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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Any Info Would Be Useful
  • Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 08:01:41 -0400

On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:00:04 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:

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>
>Ok, I understand that an annual is an annual and that it's gonna grow, set
>fruit, and die.

I don't think this is necessarily true. I think many of the
plants we grow as annuals in areas with cold winters would
be 'perennials' in a location without freezing weather.



>I'm interested in the timeline for this. For example, a
>few years ago I had a couple of cherry tomato plants that kept producing
>fruit from July - December, at which time the cold finally did them in (I
>failed to cover them). Six months of production seems like a long time
>for a tomato, but maybe not. I guess what I'm looking for is how long an
>"annual" will live given conditions that it likes (produced either
>naturally or artificially).

>From what I've read 'indefinitely' or 'years' would be the
answer in many cases. But the plant may grow too tall to be
practical or become too woody or leggy. So - even if you
could keep them alive - in many cases, it may be desirable
to start new plants anyway.


>I've got another question for everyone. I'm trying "Edimame" soybeans
>this year and I had an interesting thing happen recently. They all
>sprouted really well, but the first leaves were quite yellow (slightly
>green veins, but even they were yellow for the most part). Anyhow, in my
>head I thought "Nitrogen!", so I sprinkled a whole bunch of alfalfa meal
>over them. This all took place about 4 weeks ago. Now they're all nice
>and green and growing like crazy. Did the alfalfa work, or do these
>soybeans turn from yellow to green on their own? I was told later that
>yellow leaves might also be to a lack or iron. But the fact that they're
>all nice and green now has me wondering....
>

Do you normally feed your little seedlings? I do. I feed
them with a houseplant food, or Miracle Grow, at
half-strength.

Pat
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