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 Siren.Mosin
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By Siren.Mosin 2015-03-25 17:20:51
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Heyo ffxiah!

so I am getting old & bored. with everything seeming dull of late, I've decided to start a garden & mini-farm my own vegetables. I don't know anything about growing stuff, so I thought maybe some of you guys do around here. If you have any tips for an idiot with a dream, please leave them here, & I'll be grateful.

I have decent to good soil & a 20x6 plot raised 5 inches. the region is western south dakota, USA.

that's all I know so far.

thanks again.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:30:53
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Depending on when you plan on planting, I would look at what type of vegetables you plan to grow.

Quick season harvest, or something that can be harvested in the summer or fall.

Tomatoes are a good first starter, as are carrots and peas.

Oh, and if the soil is somewhat dry, don't worry too much, and water once in the morning, or in the early evening.

Also, make sure if the soil is really dry, get some plant food, because that means all the nutrients are gone.

Also, make sure to till the soil before planting. *even in a small patch like yours, making sure the soil is fresh for planting is important.*
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By Bismarck.Rydin 2015-03-25 17:33:36
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Just a few tips:
Cucumbers need a pretty solid amount of space because they're vines and like to run, you can get them to grow around themselves though to minimize your space consumption though.
Cabbage and lettuce are pretty easy to do, just space them about 8 inches apart when you plant (gives them plenty of space to grow)
If you plan on growing your own tomatoes and hot peppers, keep them on opposite sides of the garden. Tomatoes are pretty funny in that if you plant them near hot peppers, or onions they pick up the flavor from the other plants.

Don't under estimate the yield on tomatoes and peppers either. Unless you plan on making a lot of salsa, or canning don't get more than a 6 pack of each plant or you'll be over run with them. Try to avoid using herbicide around your tomatoes unless the brand says it's specifically formulated for it too. Most big name ones will flat out kill tomatoes because they're part of the nightshade family. If you plan on putting mulch around your plants too you'll have to make sure you thoroughly water on hot days (mulch has a tendency to bake plants if you aren't careful)

I used to work in a greenhouse when I was in college so I'd be happy to offer more tips if you need them. Doing a garden isn't very hard and once you have the plants in its just regularly watering and weeding once in a while till harvest. Good luck on it and hope you have fun
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By Kalila 2015-03-25 17:34:36
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I've been gardening since I was 10, but I don't know what information you're looking for. I grow basil, jalapenos, habaneros, tomatoes (both normal and cherry), spinach, and maybe a few random things here and there each year.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:34:39
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Actually, I should preface all of that, with a "Start by going to your local home and garden centers". They will have better in-depth knowledge, or they should, than most people.

Believe it or not, a Florist will as well.

What kind of veggies did you plan on growing for your first time?
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By Kalila 2015-03-25 17:36:21
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Bismarck.Rydin said: »
Don't under estimate the yield on tomatoes and peppers either. Unless you plan on making a lot of salsa, or canning
Which you should be doing anyways with both of those :)

I also freeze the extra peppers, and you will have extra :Q
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:38:24
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Oh man, I love garden fresh tomatoes!

Just sucks *** living in an apartment, and the property owners don't do community gardens, even though they removed the structure of an old outdoor play center, but left the sand behind, without the box. -.-

I'd love to turn that into a garden for veggies.
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By Anna Ruthven 2015-03-25 17:39:35
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Depending on the type of pepper, you can also can them. I have jars of canned peppers from years ago. I don't know what kind of peppers they are and am not sure I'd eat them though.
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By Bismarck.Rydin 2015-03-25 17:39:58
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I'll add to what rose said and try to avoid going to the big box stores for your plants and stuff. Nothing against the people they have working there, but most of them are part timers and more than a few of them don't really know what they're talking about other than "These grow well" and "This should kill your weeds". Local garden centers are much better to go to because the employees that are usually there work there year round and can help you pick the right plants for what you want and help you with all kinds of things like growing, watering, fertilizing and so on. You may pay a little more, but the information and help you'll get are worth the extra dime.
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By Kalila 2015-03-25 17:41:17
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Bloodrose said: »
Oh man, I love garden fresh tomatoes!
yea, they're amazing <333

I also love do a lot of canning with the extra tomatoes. Opening a jar of tomatoes I grew, mmmmm so yummy :O
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By Bismarck.Rydin 2015-03-25 17:42:48
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Anna Ruthven said: »
Depending on the type of pepper, you can also can them. I have jars of canned peppers from years ago. I don't know what kind of peppers they are and am not sure I'd eat them though.

Generally you probably don't want to eat them lol. Most home canned veggies are good for 8 months to a year after.
We used to do our own canned tomatoes (whole and we'd juice the cherry tomatoes), Peppers, salsa, green beans and at the end of the year in august we'd just gather everything we'd saved over the summer and make big hulking pots of veggie soup then can those. It'd be enough to get you through the winter and some of the spring after we gave away like 20 or so jars lol
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2015-03-25 17:43:12
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Siren.Mosin said: »
so I am getting old & bored.
Porn helps.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:43:25
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I'd eat them.

Before I moved to Calgary, my family used to live on a property that had a HUGE *** garden, and we even expanded that further.

We had corn, sunflower seeds, pumpkins, watermelon, carrots, peas, strawberries, raspberries, and a whole lot more than that.

Never had to buy a can of Jam again until we moved. Had corn for months, which were especially good for the summer and fall when we had barbecue dinners.

A garden that big was a ton of work, but it was something I was thrilled to be doing. I mean, a 6 year old selling buckets of raspberries was good, and people came buy to buy the dill every couple of weeks.
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By Anna Ruthven 2015-03-25 17:44:35
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I worked for a guy who canned carrots with jalapenos. those were good. He gave us a few jars. I don't really like raw tomatoes though.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:44:58
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You can't grow porn in your garden, but you can certain do a photo shoot out there.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 17:49:01
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A great hobby that is minimal in cost, and can also be a good way to add a little extra money, or to share the veritable fruits (and vegetables) of your labors!
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By Siren.Mosin 2015-03-25 17:58:54
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thinking at the moment:

corn
strawberries
potatoes
rhubarb
w/e the wife wants

we've done tomatoes & peppers on the back deck in five gallon buckets for a while, might keep those plants up there.

the tips so far have been awesome, & thanks everyone. I guess I can't be more specific at the moment, but as the spring / summer unfolds I'm sure I'll come up with more. Feel free to use this thread as a random gardening discussion thread too, if enough people are interested.

I have to go tend to the children & fool around on minecraft after they pass out, so I thank everyone for the great advice thus far, & hopefully I'll have a better idea of what things I'm doing exactly later on.

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for typos. someone bust into my office yesterday & I submitted instead of waiting.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 18:03:48
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Corn and potatoes can take a while to grow, but are pretty low maintenance garden veggies. So those are great great.

Strawberries can be fickle, and really require much more care, so I would say to grow them similarly to your tomatoes, in their own bucket.

Rhubarb, I never really dealt with, since there was an already existing patch where I lived previously, all we did was water it when it was hot, and grew separately from the garden.

Rydin will probably know more about that than I would.
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By Anna Ruthven 2015-03-25 18:05:43
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Strawberries and the like can also draw in snakes.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2015-03-25 18:17:21
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If you can grow broccoli, do it! The rest is just extra. And maybe some wild raspberries too.
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By Bismarck.Rydin 2015-03-25 18:17:40
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Siren.Mosin said: »
thinking at the moment:

corn
strawberries
potatoes
rhubarb
w/e the wife wants

we've done tomatoes & peppers on the back deck in five gallon buckets for a while, might keep those plants up there.

the tips so far have been awesome, & thanks everyone. I guess I can't be more specific at the moment, but as the spring / summer unfolds I'm sure I'll come up with more. Feel free to use this thread as a random gardening discussion thread to, if enough people are interested.

I have to go tend to the children & fool around on minecraft after they pass out, so I thank everyone for the great advice thus far, & hopefully I'll have a better idea of what things I'm doing exactly.

Like Rose said Corn and Potatoes are really easy but take a while to grow. There's the old wives tale of getting potatoes in the ground on Good Friday (though it really doesn't help much lol) it's just the sooner you get them in the sooner you can harvest 'em.

Corn isn't hard but can be a real big pest problem. It likes to get fungi and other things growing in and around it so you'll have to look into pesticides for that for sure. Nothing can be more disappointing (or disgusting for that matter) than opening an ear of corn up and finding a fungus or a bunch of bugs crawling around in it.

Strawberries like to run a lot and depending on the variety can come back up again year after year. Birds love them so you might have to look into getting some kind of net to go over them to keep them out or you might not get any lol.

Rhubarb is kind of a tricky one. I know here in IL it used to grow up like a weed but then people got rid of it and then would make this big stink about "Well I want it back because it was so good!"
The problem with that is it takes a long time to get established again, but once it's situated it'll keep coming back year after year till you flat out remove it. It takes anywhere from a year to two before you can get enough to do anything with so keep that in mind. Other than that it's pretty fool proof. Just plant it and water it on occasion when it's a dry day and it's fine.
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By fonewear 2015-03-25 18:27:56
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I grow zucchini pretty damn good if you grill it.
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By Bloodrose 2015-03-25 18:52:32
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This is a worthy thread. It needs another bump.
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By Caitsith.Zahrah 2015-03-25 20:04:57
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fonewear said: »
I grow zucchini pretty damn good if you grill it.

^This or squash is a really good idea.^

Zucchini and squash will provide ground coverage that reduces weeding. Put them under your "vining" (or the ones that need supports) plants, like tomatoes, jalapenos and peppers.

Just an advisory, you might to only consider one of each or two, at the most. Both are prolific, here at least, to the point where your only reaction is, "What's to be done with all this damn squash/zucchini!?!" Luckily, you can spear both and freeze them for either Fone's suggestion or baking them with parmesan. Both are good in noodle salads, also.

EDIT: Has anyone had success with potting citrus trees?
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By Quetzalcoatl.Kenrusai 2015-03-25 20:21:32
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Man, hope I don't resort to gardening for entertainment when I get older. That's in the realm of watching paint dry.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2015-03-25 20:40:13
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: »
fonewear said: »
I grow zucchini pretty damn good if you grill it.

EDIT: Has anyone had success with potting citrus trees?

have tried a couple times, their roots need too much room for potting. i've managed to grow small banana trees this way but it isn't viable for much else.

need to go cut out a few banan trees, they spread like wildfire this year. moreso than usual. wish i could grow avocados too, those things sell like crazy around here, could make a nice extra bit of money off of them every couple of years when they bear fruit.

good thing about trees is they need such little maintenance for a high payoff after you've established their enviornment. downside is all the animals that show up to eat the apples and stuff that i inevitably cant use and the time it takes for them to start bearing fruit. not always applicable ofc, like i said earlier i cant really grow avocado cause the conditions required for that tree are so tight that it'd require constant maintenance.
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By Lakshmi.Zerowone 2015-03-25 20:51:53
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Avocado and banana trees aren't exactly for gardens though.
As a kid growing up in So. Cali. would have to cut banana trees once a year, hated those things the sap ruins everything it gets on.
Also had a 15' tall avocado tree. Some years you get nothing because all the animals eat the fruit before they're ready to drop.
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2015-03-25 20:54:43
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yeah need a separate orchard area for trees away from the vegetable garden. i just like fruit bearing trees; they're pretty to look at in early spring (not so much banana trees) and really dont take a lot of effort to maintain once they grow to the fruit bearing stage. don't often have to think about them as often as the cucumbers/squash/etc.
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