowers and other tall crops in between. 
Since they are insect pollinated, I should be okay..I guess I won't be 
saving seed.
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I am having an out-of-money experience.
http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:23 PM, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> March 30-April 5, so they say. �I use March 30.

OK, here is April 20 - 30, even though we are both in zone 7.

> Rob, we sowed onions at about the same time. �Mine look more like chives
> at this point, about 3" tall. �They are in a 1x2 wooden flat. �Stem
> diameter is like toothpick width or a bit less. �When can I remove them
> from flat and put them in the ground outside?
>

Mine are like that also. But I'll not plant them until April. I've
planted them tiny like that before, it's a pain, but they grow. I'd
give them some weak compost tea and get them in more sun if you can,
see if they will grow a bit before you plant. You can plant anytime,
just easier to handle when they are a bit bigger.

Rob - Va