Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Fantastic info on growing in the northeast.

Recently I purchased the book and the starter pack of micronutrients and am 'converting' my setup to MM.

Do you have pictures of your setup? I would like to share with the Living Network (more at www.PreparingU.com and www.HisHolyChurch.org

George in Mass.

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> I used the extreme Spring weather in upstate NY to enlarge and prepare 10 additional 30 foot long garden beds, prepare soils, and additional hoops and to expanding lighting indoors.
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> My 120 indoor tomatoe seedlings in foot cubes are doing great. I needed to expand some lighting to accomodate these larger tomato seedlings. I have never had them indoors this long before. I have other tomato seedlings coming behind these just in case.
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> I use a wider bed than most of you. I am using 6 foot wide and 4 foot wide beds. The reason for this is that in the Wintertime I do have some passive solar equipment in there to keep things as warm as possible. The wider beds allow me to have the extra equipment in there....and my hoops are large enough to walk in so I can get at them from both sides....the yields in these are fabulous....
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> We had an unusual hail storm and large rainfall last night. WOW...there are so many commercial fields flooded. It has been almost nonstop cold rain.
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> I am making my hoops more rugged for insect netting, woven plastic and shade cloth.
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> The unpredictability of the weather mandates using all of these sporadically. On one of my beds I have 2 hoops, with the insect netting on the inside hoop. I tend to think this is the best way to keep things safe. Becasue wind and hail are such an issue now also, I am setting hoop frame sections closer together, using more rugged T's and tying down the whole frames.
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> Also, I drill holes in the T's and run EMT pipe through the top to connect my grow lines to. These are more stable.
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> I never thought I would need to be so protective of my garden. When I was a child I lived on a farm and we seldom had any issues with getting a decent crop...even with a few draughts and storms. But now, there is no doubt that these will be the wave of the future.
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> Yet, I believe if we give all we have when the times come, that like the Savior did on the mount with a few fish and loaves of bread, that we will see amazing things. If I did not believe He will help us...there wouldnt be much use in preparing. After all we can do, there will still be something come along that is larger than our capacity to prepare for or to endure.
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> Subject: [MittleiderMethodGardening] Pros & Cons of Shading
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> Grace and peace to you,
> In listening to the last Garden Doctor interview with Mr. Strohmeyer from AZ (zone 9b ?)I was led to believe that he was using some shading in his garden. Central Texas (Austin zone 8b)has had drought and some 100 degree temps already. What are the pros and cons of shading and how and when is it best utilized?
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> Greg & Group:
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> The first law of plant growth is light - direct sunlight, all day long if possible.
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> Any shading used in the garden obviously REDUCES the available light, but sometimes it becomes necessary to mitigate extreme TEMPERATURES (2nd law of plant growth).
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> If you are having +95 degree days, with night-time temperatures not falling below 80, you may need some shading. I recommend as little as necessary to get the job done (which is keeping your plants alive). Usually 25-30% shade cloth directly over the plants, to give them some shade between 11 and 3, is sufficient.
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